Here is your hand:
♠-
♥Q7
♦QJT853
♣KT963
Your RHO is Dealer and starts with a Pass. You (hopefully!) decide to Pass. (Not a good pre-empt and not a good opening hand.) Your LHO then opens the bidding 1♠. Partner overcalls 1NT. Your RHO Passes again.
What is your bid? You are playing match points.
The auction proceeds as follows:
| RHO |
You! |
LHO |
Partner |
| Pass |
Pass |
1♠ |
1NT |
| Pass |
??? |
|
|
Question is: What will you bid now?
Show Answer
It would be nice if you had a bid to show Partner you have 11 cards in the minor suits. You probably don't.
However you do know that you have at least a ♦ fit. Plus maybe a ♣ fit.
In any case this is match points -- you either want to be in 3NT or 6 of a minor. 5 of a minor will not score well at matchpoints. Plus you might have too many losers right off the top.
I know you have only 8 HCP but you have a lovely source of tricks in at least one of your minor suits -- maybe both.
Partner is showing values in the ♠ suit. Those values will not help you in 6 of a minor.
I think the best bid is 3NT here.
Note that if you relayed to force Partner to bid 3♣ and then bid 3♦ this is showing a weak hand. Partner is not allowed to bid again. Your hand is too strong for that bid. If Partner has a high ♦ card (or two) you could take 5 or 6 tricks from that suit alone.
Bidding 3NT gets you either a 7.5 or a 9 out of 9 possible match points depending on how well you played the hand.
If you decided to force to 5 of a minor you would lose the first three tricks and only get 0.5 matchpoints.
Playing in 3♦ gets you 4.5 out of 9. So average.
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