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Free
Lesson
In December, 2006
I held the following hand in a duplicate game:
♠
AK10
♥ Q10x
♦
Kxxx
♣ Qxx
The opponents
were vulnerable. Partner passed and the second
hand opened 1NT(15-17) on my right.. With a balanced hand
like this it is almost always right to pass, and I did.
The bidding
continued:
Partner Opponent Mel
Opponent
P
1NT P
P
Dble
P ?
My partner of
the day and I were playing DONT, so her double indicated one
long suit, six cards long if she was minding her “P’s and
Q’s.”
Partner didn’t
need to have much, since I’ve taught her I’m a big
believer in balancing aggressively after a strong 1NT opener
by the opponents. And besides, she likes to bid. So,
given what I know about partner’s hand, I should have
followed the normal DON’T procedure of bidding 2C so partner
could reveal her suit—by passing 2C or by bidding 2D/2H/2S.
But I
didn’t. I had another plan: I passed for penalties. After
all, I had good support for whichever suit partner had, and
if I could figure out which one, I’d know what to lead.
At the table I
made my opening lead in a flash--I was pretty confident I
knew what partner’s long suit was.
Decide what you
would have lead and then click here to find out what I did
lead.
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