What should I bid? (January 2020)

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What should I bid? (January 2020)

The best submission for January came from Les Bonnick . He wins a voucher of $30 funded by TBIB, toward any purchase made at the Bridge Shop or Paul Lavings Bridgegear.

NS Vul
S Dealer		 ♠ K J 10 9 8 5 3
♥
♦ 10 9 5
♣ J 8 6 		 
♠ 6 4
♥ 9 7 6 3
♦ A K J 6 4
♣ 9 5
[ 15 ] ♠ A Q 7 2
♥ 10 5 4
♦ 7
♣ A K 7 4 2
  ♠
♥ A K Q J 8 2
♦ Q 8 3 2
♣ Q 10 3 		 

 

West North East South
      1♥
Pass Pass 2♣ 2♥
3♦ 3♠ All Pass  

Basic Standard

How would bid this hand? Each time it was played, whoever played it ended up with bad results:

FREQUENCIES FOR BOARD 31
Contract Result Score Frequency
3♥ by NS -3 -300 1
3♠ by NS -3 -300 1
4♥ by NS -3 -300 1
3♠ by NS -4 -400 2
4♥ by NS -4 -400 1
4♠ by NS -5 -500 1

Thank you Andy

Hi Les,

I think one potential auction might be something as follows:

West North East South
      1♥
Pass 1♠ 2♣ 2♥
Pass 2♠ Pass  ?

Whether South decides to pass 2♠ or rebid 3♦ is a bit of a guess. However, I would say that passing 2♠ is not that unreasonable – since South can see that their side is vulnerable, and that their partner could have passed 2♥ (we made a freebid of 2♥ – with six mediocre hearts we could have passed) but insisted on 2♠, South might decide to pass based on that reasoning. Whatever it is, I think it is unavoidable for N/S to go minus on this hand!

Regards,
Andy

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