John opened 3S, I doubled, Jan bid 4C. What do I do now? I passed. Not a good one for us.
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I wouldn’t recommend the 4S opening by South, though obviously it caused you problems.
Normally a double by West would be for take out indicating a shortage in Spades and support for the other suits. So I wouldn’t double with your hand. If you mean the double as penalties then your partner shouldn’t be taking it out.
Opposite the take out dble by you the partner is quite strong. 4C could be a weak hand with clubs . So I think they should jump to 5 clubs rather than just bid 4. A possible alternative by East might be 4NT, saying chose your minor, which would still put you in 5C, but played by West, the safe hand.
In the actual auction when partner bids 4C you should pass, as you did, as partner could be weak. Now 5C by East can go off on a spade lead. So unless you have some way to bid 4NT to play, you’re at your last safe contract. As noted 5C by west would be safe
Your 4C contract gets a poor score because others don’t have the 3 spade opener against them. Most of the better scores come from playing in 3NT or taking a penalty form the opposition.
At out table the bidding went
S W N E
Pass 1C 1H 2H (a good raise to at least 3 clubs)
2S 3C 3D 4C
4H Dble (penalty) All pass
Which got us a good score
Regards
Alan
Comments: natasha.romaine@btinternet.com
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