This hand was played in a session on New Year's Eve. You are West and hold:
♠ QJ8
♥ 4
♦ KQJ8
♣ A8742
None vulnerable and you are to declare. You opened 1♦ anticipating to rebid 2♣, but the bidding went:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 1♦ |
1NT |
2♥ |
2NT* (!) |
| Pass |
3♣ (!) |
3♠ |
3NT |
* Lebensohl, transfer to 3♣
(!) = alerted
(1) What do you make of your partner's hand?
(2) What do you bid?
(3) If you are to defend 3NT, what plans do you have in mind?
As you were expecting to defend 3NT, more chaos was to follow:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 1♦ |
1NT |
2♥ |
2NT* (!) |
| Pass |
3♣ (!) |
3♠ |
3NT |
| ? |
4♣ |
4♥ |
Double |
(4) Now what do you make of your partner's hand, and what do you bid?
Suppose you decided that 4♠ is a better contract than 4♥. As you prepared to lay down your hand and relax, this happened:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 1♦ |
1NT |
2♥ |
2NT* (!) |
| Pass |
3♣ (!) |
3♠ |
3NT |
| ? |
4♣ |
4♥ |
Double |
| 4♠ |
Pass |
Pass |
Double |
(5) Are you confident that 4♠ will make? Will you redouble?
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