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Bidding Quiz of the Week
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Bidding Question
My partner and I were North-South for this hand recently in a club duplicate (pairs). There wasn’t much for us to do except pass in the bidding, score our club trick, and watch the opponents make the other 12 tricks. However, the east-west pair had stopped in 3NT (by east), as had most of the other tables (apart from a couple of pairs who ended up in 3S and 4S respectively). After the hand, I asked the east player if she thought they could have bid a slam. She said she thought they couldn’t. So I’m wondering if there could have been a way to do it? The actual bidding went 1S (by west), 2C, 3H, 3NT. I guess west had a choice to make with his re-bid between rebidding his spades to show the extra length, or (what he chose) the jump-shift to hearts to show his strength. But could one or even both of those routes have led to slam rather than 3NT?
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Forum Question to Julian Pottage
Second Round Double
What does this double mean 1C (1S) P ( P) 2H (2S) dbl
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THE BRIDGE GLOSSARY
Phoney Diamond
An opening of 1♦️ used in much the same way as a phoney 1♣️. You will meet this most commonly in conjunction with a strong club system and five-card majors.
If opener cannot start with 1♣️ because that would show 16+ or 17+ and cannot start with 1❤️ or 1♠️ because that would show a five-card suit, 1♦️ will be a common opening. A ‘Loose Diamond’ is another name for the method.
