West has a fascinating hand.
6 spades, 4 hearts, and a void in clubs. Only 8 HCP. It’s not exactly what we would call, “ideal”. This hand unfortunately is worth a pass, first seat, all vul. Depending on the state of the match, some West’s may decide to make an aggressive move with this one. But today, not me.
Now North hazards a 1C opening, pass, pass back to West.
| N | E | S | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass | |||
| 1♣ | Pass | Pass | ? |
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Answer: 2♠
With this one, we could either overcall 1S or 2S. I think that 2S is more descriptive. This is another instance that when I was learning bridge I found fairly intuitive. If you can’t find a way to make a preempt the first time and then are jumping around the second time, it suggests that you have something ODD going on with your hand, sometimes it’s a void, sometimes it’s a 4 card major, here it happens to be both 🙂
Over this, North may choose to get back into the auction, but that’s a problem for a different day.
East has support and values, but the only person they’d be preempting would be the person who’s already denied 6+ HCP. Seems silly to put the extra risk on yourself.
So 2S is where we play.
What would you have done with the West hand?
Here’s the full hand!
I understand that N has 6 C, but I would open 1N. Then as W I would pass.
What do you think, Morgan?
North only has 5 clubs — but this hand is possibly too good for a 1NT opening. 🙂 Even playing 15-17 I’d likely upgrade this into a 2NT rebid.
I’d probably still get in there with the West hand over a 1NT opening. with 6-4 in the majors and a void I rate to be ale to make a contract even without the balance of the power.