Comment on Board 1 game: 2022-01-11 RealBridge LOP Assisted Play Duplicate
Board 1 |  A87 J42 K1097 Q103 |
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| Q109 K107 Q86 AJ54 |  | KJ532 9 53 K9872 | Double Dummy Solv:Bo Haglund
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| 64 AQ8653 AJ42 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | Pass | 1H | |
| Pass | 2D | Pass | 3D |
| Pass | 3H | Pass | 4H |
| All pass |
Few hands are perfect. North has three hearts and should be looking to show partner 3 card support from the offset. Start the process by bidding 2D, then bids hearts. Here the double fit makes 4H likely. North or South please bid game on this hand - if North bids just 3HSouth please do raise. If the opponents intervene knowing about the double fit means there is no need to sell out to any interference from EW.
Rules/Tips:
Second player plays low when defending. Hide honour cards from Declarer unless you are intending to win the trick!
Double of an opening bid shows shortage in the openers suit. Basically we teach that partner should assume you have opened one of their best suit and will respond accordingly.