[sceptic]

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 -     -     Pass  4♥
 Pass  4NT   5♣    6♥
 Dbl   RDbl  Pass  Pass
 Pass  

C7 CA C2 D5
DA D2 D7 D6
C3 C4 H2 C6
HJ H3 H7 C5
H4 H5 HK C9
D3 D8 H6 DQ
HA H9 CT CJ
S3 SA S2 S7
HQ D4 CQ H8
DK DJ D9 HT
S5 S9 SK SJ
S4 ST SQ C8
S8 CK S6 DT


I was South

[paulg]

I am sure many will criticise the 4♥ opener but I can live with it.

It seems reasonable for North to advance.

I'm not sure why East would think 5♣ is a good idea, but perhaps he knows South.

6♥ is a poorly judged bid. You have one key card and a void, and you do not the have ♥Q. Partner will be expecting a better hand so your hand is minimum and the club void probably not the great asset you hope. You still have a number of spades to look after.

Regular partnerships would have an agreement on how to show keycards over intervention. Probably the most popular is D0P1, where double shows 0 keycards and pass shows 1 keycard; unfortunately some play this as double=step 1 (0 or 3) and pass=step 2 (1 or 4), so a pickup partnership has a tough time over intervention.

So I'd pass over 5♣.

West has a sound double of 6♥. The redouble seems fair too.

The contract has no hope and good play will ensure one down as West has doubleton ace of spades.

[Gerben42]

Vulnerable 4♥ is a bit optimistic I think, 3♥ is enough. Can also understand Pass as you have a flawed hand.

After the Blackwood call opener cannot jump to 6, although tempting with the working void, remind your self that you didn't have your bid in the first place.

I can understand why partner redoubled.

[Fluffy]

4♥= agressive
6♥= very aressive

nicely played!

[inquiry]

Cardsharp is correct. This is not a vulnerable 4♥ bid, but with 74, i can live with it. The redouble was careless