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In what universe is this a 4 spades bid

#1 User is offline   Lord Molyb 

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Posted 2013-August-11, 17:29


2 spades showed a good spade suit and 12+ points (which I had). So why did north bid 4♠ with at best 9 points?
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Posted 2013-August-11, 20:18

View PostLord Molyb, on 2013-August-11, 17:29, said:


2 spades showed a good spade suit and 12+ points (which I had). So why did north bid 4♠ with at best 9 points?

That would be because it badly uses a malformed version of the law of total tricks- it has to raise two levels with 4 trumps. Obviously your hand could have been better the J♥ is a waste of HCP better to have the A♣ than K♣.
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Posted 2013-August-12, 12:04

View Postcloa513, on 2013-August-11, 20:18, said:

Obviously your hand could have been better

but then south can accept an invite.
have to say that while I have some sympathy with OP I can also construct reasonable 4S hands which would not accept. It depends in part on the full def of 2S. In my experience a lot of the stated definitions are a bit abridged.
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