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Posted 2014-September-04, 03:33

I can see why the club lead is made more attractive by South assuming that East has a 4-card major. But on the other hand, West bid both majors and East didn't support any of them.

Did EW have an agreement to bid Stayman with this hand? If the agreement is "SAYC" then yes, the only way to show a forcing hand with diamonds is to go through Stayman. Whether this is discloseable or not depends how serious the agreement to play "SAYC" can be taken. It might just mean "strong nt 5cM and the rest you have to guess", as it usualy is on BBO.

In any case, 40% is not the right adjustment. You can adjust to 5♦-1 or you can let the score stand or you can maybe give a weighted score.

Finally, whoever said that 2♣ is a "cheat bid" is clueless. Even if this was a non-psyche tournament, 2♣ clearly wasn't a psyche even if one thinks it was a misbid.
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