Posted 2014-October-03, 03:30
gordontd, on 2014-October-03, 02:05, said:
Although I don't think much of North's bidding, I think with the South hand I would have bid 6H rather than 7C, expecting the North hand to have the red and black suits the other way around.
I certainly thought about it.
The problem with 6H is that to come close you are going to need to run the Clubs, and with only Kx of Hearts you are unlikely to be able to draw trumps and have an entry to the Clubs.
If you swap *these* red suits, 7C would still need a trump lead to have any chance of beating it, and even on an assumed trump lead would still be only a bit below the odds.
But of course North could be even less suitable, so I take your point.
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