[FelicityR]

umaranade, on 2020-July-13, 06:38, said:

He does not go down even on a diamond lead, Declarer eliminates clubs and then leads a spade from dummy and if East does not put up the Jack ducks it end playing West for aR and D or lead into SAQ. And if East plays the Jack Declarer puts up the Queen and again West is endlayed having to lead from 108 with the 9x in the dummy.

I might have got this wrong admittedly, but on best play South can never make two tricks in ♠s. The small cards matter.

[johnworf1]

Tramticket, on 2020-July-13, 01:01, said:

A more normal auction might be: (1♦)-Pass-(1♠)-Dbl-(2♣)-2♥-(3♣)-3♥-All Pass

Yes i agree this auction is more normal...it's whether west now bids 4c being non vulnerable over 3h then.

[johnworf1]

AL78, on 2020-July-13, 02:32, said:

Ha ha, you've noticed.

I wonder if it is me that is behind the times in terms of bidding theory, because it is amazing how often these apparent out of the way actions seem to work well, or at the very least don't cost. :-) At my local club, the standard is very mixed, and there are players who take liberties because people in the main are scared to double partscores.

It's amazing how many people don't understand that this bidding sequence 1♣ - 2♦shows a strong hand. Drives me mad how many times I tell my students this and they still screw it up.