[msjennifer]

In Quandari I gave only the North hand .This deal is one where a comedy of errors occurred resulting in the only makable contract and that too doubled redoubled. Only one pair achieved this .Here is the full deal.

ALL PASS FINAL CONTRACT 5♦XX BY SOUTH. ♣ LED.

As per agreement 3♠X promised four good hearts.When N bid 5♣ S took it as cue bid North having the ♠A and more so as EAST doubled,,so he cue bid his ♦A.Hewas surprised when it went pass- pass and EAST double.Taking the pass by N as a misclik he redoubled to guarantee the ACE.

5♦XX was easily made.

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Kindly pardon my typing errors.Thanks

[pilowsky]

Bravo

[FelicityR]

A nice hand, msjennifer, that perfectly illustrates that Lady Luck still plays a minor role in our beautiful game.

Though I wouldn't have liked to be in earshot of the East-West pair after the dust had settled

[nige1]

MsJennifer 'In Quandary, I gave only the North hand. This deal is one where a comedy of errors occurred resulting in the only makable contract and that too doubled redoubled. Only one pair achieved this. Here is the full deal. As per agreement 3♠X promised four good hearts. When N bid 5♣ S took it as cue bid North having the ♠A and more so as EAST doubled,,so he cue bid his ♦A. He was surprised when it went pass- pass and EAST double. Taking the pass by N as a misclick he redoubled to guarantee the ACE. 5♦XX was easily made.
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Over West's 3♠ opening bid, a 3N overcall was the the doomed BBO consensus. If North's double systemically showed 4♥, then NS were lucky to land on their feet. Presumably, conventional calls were self-alerted?

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[Cyberyeti]

nige1, on 2020-September-08, 12:11, said:

Over West's 3♠ opening bid, a 3N overcall was the the doomed BBO consensus

Well it's only doomed until E makes a double of 3N as bad as the one he made of 5♣. S has much more of a problem over a pass of 5♣ as now can't north have a club hand too good for an immediate bid of clubs.