Deal 8 |
♠ A K 9 2 ♥ A Q 9 8 3 ♦ 8 5 ♣ 8 6 |
North opens 1♥, his 5-card Major. South, with 14 points, naturally responds 2♦, forcing the partnership to game. North next bids 2♠, showing the other Major suit. In standard bidding North would not be able to bid the ♠s since that would be a Reverse and North is far too weak to Reverse. But after a 2/1 Response the concept of a Reverse does not apply, and the priority of showing a 4-card Major certainly does apply. South assumes North to be 4-5 in the Majors, so she cannot support either. She bids 2NT. If North actually has 6 ♥s (or 5 ♠s) he will rebid the suit. South's 2NT bid guarantees a stopper in the fourth suit. North does not have either 6 ♥s or 5 ♠s so he just bids 3NT. Notice that North never once considered the possibility of passing what might be a misfit - the initial 2/1 response unconditionally forced the partnership to reach a game somewhere. Deal 9 |
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♠ 8 7 5 ♥ K 4 ♦ A Q J 10 7 ♣ K 9 7 |