Deal 22 |
♠ A J 10 8 2 ♥ A 10 8 2 ♦ Q 2 ♣ K 5 |
North opens 1♠. South responds 2♦, a 2/1 force to game. North's priority is to now show the 4-card ♥ suit. Remember that South might also have 4 ♥s. South doesn't have 4 ♥s, nor does she have 3 ♠s. Furthermore, she does not have stoppers in ♣s so she cannot bid NT. Since she has to keep bidding, but has no reasonable bid she can make, she bids the fourth suit, 3♣. Compare this Deal with Deal 21. North understands that South's ♣ bid is Fourth-Suit-Forcing, and does not actually show ♣s. However since North does have a ♣ stopper he bids 3NT. In this case this turns out to be the best game contract. Deal 23 |
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♠ 7 4 ♥ K Q 3 ♦ A K J 7 3 ♣ 10 9 7 |