in a team match, partner and I have played a few hands together but not regular partners by any means. This hand came up . Imps we are vul vs not.
Me
KT75
K843
AJ85
9
Partner
A
J2
k
AQJ875432
I look at my hand & like it, I have three chances to find a fit with partner so I allow points for the singleton and open 1
Opps pass throughout.
Partner looks at HIS hand and goes WHEE! 2
I instantly have a problem. I can't bid a major because I think we are not in a 2/1 auction therefore it would be a reverse. I decidedly can't rebid
. So I bid 2NT. P thinks we ARE in a game force auction and therefor happilly bids 3
. Now my hand looks to me like something you shovel out of a barn. P has nothing but a long
suit, and I certainly can't support that. So.. I pass. P is upset but polite and we each quietly think thoughts about people who don't bid according to how WE were taught
Even so, I don't know how I would have gone on from there anyway. 3NT? is there any rational way to find the slam that happens to make because of the lie of the cards? And what % of people play that ANY 2/1 auction is forcing rather than only those starting out with a major suit bid? I would think that normally there would be other options available to responder but with this hand he obviously could only bid
. How many people would open with my hand in the first place and is that where the trouble all began?
The other table the auction started out exactly the same way except that after 2NT responder bid 4
, opener bid 4
responder leaped to 6
making. I don't understand the 4
bid unless they agreed they were in a game force auction but there it is.