BRIDGE MASTERCLASS

WITH your side only vulnerable, what would you bid?

YOUR best bet is to take North at his word that he is willing to defend 1NT doubled, and pass. Your four-card heart suit is not biddable and to take out into 2♣ would hardly be likely to create a good score for your side.

On the other hand, you have a few values that may fit in with North’s and you know that though the chances of making a game on the North-South cards hardly exists, you must have more than half the points between you.

Seven, plus North’s guaranteed 14-plus points makes 21, so you have an excellent chance of defeating 1NT doubled.