Crazy distribution blunts high cards
First today, apologies to the typesetters, who dislike seven-card suits in the East hand, and here we have a 10-bagger! But I was shown this deal by my wife, who sat South. What do you think of the auction? The East hand, despite its winners, is not a two-club opening. Only 12 high-card points are too few. That call should also assure partner that the opponents cannot make a game contract unless they have a good fit and voids. This hand has scant defense.
South’s overcall in such a weak suit was debatable. But it was hard to pass a hand with 14 points. (My wife could not double to show both majors.)
North, wondering how many points were in the deck, used Roman Key Card Blackwood. Hearts losers? What heart losers?
Surely East should have shown his suit at this point. Why not tell partner? Also, maybe the opponents had not discussed counteracting intervention over Blackwood.
South, ignoring the double, gave her normal answer to RKCB. (A sensible agreement is ROPI: Redouble with zero key cards, pass with one key card, bid five clubs with two, and so on. Partner can then ask for the trump queen and side-suit kings if he wishes.)
North jumped to six spades, hoping for the best in hearts.
West believed that he had to double, following his partner’s opening bid. After he led a club, my wife won with dummy’s ace, cashed the spade ace, played a heart to her queen and cashed the heart ace. When the king dropped, she claimed an overtrick for plus 1310.