Set One 12 April 2017 Hand 1

Board 1 East Deals	♠ K 8 7 3 ♥ 9 7 5 ♦ 8 5 ♣ 9 8 3 2
♠ J ♥ A 10 8 6 ♦ A Q 9 6 2 ♣ 6 5 4	N W E S	♠ 5 4 2 ♥ K Q J 4 3 2 ♦ 4 ♣ Q J 7
	♠ A Q 10 9 6 ♥ — ♦ K J 10 7 3 ♣ A K 10

NS 5♠; E 4♥; W 3♥; NS 1♦; NS 1♣; Par +300: E 6♥×−2

West	North	East	South
		2 ♦	4 ♦
Pass	4 ♠	All pass

The defence to a multi-2 ♦ that I am going to suggest is based on using double frequently. The advantage of that is that you will frequently force the opponents to show what suit they have early in the auction. That will inevitably make our sides bidding easier. 

However I am just going to deal hands and show the methods and explain them as they come up.

I like to play leaping Michaels. I am not sure what is best when both majors are unbid but in my partnership we prefer to not have an ambiguity about the major. Therefore arbitarily we decided to use a spade base. That is a jump to 4m immediately shows that minor and spades. With hearts and a minor we have to take some other action. 

4 ♦ is near perfect for this hand with four losers and two decent suits. 

It is possible here that west can bid 5 ♥ at some point. For this blog I am going to concentrate on the methods and occasionally overlook judgement issues - which I cannot always get right.

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