I am retired both from full-time work and from tournament bridge. My main bridge interest is researching the history of the tournament game in England: the first (and possibly only) instalment, covering the period up to the end of WW2, was published on the EBU website in December 2016.
My first serious bridge partner was Richard Granville and he suggested that I sign up to this site.
Read more »I'm not sure that I've ever seen this sequence at the table. It featured in a quiz in Contract Bridge Journal in 1947 and I thought that it raised an interesting question of interpretation. Conditions were not stated but assume MP with neither side vulnerable. The opponents are playing four-card majors.
Jack Marx, who set the quiz, commented that 3♥ was natural since East could have bid 3♠ unambiguously if he wanted to force his partner to bid. This is fine so far as it goes but how strong should 3♥ be? It also occurred to me that one could use 3♥ to show values in hearts and invite partner to bid 3NT with a spade guard. Or even asking for help in hearts (i.e. implying values in spades).
All comments welcome!
Sorry, you need to be logged in to answer polls. Registered users can vote in polls, and can also browse other users' public votes! Please join our community and participate in the discussion.
