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When
today's hand was played in an international
tournament
last month, most West players led a
spade, allowing declarer
to take at least 10 tricks.
(There is a squeeze for 11
tricks, if declarer finds it.)
At
a few tables, however, East opened the bidding
2 ,
showing hearts and a minor, 4-to-11 points.
South doubled
and West
bid 2NT asking for the
minor (he was planning to bid 3 next
to invite
game). East bid 3 and
South bid 3NT. West
decided to defend and led a low heart
to defeat
the contract.
Two-suited
2 or
2 openings
are popular outside
of the USA, where many pairs also use Multi
2 to
show
a weak two-bid in a major (a convention that
complements
the two-suited
2 and
2 openings).
These
are a lot of fun and often very effective! But
watch the
vulnerability.
Want
to spruce up your knowledge of conventions?
Try one of these courses
at Bridge Today University:
Course
#105 Conventions taught by Pamela Granovetter
Course
#210 Advanced Conventions taught by Pamela
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