Bidding:
| West | North | East | South |
| | | | 1NT |
| p | 2NT | p | 3♣ |
| X | 3♦ | X | p |
| ? |
After South's strong notrump and North's conventional 2NT showing diamonds (weak or strong), South shows a diamond raise with 3♣ and you, East make a cheap double, taking the opportunity. North reverts to 3♦ confirming a weak hand with diamonds and your partner, silent so far, bids a responsive double as diamonds were bid and raised by the opponents. Now what?
It is interesting to observe so many partnership spending countless hours to hone their bidding but neglect competitive auctions. It is really difficult to find silent opponents these days and most of the sequences these partnership work on will unfortunately remain as theory. Many would go astray here. The full deal first:
The hand was taken from Cap Gemini 2000, a prestigious event. Sitting West was Zia and in the East was Andrew Robson. In response to Robson's responsive double, Zia bid his three-card heart suit and Robson raised to game, bidding 4♥. They were the only couple reaching the ironclad heart game.
OK, you may not have the guts to bid game as Robson did but even getting to 3♥ was good enough to get a good score at IMPs.
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