Conservative Bidding

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 5
  2. heartA 6 4 3
  3. diamondA K 10 7 5 4 3
  4. club—
  1. spadeA Q J 9 6
  2. heart7 2
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubA K J 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 5 - -
S - 3 6 - -
E 6 - - 5 -
W 6 - - 6 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 7 4 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondQ 8 6
  4. clubQ 10 8 7 6 2

Contract: 6heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeK 3
  2. heartK Q J 10 9 8 5
  3. diamond9 2
  4. club9 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4heart
4spade 5heart 5spade Pass
Pass 6heart Pass Pass
Dble Pass
Well, was it 5heart, 6heart or 7heart? North felt that it was almost certain that East would be supporting spades whatever the level, so he decided to bide his time with 5heart. When the expected 5spade came around, he "saved" in 6heart and this was naively doubled by West. As you can imagine, West did not dare lead the spadeA and preferred his clubA. Before he tabled dummy, North said to his partner "write down 6 doubled plus one"

There have been historical examples of players where, using this hand as an example, North had bid 7heart as a gigantic bluff. It would take a far-seeing West to have led spadeA, but here the most likely result of a 7heart bid by North would have been a 7spade bid from East. The boot would then be on the other foot and North would have to lead diamondA to defeat it.
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