Worst Result

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 6 3
  2. heart10
  3. diamondA K J 7 4 3
  4. club7 6 4
  1. spade10 5 4
  2. heartK J 7 3
  3. diamond8
  4. clubA Q 10 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 1 1 4 4
W 5 1 1 4 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q J 7
  2. heart4
  3. diamondQ 9 6 5
  4. clubK J 9 8

Contract: 3heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond8
  1. spade9 8 2
  2. heartA Q 9 8 6 5 2
  3. diamond10 2
  4. club3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond Pass 1heart
Pass 2diamond Dble* 3heart
Dble~ Pass Pass Pass

* unseen by South!!
~ seen by South

At the table, I could not imagine that partner might want to come in at the vulnerability and assumed that his double was for penalties. I was wrong, and rightly so. In the olden days, before decent bidding had been invented, this type of double would be for penalties and I've just found a 1980 Bridge Magazine where Reese says so, but even by then he was almost a lone voice.

These days his double of 2diamond shows a hand unwilling to make an original double of 1diamond for fear of a hearing an embarrassing response opposite. In this sequence it would typically show a 4-2-2-5 shape. Anyway, RHO didn't see partner's double - but she did see mine! We'll draw a veil over the play, but suffice it to say we racked up +500.
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