Burnham Bridge Club
Competitive Bidding at Pairs
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How Are We Doing?  Example 3A
♠  Q J 10 7 6 4 2
♥  5 2
♦  A J
♣  9 5
♠ 
♥
♦ 
♣
♠ 
♥ 
♦ 
♣
 W        N        E        S
                       P        P
1♥         P      4♥       4♠
♠ 
♥ 
♦ 
♣
Dealer: East  Love all
1NT = 12-14
In this case, we might just be catching up with those pairs where South had opened 3♠. But we feel we’re in quite a poor position now, so we don’t have much to lose.