Posted 2011-October-14, 14:13
This seems like normal bidding by the little old ladies at the local club. She has a lot of hearts headed by the AKQ, 2 Kings, and a Queen or two. And yes, because of bad defense 5♦ will make 6.
Heck, Wednesday there was a similar situation. RHO opens 15-17 1NT in first seat, and the auction proceeded as follows:
(1NT) - P - (2♠) - X
(3♣) - P - (P) - 3♠
(4♣) - P - (P) - 4♠ - All Pass
Partner made 6 as they never cashed a diamond.
My hand was ♠AT ♥Txxx ♦xxxx ♣xxx
Her hand was ♠QJ8xxxx ♥AKx ♦x ♣AK
"It's not enough to win the tricks that belong to you. Try also for some that belong to the opponents."
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself."
"One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts."
-Alfred Sheinwold