I had this hand. I chose to bid 3
♣ since I wanted to be in game (3NT, 4
♥, 4
♠) and wasn't sure whether 3
♠ would be forcing. After the hand, my partner said that 3
♠ "obviously would have been forcing". He did offer some more wisdom, but let me show you the full hand and auction first:
Needless to say that we didn't gain any cross-IMPs on this board.
Partner's "wisdom": "3
♣ cannot possibly be asking for a stop in clubs since I have already shown one when I bid 2NT. Therefore, it must be natural." followed by: "You should have bid 3
♠. That is obviously forcing." and "I have thought about it a little more... You really should have put in the
♦K against that 4
♥ contract 2 rounds ago. After all, you knew I was underleading the ace when I led the 2 (from my known five card suit) since we play fourth best from an honor and second highest from garbage. You really should have figured that one out. I didn't expect that you would misdefend that badly."
For me that is the definition of:
Trinidad, on 2013-February-13, 03:09, said:
Just for the record: Except for telling the opponents that there had been a failure to alert 3
♣ (to which they replied: "We already guessed that.") I didn't say a word.
Rik
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