The Value of Silence

March 6, 2004
Silver Spring MD
WBL Sectional Saturday Night A/X Pairs
Matchpoints

	Q 5 4 2 8 J 10 9 5 2 K 10 2
K J 6 A Q K Q 7 6 4 8 7 5		10 9 8 7 10 9 7 4 2 — Q 6 4 3
N-S Vul	A 3 K J 6 5 3 A 8 3 A J 9

Noble West 1 NT 3 4

North 2 ¹ Dbl5

Mike East Pass Pass² Rdbl6

South 1 2 ³ All Pass

1. Alerted by South as a transfer to hearts
2. I knew what was going on
3. South continues being confused
4. Noble didn't get the memo...
5. Apparently the bidder knew he had diamonds
6. This is the "please have 4 spades, partner" redouble

3 xx by West
Down 9 — EW +4600

If only there was an entry to dummy he might have held it to -2800. At the table he claimed down 9 for -4600, but he might have held it to -3400 with perfect guessing.