Misbid this Hand with Me – February 2026
Based on his bestselling trilogy of books, Misplay These Hands with Me, Misdefend These Hands with Me and Misbid These Hands with Me, Mark Horton shows you how to avoid misplaying, misdefending and misbidding hands.
Lack of Ambition
In a round robin qualifier, I pick up these cards:
Dealer East. All Vul.
♠ AK9732
♥ 9763
♦ 5
♣ AQ
When East passes, I open 1♠ and when West overcalls 2♣ my partner bids 3♣, which promises a good hand, usually with some Spade support. When I jump to 4♠, partner asks for keycards and then about the ♠Q. When I answer accordingly, partner bids 6♦, which I take to be some sort of grand slam try. I suspect partner has a very good diamond suit and the ♠Q and was intending to bid 7NT if I had any additional Kings. I decided to push the boat out and bid 7♠, leaving us with this drawn out sequence:
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