wyman, on 2012-February-16, 09:08, said:
I'll add a bonus question to the mix: Is west allowed to play 4C undoubled on this auction?
Absolutely. The world is forcing pass crazy. I had a rule once with my partner that we are never in a forcing pass white/red. It was probably a more reasonable rule than anything else. It is just common sense that when a guy shows a huge 2 suiter, you cannot be in a forcing pass. Once I opened 2C and the opponents red/white bid a slam, with my partner showing some values along the way. I thought that my LHO was 7-6 so I did not double, turns out he was only 6-6 so he was down 1 but still, why do we have to be doubling on a hand like that? It doesn't make sense.
On this hand we both bid our hands, and the opps bid 4C. Neither player has any reason to think it's down. North has 1 trick. South has on a good day 2 tricks. We are probably down a lot due to the bad splits in the red suits. We have both bid our hands, now we are done. Having 24 HCP or so does not mean we can beat a guy who has a huge black 2 suiter when most of our HCP are in the red suits, and both of their suits are splitting 3-2. Common sense must trump everything else.