[mw64ahw]

We were defending this hand at a club session, but I was surprised no one bid and made Par with all bar 1 pair stopping below the 3 level
The only Par bidder went down 3 which was an anomaly for the player in question.

Can you bid PAR using a favoured approach with or without gadgets and choose the right line to make the contract?

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6♣ led when North was declarer and a low ♥ with South declarer

Spoiler

Bidding from my simulator with the additional complication of a NT takeout on a flat shape, but with 11+hcp
The NT takeout confused opponents after South passed and North rebid ♥ over 2♣ which we defended

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[Cyberyeti]

I think we bid 1♥-1♠-3♠-4♠ if N only bids 2♠ I probably make a LSGT with the south hand and N accepts

What lead ?

[LBengtsson]

mw64ahw, on 2022-June-30, 04:19, said:

The only Par bidder went down 3 which was an anomaly for the player in question.

I am not working out here how North became declarer on this hand, even if not using 2/1. I go with Cyberyeti's auction and South ends up in 4♠ as PAR contract. Difficult hand to play: a few options to think through. The opps. hands must have distributional to end up 3 down. What went wrong? I will let others answer before having a try myself here.

[mw64ahw]

LBengtsson, on 2022-June-30, 06:25, said:

I am not working out here how North became declarer on this hand, even if not using 2/1. I go with Cyberyeti's auction and South ends up in 4♠ as PAR contract. Difficult hand to play: a few options to think through. The opps. hands must have distributional to end up 3 down. What went wrong? I will let others answer before having a try myself here.

I guess N/S were playing ACOL (Not my forte) and South didn't like the ♠ suit so bid 2♦ showing 8+.

[TMorris]

mw64ahw, on 2022-June-30, 06:58, said:

I guess N/S were playing ACOL (Not my forte) and South didn't like the ♠ suit so bid 2♦ showing 8+.

There may be a system that bids like that but it is not Acol.

[Cyberyeti]

TMorris, on 2022-June-30, 07:05, said:

There may be a system that bids like that but it is not Acol.

And even if they did bid 2♦, the N hand is not a reverse if you DO 2/1 on 8 so it continues 2♥-2♠, there is a tenet observed by most Acol players that you respond the major if you're going to pass opener rebidding his suit and not get the major in second time.

[pescetom]

We would bid one of cyberyeti's auctions in 2/1, although in another more eccentric partnership it could even go 1NT-2♣;2♥-2♠;3♠-4♠.

[mycroft]

I don't play this, but I imagine the auction in half my club would be 2♦-4♠. Flannery, of course.