Another 2 Spade Bidder
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|  K |
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 7 3 |
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 J 10 8 5 4 |
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 K Q 7 4 2 |
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| Q 10 7 5 4 |
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9 3 |
| A Q 9 |
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K 8 6 5 2 |
| A K 9 |
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Q 7 |
| J 3 |
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10 9 8 6 |
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A J 8 6 2 |
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J 10 4 |
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6 3 2 | |
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A 5 | Vul: N-S |
| East | South |
West | North |
| Pass |
Pass |
1 NT |
Pass |
| 2 |
Pass |
2 |
Pass |
| Pass |
2 |
Dbl |
All pass |
This hand was played by any number of people in 3 diamonds after an unusual 2 no trump (often over a spade opening bid). No one made it, but then no one was doubled, and most were minus 50 (including one in 4 diamonds who did pick up 9 tricks). Here N-S didn't have the advantage of a spade opening bid followed by an unusual 2 no to find their best fit in diamonds.
Still, a lot were playing in hearts, and it would have been no great shame to let the opponents play the hand in hearts. Instead, you see what happened. N-S danced around a contract of their own, but couldn't easily find their best fit. South might have recognized a 2 no bid by North here as a bit unusual for a person who has passed twice and in the face of a no trump opening on his right. Then they might have found their diamond fit, such as it is, but they also might have wound up one of the few doubled.
In any event, South was playing with fire, with a one-suited hand, and a tenace-ridden suit at that. And he got his comeuppance. If you don't have enough spades to open a weak two, do you really want to come at the two level later when the opponents have had time to announce their strength and distribution to each other? Which kind of invites the dangers of a weak two while enjoying none of the advantages.