The Opponents Interfere over a 1NT Bid

Here is your hand:
♠JT842
♥5
♦732
♣7542

Your LHO is Dealer. They Pass. Partner bids 1NT. (You make your "15 to 17" announcement like a good little bridge player.) Your RHO bids 2♥. Your turn to bid.

Look at that. You were just about to bid 2♥ to transfer Partner to ♠! You remember that you and your Partner are playing "Stolen Bids". That means that IF you "Double", Partner will know that this is a transfer to ♠ and bid accordingly. What is your call? You are playing match points.

Show Answer

I hope you PASSED!

Before the opponents bid you were intending to transfer to ♠. That was a better contract then 1NT probably. But you really didn't want this contract did you? You have a terrible hand.

The opponents aren't really stealing this contract from you. They are rescuing you from a disaster. If you don't have a ♠ fit you are in big trouble. Even with a fit you might still be in trouble.

Let them have this hand. You don't want it.

P.S. If you bid you are in big trouble. Even if the Opponents don't find a "Double". Which they will of course. The one has five of your ♠ (much better ones than you have) and their Partner showed a nice hand by bidding over the 1NT bid.