On the last hand (#1) the key to the weaker hand choosing trumps seems to be the outside entries. South knows that north has a weak hand and may well have no outside entries to their strong suit, as is the case here.
I suppose the other consideration for the first hand (#5) would be whether they let you play in 2S? North can see it is very unlikely to make game in anything so their best bet might be to simply pass, as Tony comes to from another direction. If they do let it play in 2S, south’s weak two opening has worked perfectly!
On the last hand I'd have been sneaky and started the hearts from the Q or J in the hope that W would get greedy and not play the A believing that E had the K 🙂
On the last hand (#1) the key to the weaker hand choosing trumps seems to be the outside entries. South knows that north has a weak hand and may well have no outside entries to their strong suit, as is the case here.
I suppose the other consideration for the first hand (#5) would be whether they let you play in 2S? North can see it is very unlikely to make game in anything so their best bet might be to simply pass, as Tony comes to from another direction. If they do let it play in 2S, south’s weak two opening has worked perfectly!
On the last hand I'd have been sneaky and started the hearts from the Q or J in the hope that W would get greedy and not play the A believing that E had the K 🙂