Ekren Follow up hand – as promised

As I mentioned in response to Sudhir’s post about Ekren opening, defending accurately against this bid can be a really hazardous exercise – here’s an example:

Winter Nationals Jaipur, Round # 8 of swiss league. Hand rotated for convenience. 

Sitting North VUL vs Fresh you pick up

 and hear the your LHO open 2♦ ostensibly showing 44+ in majors and 3-8 hcp. You make a take out double and pd responds 3♣ . What now? Are you worth another move?

Kamal Mukherjee sitting North thought so, with his 17 hcp, 4 clubs and a singleton heart. He forced with 3♥  and his pd Manas Mukherjee bid 3♠  . He now took the bull by horns and raised to 5♣  and having sat silently so far, I finally found a double.