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1NT shows 18-19. Why would you want to bid 1NT with 12-14 when partner could not bid over 1♠?

Now, can we have a "delete her upvote" button?

[hv=pc=n&e=saqt753hkdak73c93&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=p1hp1sp3hp3sp4sp]133|200[/hv] Matchpoints. Club game. Playing 2/1 with 1430 and cue-bids past game showing only first-round controls. Obviously grand is a (strong?) possibility, but even small slam is uncertain depending on partner's club holding. I felt my options were: 1. Trust that partner has a club control and bid 1430 to see if we have all keycards for grand. Bid 7♠ if partner has 3. If pd has only two.. 1A. Bid 6♠ and trust that one of them is the ♣A or that they don't lead clubs, or 1B. Bid 6♥ to protect a potential ♣K holding by partner. 2. Establish the club situation with certainty by cue-bidding 5♦. This eliminates the chance at grand because I lose my method to find out about the ♠K. Possibly relevant points: 1. We don't have specific agreements about how strong the heart suit needs to be for the 3♥ bid...I would think AJT9xx is likely the weakest possible. AQTxxx is certainly possible, perhaps even AQxxxx. 2. Again, no specific agreements but I don't believe partner would bid 4♠ with a stiff, even the king. Areas where I welcome comments: 1. What you would be thinking about and your chosen approach. 2. Whether switching to teams scoring would change your thinking and approach. 3. Whether a tougher field would change your thinking and approach. 4. After cue-bidding 5♦, do you have methods to find out about the ♠K or get partner to bid grand if he has ♠K/♥A/♣A plus reasonable other holdings? 5. Are you giving any thought to a NT slam at matchpoints?

Discard a club from dummy. If East wins, then you can draw trumps and get 3 more discards from dummy via ruffing finesses and ruff a club in dummy. If East lets you win trick 1, then you can play the ace of clubs and crossruff the next 10.

I am listening to the Hog. And I am laughing.... given that he does use a signature quote. ("The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.) Rik

South should have stared with 2♥.

This all reminds me of a story. Team event. At one table, fourth seat for his first call bid 4H as a raise of a 1H overcall. This was doubled and set, at teams mind you, 1400 on a part score hand. Declared went nuts. at the other table, rodwell bid the same 4H after the same 1H overcall. Jeff noted that Eric can't take a joke but then played it competently for -1100 and an imp win. point? You sometime s make the right call in both seats and must then play it right for only down 4 against a not making game, and that is good bridge. As an aside, don't listen to hog. Ever. Unless for a laugh.

I think he was thinking of the 4 card ending with dummy having 4 hearts, declarer 2 hearts and both pointed jacks, an auto squeeze, not a positional one. Squeeze is the far better chance, also add in the Q doubleton possibilities and the JT doubleton/third in hearts falling. I also don't think the finesse is 50%; there is a restricted choice position on the opening lead if you assume that they would never lead from a Q in NT.

You open 1♦ and partner bid 1♠. You realize your mistake and, given a second chance, mistakenly repeat the same mis-bid. Now your partner makes a different bid??????? What did I miss?

Should still be OK provided that the ♣AK are on lead.

This is N/B forum, i strongly suggest anyone who thinks they belong to this level to not worry about garbage stayman, exit stayman fire stayman earthquake stayman tornado stayman etc etc....and just pass and try to make as much as tricks you can. Considering your level, the number of important things waiting in front of you to learn is way too much that you should not be wasting your time with this imho. Fwiw, spot cards are game changer especially in 1 NT contracts. You have 6 hcp and decent spots, i would not worry playing 1 NT even vs a weak NT with this hand.

1H-1S, 2D-3C*, 4th suit forcing 3S-4N, 5S-5N*, specific kings 6C*-6D*, King of clubs, asks to bid grand with the K of diamonds 6N*-7N. Denies K of diamonds, but does show extras in context, 7N says perfect, just what I was looking for.

Yes. No smiley needed!

You're welcome. But, you did make the first mistake by sitting across from East.

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