The It

The it 4.5 vs Wackojack 5.5 The it 5.5 vs Kubiresmo 4.5 The it 3.0 vs Jkr_1993 7.0 Sent a challenge to Eblenner on 24th, no reply and expires today.

Sorry, thankfully was woken up to the reason why I was getting all these friend challenges thanks to ovncylmz. :rolleyes: Sent Requests to those I've needed to. Two new results: the it 6.5 vs chuck11 3.5 Results the it 6.0 vs jexa_ 4.0 Results

Yeah, not really a good board in general for GIB I'm not sure which one, whatever the challenges use by default

Scoring +980 was unexpected when I saw dummy... [hv=sn=the%20it&s=SKQT52HA8D42CAQJ2&wn=Robot&w=S76HKJT3D9653CT83&nn=Robot&n=SAJ83HQ95DJTCK976&en=Robot&e=S94H7642DAKQ87C54&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=P1S(Major%20suit%20opening%20--%205+%20%21S%3B%2011-21%20HCP%3B%2012-22%20total%20points)P3S(Limit%20major%20raise%20--%204+%20%21S%3B%2010-12%20total%20points)P4C(Cue%20bid%20--%205+%20%21S%3B%2021-%20HCP%3B%20%21CA%3B%2020-22%20total%20points)P4N(Blackwood%20%5BS%5D%20--%204+%20%21S%3B%2012%20total%20points)P5C(Zero%20or%20three%20key%20cards%20--%205+%20%21S%3B%2021-%20HCP%3B%20%21CA%3B%2020-22%20total%20points)P5D(%3F%20queen%20--%204+%20%21S%3B%2012%20total%20points)D(6-11%20HCP%3B%20rebiddable%20%21D%3B%20%21DKQ%3B%2012-%20total%20points)PP5S(2+%20%21D%3B%204+%20%21S%3B%20no%20%21DAK%3B%2012%20total%20points)P6S(5+%20%21S%3B%2021-%20HCP%3B%20%21CA%3B%2020-22%20total%20points)PPP&p=D3DTD8D2DJD7D4D9]399|300[/hv]

North is marked with minor suit length from the 2N bid, so a major suit switch is clear, especially seeing all the diamond and club honours in dummy. Playing another heart straight away might just concede the rest of the tricks, so the only hope to beat it would be to switch to spades, once they both hold, the only real chance of getting partner back in is with a heart.

I'm not invited to this party, pass.

Blasting 4N doesn't make sense, because If we get answer of 1 or 4, then we're none the wiser about partner's hand. Of course, with a 5♥ or 5♠ response, we might be able to roll it in with a finesse in trumps. I think X is probably the best action, so we can now workout exactly where we want to be. If they bid spades a 4-3 fit might be playable. X keeps our options open,whereas any forcing 4N, 4H, 4C could just get messy.

We like to call it the Tom Jones 2NT It's not unusual.

Torn between X and then Hearts or 4H directly at this vulnerability, probably would bid 4H. I'd certainly X if we were vulnerable against not.

I'm sure the ask "how many does 1♣ promise?", then bid clubs approach would work here. :rolleyes: I think 2♣ should be natural.

As it was, the ♦K was singleton in the North hand, so we escaped with the contract making after the Ace of clubs lead.

[hv=pc=n&w=sakqjh7djt763cj62&e=st65haqj4daq8ckq7&d=w&v=n&b=12&a=1d1hd(Denies%204%20!s)p1s2c3cp3dp4dp5dp6dppp]266|200[/hv] Matchpoints, fairly weak field. 1D - (1H) - X Denies 4 spades. I was holding the East cards at the table and don't think my bidding was the best and 6D was a bit of a punt in the end. Could I make a better bid over 3D? Or thinking about it, is X a better action over 2C? Thanks

I'm not saying that just the 5 spades are the distribution - you've got an overall distributional hand - if you were 5332 then sure, that comment makes sense. You're 6/5 - come alive!

Points don't make contracts - distribution does. 4♠.

Would you suggest mirroring a Jacoby 2NT system here with 2NT after 2S then? Would that have any downfalls? 2NT showing some sort of 3 card support