cloa513

Cue hearts- a major part of your strength is in spades, opener is most likely short in spades. Sure his partner might have made a cheap overcall in spades but mostly like he considers them too feeble to bid. Your partner probably has spades maybe five with you holding all the top honours 5 spades is the same as 4. You might miss game in spades when opponent maybe goes down one in hearts- he has six good hearts and an outside ace. Your low four hearts means if opener has one entry to table he can easily finesse partners honour or it even drops.

I'll bite. Exclusion blackwood of hearts. Any one of the following wacky hands. I wasn't careful with the numbers add a singleton ace of hearts or move the ace from a long minor to the other suit if you like. ♣KQJxxxxx ♦ AKQxxxxx ♠ AK or A or void (adjust the count on the other minors at least 6/5- unlike 4NT you don't care about preferred fit in minor - just if he has an minor ace) ♣x ♦ AKQxxx ♠ AKQJxxxxx (you assume the original over call was a psyche or weak four with long minor. ♦ x ♣AKQxxxxx ♥AKxxx (you don't care about partner's queen of hearts but don't want opponents to guess to bid spades easily) partner bids 5♣ with no non-heart aces - you pick final suit, 5♦ with one ace 5♥ with rediculously selfsupporting hearts and one outside ace (why he'd choose 2♥ rather than 1♥ 5♠ with two aces (one is singleton) 6NT with two aces (at least doubleton Ax)

Your flaw is defining major preempts in 3rd and fourth seat- they should be good opening hands with shortage in the other major. Indeed many people bid 4H/4S with opening hands long major suit 7 or 8 in all seats but not significant slam potential -two aces not more. With your example, you can bid 3H and partner should raise to 4H.

2NT. Is weak two of hearts an option for partner to open? If not a solid set of hearts would probably play better in 3NT rather than 4H- he doesn't any other strength. Save 3D for strong hands with ♦xxx

The 7NT might used to his partner being a chronic underbidder.

You have marked North as Dealer so he opens. Isn't 5C pretty solid whereas 3NT would require some rather unusual hand shape such as blocking honours in South (and declarer assumes that or plays as usual and no ace of spades or Qxx Clubs in North) or Qx clubs in any hand.

Definitely North for　not checking south's hand after the obvious void cue bid with a weak hand. South was looking for ♥xxx in North not top honours for the slam.

ACBL covers four countries at least: USA, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

South is at fault with so many controls and strength 3NT is an underbid. North is not at fault- what if south had ♠KJx ♥KQx ♦KQx ♣10xx which is far more reasonable 3NT bid. Should consider 2♦ cue as general force - not limiting it a powerful club fit- how do consider playing 4/4 fit of spades with ♠KQJx ♥AK ♦xxxxx ♣xx

emalka doesn't even have 20 HCP. Its 17 worth maybe 18.

3♣ could be weak or a mixed raise of diamonds (shows clubs and diamonds support 10-12 HCP) or even strong.

Anyway any way to play a card other than select it by mouse.

It wasn't the most left card in my hand- it seems to have an occasional problem with the queen of spades. I have Win7(Japanese version) thats why I use the Flash version for English (wife's computer- difficult to install anything).

Wow really?? Can my Robo's get some lessons from yours!? Seriously, they are not only slower (which I am gathering may be my connection speed) but Robo-P will always manage to overbid one trick. If it happens to find a correct bid, finds a way to lose a trick. My last hand the bidding went something like: 1!s P 2!h P, 3!c P 3!h P, 4!d P 4!h P, P(I give up) P I had a big hand for anything but my heart void. P reveals his hand, 5 hearts with 10 high & the rest under 8. Lol & cry . . . So why didn't you try 3NT after 3H.

Where is the rest of the system card? Vastly too little.

On board 468, the flash client would not allow me to play the singleton Q♠ whether as lead or following dummy lead of A♠. Fortunately it didn't matter much as I declared making 13 tricks finally accepted by opponents but its was tense for a while. BTW No problems after that board.

And thats an improvement? with reasonable play and the obvious club lead 3NT has no chance 5D is the only one contract with a reasonable chance.

Definitely East, partner bid him although he was a minimum and he's way better than that. West could have bid 3NT direct over 2C so this much stronger. After 3NT, 4D (must be forcing), 5NT, 7NT.

What makes ♣ worth showing- its not a great shape to give an option on contract maybe with singleton ace and those clubs then it maybe a decent alternative.

I opened 1 ♥ with ♥ AKQJxxxx ♦ KQJx ♣ xx on BBO and was overcalled 1♠ I rebid 4 ♥ then reovercalled 4 ♠ final bid 5 ♥ which was doubled. luckily partner had ♣KQ Got to love it when opponents say 19 HCP. Well I needed two aces in the minors or any 2 aces with a lucky lead.

I think he means that this GIB (GIB is a computer program) bid a four card overcall rather than an obvious double.

But you shouldn't assume its not quite a randomly assigned balanced hand- the ace of diamonds makes it so much more likely that south has nothing in diamonds then south only need have 7 HCP in 3 suits.

How about this all with 3 spades support 2S all round strength with slam potential consider whether 4S or higher or 3NT is the best contract, 3 S strength unbalanced tell me about your shortage (in clubs or diamonds high slam potential if the right shortage), 4S low slam potential- no aces and missing one queen continue with more than 2 aces.

You mean a strong 1C system like Precision

Any chance that GIB would simulate the 6D which is solid.