bridgeboy Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Imps.. Playing with an "expert" pickup p: Std Stayman/Gerber/etc You hold: KxxKxJTxxxAxx partner opens 2NT (20-22?) How would you bid? Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 I'd bid 6N I'd be more worried about missing 7 than overbidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 I'd bid 6N I'd be more worried about missing 7 than overbidding ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestar Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Let's give partner ♠AQx♥AQxx♦AKxx♣Kx which is a perfect maximum--you have three spades, three hearts, five or six diamonds, and two clubs. You are laydown for 6 and 7 depends on dropping the queen of diamonds (about 52%). Now put a small diamond eslewhere and the grand well is below 50% (you need Qx or Qxx on side) but 6 is still virtually laydown (5-0 diamonds beat it). Now also remove one ot the queen and six is in considerable jeopary. Now if partner has ♠Qxx♥AQxx♦AKx♣KQx and 6 is down more often than not. Now consider the hansd where we are off two aces or ♦AK . . . Lacking more sophistcated slam tools, I would try 4NT natural and invitational. If we needed a swing and I wanrted to shoot on this hand, I'd pass and hope the field is going down in slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 I'll drive it to slam, but I'll go through 4C first. Immediately bidding 6N seems lazy as we can be off 2 aces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 I'll drive it to slam, but I'll go through 4C first. Immediately bidding 6N seems lazy as we can be off 2 aces. Is that a quantitaive (or better) NT raise with a 5-card minor and no 4-card major? Then I agree. I can't imagine that it can be anything else with this hand. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Imps.. Playing with an "expert" pickup p: Std Stayman/Gerber/etc that should help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Imps.. Playing with an "expert" pickup p: Std Stayman/Gerber/etc that should help. Yes, I was wondering what that word meant. Whatever it means, does it guarantee 12 tricks at NT? Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 As I said Roland I am CHOOSING to drive to slam anyways. I am the same as the bundle of 2N-6N bidders. I am just CHECKING that we are not off 2 aces. Despite your (and my) lack of love for this convention, if we're playing it and you choose to drive to slam, you might as well use it if you can be off 2 aces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Only possibly disadvantage is a lead-directing double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 My experience of Gerber on this sort of auction is that if it goes 2NT:4♣,4♥ it's more likely that opener has forgotten the responses than that you're missing two aces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 That's what I call partnership trust <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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