iggygork Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Playing in a small Sectional tourney, playing a very aggressive 2/1 style, you hold: [hv=d=n&v=b&s=skq9xxxxxhdxxckqx]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Pard deals and opens 1♥. RHO overcalls 2♣, and you bid?....At the table I bid 2♠. LHO bid 3♣, pard bid 4♣. RHO passes. Now what? Your comments regarding the initial 2♠ bid and continuations from this point on are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 2S was fine. Over 4C I guess I would bid 5C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Hi, assuming 2S is forcing, 2S is ok, ... the meaning of 4S is probably not 100% clear.4C should be a splinter with spade support, since I have wasted valuesin clubs I, and I dont really believein my support theory, I give up,i.e. I bid 4S. Assuming you trust your partner 100%, and believe in the my outlined support theory, you could bid 5Sas a general slam try (what ever it asks for, probably for a diamond control ...) With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 This one seems easy. Over 2♣, bid 4♠. If LHO goes to 5♣ and pard passes, I double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 4S is what I would bid without the KQ of clubs. This hand seems too strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 My pard has shown strength opposite my 4 loser hand. Part doesn't promise spade support, but he should at least have tolerance by inference. My sense if that pard has a club void, but I can't be 100% sure. A small slam is a near certainty and a grand is possible. I would return cue 5♣. It shows a control. It also indicates some flaw, since my hand didn't RKC. Hopefully, I'll hear 5♦, and I can cue my heart void. Another idea is to try 5♠. We "know" pard has a club control, so he'll either bid 6♠ with the stiff or 6♣ with the void (I don't think he has the A). Over 6♣, we can try 6♥, which has to be Last Train. Tough hand and I'll be interested in other's comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Playing in a small Sectional tourney, playing a very aggressive 2/1 style, you hold: Dealer: North Vul: Both Scoring: IMP ♠ KQ9xxxxx ♥ [space] ♦ xx ♣ KQx Pard deals and opens 1♥. RHO overcalls 2♣, and you bid?....At the table I bid 2♠. LHO bid 3♣, pard bid 4♣. RHO passes. Now what? Your comments regarding the initial 2♠ bid and continuations from this point on are appreciated. 4S now over 4clubs. Mr. Conservative Will not not show H void over 4nt RKCMaybe p can cue 5d over 4S? 2S was a great bid. 5Clubs is close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 We "know" pard has a club control I don't agree. To me 4C says nothing about club controls. It just says partner has a hand too good to jump to 4S (which could be made with just about any hand that has 4 trumps, or a 14 count with 3 trumps, or many hands with a singleton.) If partner had say, 18-19 balanced with 2 small clubs and 3 spades I would expect him to bid 4C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I agree with 2♠, the hand is too good for a direct 4S. I think that 3H (and obviously also 3D) over 3C would be forcing, so 4C should promise spade support. It does not show a club control. 5C looks right, I'm bidding 6S over partner's 5D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggygork Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Thank you all for your comments. Needless to say, I found this hand too difficult at the table, and signed off in 4S, discounting my club stuff and not relishing my heart void. Pard's hand: [hv=s=sajxhkxxxxxdakxcx]133|100|[/hv] I am not so sure this hand is worth 4♣ but it certainly was the magic hand for slam. We pushed the board at +680. Go cuebidders! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 4S is what I would bid without the KQ of clubs. This hand seems too strong. Yeah, but the club honors are in RHO's suit and they're of the wrong kind. As you see from the actual hand, they're as good as xxx ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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