paulg Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 British Gold Cup semi-final. How do you play ♥AK opposite ♥862? When this is the trump suit in a doubled grand slam it doesn't really matter! The cost was -1700. How do you think that two expert players, who haven't played many boards together despite playing in the semi-final, bid confidently to 7♥ in 5 bids. Opposition are silent. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 1NT(12-14 including ♥AK)-2♦ (GF stayman OR transfer)2♥- and I can't figure out the rest of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 1 ♥ 4 ♥4 NT 5 ♦7 ♥ 4 Heart Was bid as preempt and understood as to play with 12-15 HCPS opposite the limited opening. 5 Diamond showed 3 or 0 KCs and opener thought this must be 3 because else he could not have 12-15. He did not wat responder to pass 5 Heart, so he bid the GS on his own. Okay this is more a non-expert story, but the "best" way I can think about in just 5 bids. Oh, one more: 2 ♣ 2 ♥4 NT 5 ♦7 ♥ 2 Club was strong 2 Heart was positive with Hearts for opener and second neg. for responder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 agree with Roland. Since opps double i assume they had some side strenght elsewhere then in H. So not only there was a strain problem but there was also a strenght problem. So that why i thnik Roland is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 British Gold Cup semi-final. How do you play ♥AK opposite ♥862? When this is the trump suit in a doubled grand slam it doesn't really matter! The cost was -1700. How do you think that two expert players, who haven't played many boards together despite playing in the semi-final, bid confidently to 7♥ in 5 bids. Opposition are silent. Paul 1NT-4♣, one interpreting it as Texas, the other interpreting it as the G-word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 1 ♥ 4 ♥4 NT 5 ♦7 ♥ why did someone open 1♥ on ♥AK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 How about this: West: AKQxxx AK, xxxxx, void East: x, xxx, AK, AKQxxxxx 1S - 2H (planning on a key card ask for hearts later)3S - 4C4H - 6C6S - 7C7H Not 5 bids I know :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 How about this: West: AKQxxx AK, xxxxx, void East: x, xxx, AK, AKQxxxxx 1S - 2H (planning on a key card ask for hearts later)3S - 4C4H - 6C6S - 7C7H Not 5 bids I know :) Nor would Mr. xxx stay in 7♥ :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted December 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Roland was very close. 2♣ (1) 2♦ (2)2♥ (3) 4♥ (4)7♥ (5) ... (Dble) (1) Strong(2) Negative or waiting(3) Opener: Kokish, hearts or strong balanced Responder: hearts(4) Opener: 6/7 hearts to the QJ Responder: heart support, weakest possible hand(5) To play Of course they both have heart support, unfortunately an opponent has the suit itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Roland was very close. 2♣ (1) 2♦ (2)2♥ (3) 4♥ (4)7♥ (5) ... (Dble) (1) Strong(2) Negative or waiting(3) Opener: Kokish, hearts or strong balanced Responder: hearts(4) Opener: 6/7 hearts to the QJ Responder: heart support, weakest possible hand(5) To play Of course they both have heart support, unfortunately an opponent has the suit itself. As one who is not a fan of 2♦ waiting and really views Kokish as basically unneeded, a cruel smile came across my face while reading this :rolleyes: . I also wonder why one of them, perhaps realizing a system screw up, didn't run to 7NT and how that would have fared ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Anytime a partnership forgets a convention the result can be ridiculous. Usually it is not on such a "grand" scale, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Roland was very close ...2♣ (1) 2♦ (2)2♥ (3) 4♥ (4)7♥ (5) ... (Dble)(1) Strong(2) Negative or waiting(3) Opener: Kokish, hearts or strong balanced Responder: hearts(4) Opener: 6/7 hearts to the QJ Responder: heart support, weakest possible hand(5) To play Of course they both have heart support, unfortunately an opponent has the suit itself.I suppose they were playing with screens. Otherwise, it seems that opener was super-ethical because he will have have noted responder's failure to alert his Kokish 2♥ rebid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 No screens in use. This happened in the final set when they were already 60 IMPs down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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