Pick up pard

[sceptic]

You open the bidding 1 Club (opinions on opener please

 

opps over call 1 spade

 

pard bids 4 hearts

 

what do you think of this raise to 6 hearts

 

Dealer: South Vul: All Scoring: IMP ♠ AT965 ♥ K ♦ Q ♣ AKJ632

 

West North East South

 

 -     -     -     1♣

 1♠    4♥    Pass  6♥

 Pass  Pass  Pass  

[kenrexford]

As WAG's go, not a bad one.

[Apollo81]

you should at least bid RKC so you can stop short if pard has x QJ10xxxxxx Kx x or something

 

Id probably have passed

[ArtK78]

you should at least bid RKC so you can stop short if pard has x QJ10xxxxxx Kx x or something

 

Id probably have passed

What is the rush to 6♥?

 

I agree that, if your first instinct is to bid slam, you should at least bid RKCB first.

 

Having said that, I also agree that I would pass 4♥. Most hands that make 6♥ would bid 2♥, not 4♥, over 1♠.

 

The only thing to be said for a jump to 6♥ is that you might make an unmakeable slam if partner holds:

 

-- QJTxxxxxxx xxx --

[neilkaz]

Considering 2♥ is forcing, your pickup may have a fist full of ♥ and little else. However, many pickups might have a bit extra. I think you have too much to pass, but I am not blasting to 6♥.

 

I prefer to pass the buck to PD with a cue bid and slam invite of 4♠ and I prefer 4♠ to 4NT.

[P_Marlowe]

#1 1C is fine

#2 6H is not, well I would use stronger word,

but I watch my written language

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[mikeh]

I prefer to pass the buck to PD with a cue bid and slam invite of 4♠ and I prefer 4♠ to 4NT.

Why? I don't understand the advantages of 4♠.... I can think of no hand on which 4♠ helps partner....

 

4N, otoh, will at least give us some useful information: I hope we play 1430 so that over the expected 5♣ I can bid 5♦ and stop in 5♥ if he has xx AJxxxxxx xx x or the like. He surely won't have 2 keycards, but he may have none.

[rogerclee]

If I know the person sitting across from me is even somewhat sane, I'm passing. 4H is a preempt which doesn't particularly expect to make; with my hand, he probably will, but slam is not safely in the picture.

 

Opening 1C seems 100% normal. It is only with very marginal 6-5 hands where I open 1S instead of 1C to stop myself from reversing. For example, Axxxx x x AJxxxx. I feel like 6-5 with 12+HCP = reverse values.

[jdeegan]

:P Surely you jest. I wonder where the diamond suit is.

[joker_gib]

Why not use RKCB ? You have tools, use them !

 

Alain

[Free]

What's the point of RKC anyway? I mean, if he misses an Ace, chances are that you'll lose more than 2 tricks since he'll have to ruff with ♥K, or he won't be able to draw trumps after a ♦ lead.

 

I'd pass.

[SoTired]

I pass. I expect partner to have something like x Jxxxxxxx xx xx and 4H is the hand's limit.

 

I tend to trust my pickup partners until they prove otherwise. I would hate to assume they have some strength, get set in 5H and hear a post mortem comment of, "If I was stronger, I would have bid 2H or made a negative dbl."