kfay Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 [hv=d=n&v=n&n=shk10xxxdakq10xxxcx&s=skj9xxhajdcakqjxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] RHO will overcall 1♠. What is your auction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 6♦ seems like the top spot. No idea how to bid this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 7♣ seems best, except on a ♣ lead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 7♣ is not a bad contract even on a club lead. Assuming clubs are 4-3, run all 6 clubs. If either the ♦J is doubleton or tripleton, or the same hand has the ♥Q or four small hearts and the ♦J, you are home. There are also some squeeze chances involving the ♠A and various red suit holdings. Of course, on any other lead, 7♣ needs only a little more than 4-3 clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 1♦ (1♠) 2♣2♥ 2♠3♦ 4♣4♦ ??? That's the last point at which I have any idea what I would bid as either player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 6d is a much better contract than a club slam. All it needs are diamonds 4-2 or 5-1 with stiff dJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 1♦-()-pass2♥-2♠3♦-??? I think this shows why passing 1 spade was a mistake lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 7♣ is not a bad contract even on a club lead. Assuming clubs are 4-3, run all 6 clubs. If either the ♦J is doubleton or tripleton, or the same hand has the ♥Q or four small hearts and the ♦J, you are home. There are also some squeeze chances involving the ♠A and various red suit holdings. Of course, on any other lead, 7♣ needs only a little more than 4-3 clubs. There are only 6 ♣s out :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Of course, on any other lead, 7♣ needs only a little more than 4-3 clubs.I like my chances of the 6 missing clubs breaking no worse than 4-3 :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 My (most probable) sequence looks like this: 1♦ (1♠) 2♣2♥ 2♠3♥ 4♣4♦ 4N6♦ ? 3♥ to show the 5th heart, and thus at least 6♦s.4N would not, for me, be keycard. While I know that most players can't imagine bidding slams without keycard, for me, there is no keycard available in this auction, for two reasons: I like that in minor slam sequences, 4N is (usually) merely a forward-going, cue-bid denying move and, more pertinent to this auction, I don't like non-jump 4N to be keycard when we have no suit agreement, and we surely do NOT have suit agreement to this point. Over 4N, anything less than 6♦ seems unduly conservative or misdirected. I don't think S can afford to tack on the 7th diamond, altho I confess that the bidding would be the same if my opener held AKQJxxx in diamonds. I just don't think S can ever risk committing, earlier, to clubs.... picture 2=5=6=0 shape across the table, as one reason. He might well, however, convert 6♦ to 6N... which rates to rarely be worse than 6♦ and may often be better: picture x KQ10xx AKJ109xx void. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 6 of a minor looks OK. 6N looks appetizing from the South side at MPs. I don't know how to bid this. Maybe I need to be playing some ringy-dingy relay where I can discover 0571 and the K♥ and the ♦AKQ. Nah.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Counting to 13 is a challenge sometimes. :) The chances of the 6 missing clubs breaking no worse than 4-3 is, indeed, pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 This is really such a terrible hand. Here's the full layout: [hv=n=shk10xxxdakq10xxxcx&w=sxxxhxxxdxxc10xxxx&e=saq10xxhqxxdjxxxcx&s=skj9xxhajdcakqjxx]399|300|[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Terrible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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