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MPs, none vuln, solid opps, expert pard

 

AKQT4

3

KQJ83

JT

 

LHO pard RHO you

2 .. 3 .. 4 .. ??

 

Options are:

Suit = nat, NF

Dbl = take out

4NT = RKCB for clubs (3041)

5 = undiscussed

5NT = pick-a-slam (pard will understand it)

 

By the way, a direct 3NT by pard would show a balanced 19-22 or thereabouts.

 

yER bID?

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Guest Jlall
I think I'd bid 4S, really tough problem. At MP I think +300 is very likely and a disaster if I X, and I don't really want to play 5C instead of 4S that often. If we have a slam I think 450 or 480 will score well anyways (beating people in 5C).
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If 5NT is pick a slam, then that is my choice.

 

It is hard to fathom that we have 2 losers (OK, pard could have xx Kx xx AKQTxxx). Even if I am wrong and the opps have 2 aces, they could misguess and bid 6. Or they could misguess the defense and fail to cash them.

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If 5NT is pick a slam, then that is my choice.

 

It is hard to fathom that we have 2 losers (OK, pard could have xx Kx xx AKQTxxx).  Even if I am wrong and the opps have 2 aces, they could misguess and bid 6.  Or they could misguess the defense and fail to cash them.

That's exactly what happened, except that defenders didn't fail to cash their aces.. lol.

 

[hv=d=w&v=n&n=shk6dt952cakq9742&w=s7652hat9754dac83&e=sj983hqj82d764c65&s=sakqt4h3dkqj83cjt]399|300|Scoring: MP

(2) .. 3 (4) 5NT

(pass) 6 end[/hv]

 

It's very hard to probe for slam at this level, so one has to decide whether to bid it or not straight away. Bidding it seemed like the percentage bid, in which case 5NT certainly would get us to the right strain. Too bad it was the wrong level.. lol. Must confess I was expecting more to try for the slam, though.

 

Thx all.

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