kfay Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=e&s=sakhxxxdkxxcakq10x]133|100|Scoring: IMP1♣-(2♦)-2♠-(3♦)3NT-(P)-4♠-(P)?[/hv] First I didn't open 2NT. Second I bid 3NT. What do you do over 3♦ (and possible responses) after you decide to open 1♣. If you're dumb like I am (1♣...3NT) but now are smart, what are your options at this point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm cueing 5♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted July 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm cueing 5♣. My thoughts are that 5♣--> to play. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 First I didn't open 2NT. You cannot show the same hand with two different sequences. Whatever you do now, partner cannot possibly visualize this hand, because you obviously would have opened 2NT had you thought about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Pass and pray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm willing to bet nobody will suggest the call chosen at the table, even though it was a great success. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 We can be fairly confident that partner has a stiff or void diamond, given that the opps are red v white. I don't think we can bid 5♣ as a cue: it is simply too dangerous. I think it SHOULD be a cue... with long clubs as the basis of our 3N, we'd bid 4N rather than 5♣, but who knows what he will think, and there is so little upside to the cue that it doesn't offset the risk that he'll lay down dummy.... and dummy may be really poor for us on a heart lead. I think that slam really depends on whether he has the heart Ace, so I am going to make the only unambiguous cue available... 5♦. He should NOT cue second round control here (at least, that's what I am telling myself.. I believe, generally, in cuing up the line, with 1st and 2nd treated equally, but I don't think that that approach applies in auctions like this where it is clear that, whatever I am doing, I am stretching). And I certainly don't think that he can afford to cue the heart K when he has no black suit A or K.. if he is going to cooperate, he has to have the heart Ace. I think I am safe against his bidding grand, because while I might bid this way with Ax xx Axx AKQxxx, I surely couldn't hold AK xx Axx AKQxxx :blink: So my possession of the top two spades is insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm willing to bet nobody will suggest the call chosen at the table, even though it was a great success. :) No way am I bidding 6N :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Well I want to be in 6, but I need to be declarer to protect the ♦K in case pard has a doubleton, so I'm going to bid 6N. (I'm worried that 5♣ or 4NT may be passed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Edit: I just saw the vulnerability... West almost certainly doesn't have only 5 ♦s so pard must have a singleton. I'm less sure now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Any 6NT bidder is likely to be really, really unhappy on a heart lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackojack Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Here is a not very subtle option: 6♠ trusting partner to have at least ♥A and ♠QJ10xxx for her bid and hoping clubs come in. Possibly missing 7♠ if partner is void in ♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 6♠ trusting partner to have at least ♥A and ♠QJ10xxx for her bid and hoping clubs come in. Possibly missing 7♠ if partner is void in ♦. In that case, I suspect 7♣ would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest movingon Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 6 spades partner has 10+ hcp and 7 spades... If he had had a weaker hand, he would have bid 3 spades (preemptive) the first time. I am gambling that partner has a stiff diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.