inquiry Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 [hv=d=w&v=n&w=sakjt65ha9654daca&e=sq92hkq83dq82cqt8]266|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Henri and his partner had a bidding misunderstanding i take it, their auction was 1S - 2D3H - 4H5N - 6HPass I assume 5NT was GSF, which should get to the grand fine. The pair at the other table, had no chance to bid the grand.. there it was 2C - 2NT3S - 4S5C - 5H6S - Pass I like henri's and ybob's auction, up to 5NT... Of course, I can't help but mention misho's invention, misiry, the auction would have been 2N-3C-3S-7H-pass, where 3S shows major two suiter, with 3 losers, and East major cards cover all three of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Whatever happened to blackwood.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effervesce Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I think RKCB has made GSF redundant nowadays, thus the 5NT bidder's partner assumed it was pick a slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 No not always redundant, but here it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy4hoop Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Sounds like the first auction 5NT should be GSF with these bidders only bidding and raising one suit and in the second auction I think 4NT should have made an appearance after 4♠, leading to a much more sexy push. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritong Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 hi guys! thanks ben for highlighting this hand, although it was some kind of a frustration to discover the dummy .. i even risked an " o_0? " which, for me, is a sign of intense stupefaction ;) keep in mind that i opened a real monster at the one level, and it turned out well since we established clearly the trump suit at a relatively low level, so i was happy with my initial decision (hence the frustration). what about blackwood?two things 1) it is not available if opener holds a void(not the case here, admittingly) 2)say you use it here, because you do not have a void. what if pard answers one key with 5♦? would you be sure that a 5♠ queen ask will be clearly perceived? what about 5 NT ? well...is there really a possibility that it means " pls pard pick a suit " ? i think no, frankly.is there a possibility that it means "hey pard, i hold ♠ AKxxxx ♥ Hxxxx ♦ - ♣ AK and i do not see an other way to check the top ♥s" ? i think yes, frankly.QED :P kudos for the nice lil convention, ben. very comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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