neilkaz Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Did 4♠ have any definition at all? If north just bids 3♠ as I essentially always would, south bids 4♣, north bids 4♥, then keycard solves your problems. Exactly since the intitial transfer is positive and GF anyhow why waste space ??? My partner had just finished discussing the principle of fast arrival with someone, and felt that he wanted to apply it on this hand (LOL). I also felt that 3♠ is much better here, but I was wondering other thoughts, and if there was a good way to still reach the grand. Thanks for all the answers :D. You and PD need to get on the same wavelength concerning fast arrival (yuck) in these auctions. He shows 9+ with 5+♦ and you show 16+ with 5♠. He has good 4 card trump support and 10 HCP + 2 doubletons. Perhaps his HCP indicates that he should be fast arriving, but that splendid 4 card support and potentially useful K of ♥ plus the ♣ dub should indicate that the hand maybe slammish and he should just bid 3♠ to give you some room. If he wants to use fast arrival, I'd reserve it for a real dog. .. ie a flat 9 or bad 10 with 3 card support since with more you can sometimes have slam with a shapely 16 or 17 HCP. Just my opinion.. neilkaz .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Did 4♠ have any definition at all? If north just bids 3♠ as I essentially always would, south bids 4♣, north bids 4♥, then keycard solves your problems. Exactly since the intitial transfer is positive and GF anyhow why waste space ??? My partner had just finished discussing the principle of fast arrival with someone, and felt that he wanted to apply it on this hand (LOL). I also felt that 3♠ is much better here, but I was wondering other thoughts, and if there was a good way to still reach the grand. Thanks for all the answers :D. You and PD need to get on the same wavelength concerning fast arrival (yuck) in these auctions. He shows 9+ with 5+♦ and you show 16+ with 5♠. He has good 4 card trump support and 10 HCP + 2 doubletons. Perhaps his HCP indicates that he should be fast arriving, but that splendid 4 card support and potentially useful K of ♥ plus the ♣ dub should indicate that the hand maybe slammish and he should just bid 3♠ to give you some room. If he wants to use fast arrival, I'd reserve it for a real dog. .. ie a flat 9 or bad 10 with 3 card support since with more you can sometimes have slam with a shapely 16 or 17 HCP. Just my opinion.. neilkaz .. I agree, this was certainly a 3♠ bid here... This is not a very regular partner, and he is getting older, so I enjoyed auctions such as 1♠ - 2♥ GF - 3♦ - Pass, and other gems :). LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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