mikeh Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 At matchpoints, all white, LHO deals and opens 2♠, which your partner doubles. You have a hand that has some unusual features: AK98 3 KJ109842 6 Your call and your plan (not surprisingly, the opps have nothing to say for the foreseeable future). Methods: simple lebensohl: thus 3♦ would be constructive but nf. You have no way to establish diamonds as trump and then keycard... frankly, I am not sure if such a method exists... if anyone has one, please feel free to post it :) This recent flurry of postings is because I played almost half a Regional this past week: the most I have played in a Regional in more than 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Start wtih 4D see what happens. Hopefully I get to bid 4N next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 4♦. Pard no doubt bids 4♥ and we'll spend most of the dinner hour discussing how he thought my 4♠ bid agreed hearts :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se12sam Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 3NT. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 If 4d is 100% forcing then 4D otherwise - not sure, maybe a gambling 6 diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 What's bidding 2NT then 4♦? Maybe starting with 3♠ may even be best, but anyway... I like an immeadiate 4♦ I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 My first thought was to just bid 3NT, perhaps influenced by the form of scoring. But it takes so little to make 6♦ (or even 7♦) that it seems right to commit our side to at least 6♦. Just shooting out 6♦ makes some sense, but I prefer to cue bid first then bid 6♦. That may be enough to get partner to bid one more if he has the magic hand - 4 diamonds with A A A. Even 3 diamonds to the Ace is likely to be enough if partner has another trick besides his aces. AQx of diamonds along with the rounded suit aces and a singleton spade allows me to ruff out my small spades with the A and Q of diamonds. I may be fooling myself that partner will bid 7♦ if he has the right cards, but I don't see anyway of asking for them absent some agreement that a 4NT or 4♣ bid over the double is ace-asking. A few random thoughts - what does 2NT Lebensohl followed by 4♦ show? Or, for that matter, 2NT Lebensohl followed by 4NT? What is 4NT directly over the double? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 3NT. Why not? Because slams and grand slams score a bigger bonus? If you are going to simply guess at the contract right now then 6♦ is abundantly clear, not 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 what does 2NT Lebensohl followed by 4♦ show? Or, for that matter, 2NT Lebensohl followed by 4NT? What is 4NT directly over the double? Some play 2NT then 4♦ as forcing, and a direct 4♦ as a stronger invitation than 3♦ (or vice versa). I like to use the extra sequences to show 5+ diamonds and four hearts. I've never discussed a delayed 4NT. I suggest that one of the 4NT bids should be both minors, and the other should be natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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