kfay Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 A decent player made me do a double-take when he said he wouldn't cue. [hv=d=s&s=saxhaxxxxdakjxxcx]133|100|Scoring: IMP1♥-1♠3♦-3♠[/hv] Hand's pretty good, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mich-b Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 The hand is pretty good , though not good enough for a GF 3♦ for me - I would rebid 2♦. After 3♠ , perhaps what your decent-player-friend implied , is that a cue (4♣)would show 3 card ♠ support (3541, or maybe even 3631), and a direct raise to 4♠ would show doubleton ♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 The hand is pretty good , though not good enough for a GF 3♦ for me - I would rebid 2♦. After 3♠ , perhaps what your decent-player-friend implied , is that a cue (4♣)would show 3 card ♠ support (3541, or maybe even 3631), and a direct raise to 4♠ would show doubleton ♠. Yeah it's probably a little weak. I had some decent heart spots though. We were down 45 in a team game.... maybe this is the wrong way to make it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Too weak for a jump shift. On this auction I raise to 4S and let partner go nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I would cue 4♣ if I were 110% sure pard would take it as such. Otherwise just a boring 4♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Of course not good enough for a cue, it was a stretch to jump shift and just a doubleton spade. Consider that a small diamond could have been the king of spades in this hand and then you see what a cue looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 3D was an overbid but now we have a comfortable 4S bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 3S doesn't even promise 6 of them you know...very obvious 4S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Make the Cue. You are sub min for the 3D bid, but you decided to overbid,so I would go for the pot burried at the end of the rainbow. Partners 3S denied long hearts, i.e. you basically have nowastage in hearts, you have a ruffing value in clubs, and theAce of trumps, i.e. the ruffing value should materialize, evenafter a trump lead. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Give partner a some hands where slam is good, don't you think they wil bid over 4S with most of them? You could have AJx AKxxx AKJx x instead, careful with what you show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Make the Cue. You are sub min for the 3D bid, but you decided to overbid,so I would go for the pot burried at the end of the rainbow. I think we can improve upon logic like "I have already overbid once so I might as well do so again." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Make the Cue. You are sub min for the 3D bid, but you decided to overbid,so I would go for the pot burried at the end of the rainbow. Partners 3S denied long hearts, i.e. you basically have nowastage in hearts, you have a ruffing value in clubs, and theAce of trumps, i.e. the ruffing value should materialize, evenafter a trump lead. With kind regardsMarlowe I think you misunderstand what the cue shows. 4♣ doesn't show a club control, and 4♠ does not deny one. 4♣ simply says "I have a raise, and a good one (given the context of my previous bidding)". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 You have already overbid your hand. Now just raise to game. If partner can't bid any further, then there probably isn't a slam (and I wouldn't guarantee that you will make 4♠). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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