gnasher Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 If the consensus is "one more move" then why not 5♣ as Exclusion Key Card immediately? The things we want to know are: - Do we have heart control?- Do we have ♦K?- If we don't have ♦K, do we have ♥A plus either ♣A or ♥Q? Exclusion Keycard doesn't answer any of those questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 After 4♣-4♠, I don't think he can have as much as ♠Q+♥K+♦K, or ♠Q+♥AQ, or five spades with the same red-suit holdings. Opposite xxxx AQx xxx xxx, slam is roughly 60%. Can he have as much as that? I think he can't, but even if he can, there are lots of more likely hands like xxxx xxx xxx AQx, where 4♠ is odds-on but 5♠ is awful, or QJxx xxx xxx KQx, where 4♠ is almost cold but 5♠ is 50%. I'd pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillHiggin Posted May 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 For the record (and for some more LOLs), responder held QJxx KQx Kx xxxx. At one table opener rebid 4♣ and responder rebid (we must assume while looking at some other hand) 4♠. At the other table opener tried 5♣ exclusion and bid the slam over the no aces answer. Not all bridge crimes are punished. The meek responder from the first table pointed to this auction as "proof" that it was partner's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 For the record (and for some more LOLs), responder held QJxx KQx Kx xxxx. At one table opener rebid 4♣ and responder rebid (we must assume while looking at some other hand) 4♠. At the other table opener tried 5♣ exclusion and bid the slam over the no aces answer. Not all bridge crimes are punished. The meek responder from the first table pointed to this auction as "proof" that it was partner's fault. Words cannot convey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Firing squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 For the record (and for some more LOLs), responder held QJxx KQx Kx xxxx. At one table opener rebid 4♣ and responder rebid (we must assume while looking at some other hand) 4♠. Have their been new treatments developed lately for lack of all brain wave functions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 4♣, but I'm tempted to manufacture a 2♥ reverse. So that pard can judge his ♥QJx to be great cards and jump to slam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 4♣, but I'm tempted to manufacture a 2♥ reverse. So that pard can judge his ♥QJx to be great cards and jump to slam? Well, that's a downside. Then again, maybe that keeps the opponents off a heart lead and we make it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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