Bid a grand at MP?

[kenrexford]

Hehe, playing club games is my job unfortunately :angry: Although it was my partner who had this hand so I guess they could take your advice!

 

The thing about this hand is if everyone opens partners hand they will all get to slam... ZOMG 18! But if I have 11 no one will open my hand and no one will get to slam. Anyways the odds I have 11 is probably really small, I have to have no jack.

 

RESULTS:

 

My partner bid 7 and I did have Txxxx Kx Ax Axxx. Clubs were 4-2 but they got PSEUDO SQUEEZED (haha yes and they knew my shape...). Everyone else was in game (maybe 1 in small slam, not sure).

Told you. I suspected a pseudo-squeeze. Pull trumps, dummy reversal with hearts, and then squeeze with the diamond pip as the menace?

 

Or, did you run the pseudo with a Vienna Coup? LOL

[Jlall]

Hehe, playing club games is my job unfortunately :angry: Although it was my partner who had this hand so I guess they could take your advice!

 

The thing about this hand is if everyone opens partners hand they will all get to slam... ZOMG 18! But if I have 11 no one will open my hand and no one will get to slam. Anyways the odds I have 11 is probably really small, I have to have no jack.

 

RESULTS:

 

My partner bid 7 and I did have Txxxx Kx Ax Axxx. Clubs were 4-2 but they got PSEUDO SQUEEZED (haha yes and they knew my shape...). Everyone else was in game (maybe 1 in small slam, not sure).

Told you. I suspected a pseudo-squeeze. Pull trumps, dummy reversal with hearts, and then squeeze with the diamond pip as the menace?

 

Or, did you run the pseudo with a Vienna Coup? LOL

No I purposely didn't fake vienna coup because I thought LHO might have JT or something and signal the jack so their partner could pitch from KQ etc. I pulled 2 trumps, ruffed a heart, trump over, ruffed a heart (avoided touching any minor suit until absolutely necessary), club to king, spade, and RHO pitched a club.

[Winstonm]

My partner bid 7 and I did have Txxxx Kx Ax Axxx.

 

Like I said - 5 clubs is cold. Sonny Moyse can rest easy, now.

[kenrexford]

Hehe, playing club games is my job unfortunately :( Although it was my partner who had this hand so I guess they could take your advice!

 

The thing about this hand is if everyone opens partners hand they will all get to slam... ZOMG 18! But if I have 11 no one will open my hand and no one will get to slam. Anyways the odds I have 11 is probably really small, I have to have no jack.

 

RESULTS:

 

My partner bid 7 and I did have Txxxx Kx Ax Axxx. Clubs were 4-2 but they got PSEUDO SQUEEZED (haha yes and they knew my shape...). Everyone else was in game (maybe 1 in small slam, not sure).

Told you. I suspected a pseudo-squeeze. Pull trumps, dummy reversal with hearts, and then squeeze with the diamond pip as the menace?

 

Or, did you run the pseudo with a Vienna Coup? LOL

No I purposely didn't fake vienna coup because I thought LHO might have JT or something and signal the jack so their partner could pitch from KQ etc. I pulled 2 trumps, ruffed a heart, trump over, ruffed a heart (avoided touching any minor suit until absolutely necessary), club to king, spade, and RHO pitched a club.

The opponents at a club game never "know" anything. LOL

 

I once intentionally transferred a menace so that I could run a pseudo-squeeze against LHO in the two-card ending, where I would have essentially the club King on dummy and diamond King in hand (LHO holding both Ace equivalents) and a heart three and two to play first. The old trick play where LHO has to remember whether the 2 is still out there.

 

However, this ruse obviously only works against RHO, as LHO gets to see your hidden card before they play to the trick.

 

But, as the non-transferred menace was in LHO's hand and could not be transferred, this was all that I had.

 

Oh, and the 3 was on dummy anyway.

 

It worked though. Of course. Technically, though, this was in a tournament and not a club game.