dkharty Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 W/R, matchpoints, 2nd seat. RHO passes. ♠--♥KJ9xxxx♦AJ9xx♣x Part 2: If you open 1♥, partner responds 2NT (GF ♥ raise). What is your rebid/plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 1♥, 4♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 I voted for 4H but I don't object to 1H. After 1H - 2NT I would show a strong 2-suiter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkharty Posted March 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Partner and I play that 4-level rebids after 1M-2NT show 2 of the top 3 honors. Is this extreme shape the right time to fudge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 I think it is the right time to fudge. AJ9 is sort of like 2 of the top 3, and it's impossible to show 2 shortnesses after a jacoby 2NT, so you might as well show a second suit to 1) guarantee shortness somewhere and 2) imply relative shortness in the 4th suit while 3) describing the main secondary feature of your hand. Obviously you want partner to give aces and ♦ cards their full value, and not worry about kings and queens in the blacks. If partner asks RKC, I will show my void and an even number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 No I don't think so. Without this agreement 4D (followed by 4S from partner) would have been one of the few opportunities to have a sensible auction to the grand. But if partner expects 2 top honors in diamonds then you can easily end up in grand when partner has Qxx of diamonds, something you want to avoid. I think I would just bid 4S then and hope. If partner shows 2 (with or without the queen) make a grand slam try. Sign off if partner shows the club king but bid 7 if partner shows the diamond king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 I am assuming ♦Q is onside and bidding splinter in spades or exclusion, I am most worried about black aces than red queens. EDIT: somehow I saw ♥AJ9, ♦KJ9, now I see the hand again I am on the 4♦ camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 1♥, 4♦ seems fine. I might have been a little tipped off by the useful response by partner. Hearts are not that pretty anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 I could not bring myself to bid 4D and lose all that space. What would be nice is if when I show my short C partner could cue bid D, so this is the road I choose. If they do not cue bid D we have a hole we may not be able to fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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