Coelacanth Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sakjt8xhajtdaxcxx&s=sqhk9xxdxxcaqjtxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv]My partner and I struggled to come up with a good auction for these hands. We ended up in a good spot (6NT), but I think that was more by luck than anything. Assuming the South hand opens 1♣, can anyone suggest a rational auction to 6NT ( a ) playing whatever gadgets you prefer?( b ) playing a fairly vanilla Standard American? Double-dummy, 7NT is on, as East has ♣Kxx and ♥Qx. We picked up a few imps for 6NT= opposite 6C +1 at the other table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Assuming the South hand opens 1♣, can anyone suggest a rational auction to 6NT No, because 6NT is not a good spot. Your opponents did great to get to 6♣. If South opens you'll have a hard time not getting there. An auction might go: 1♣-1♠2♣-2♦2♥-2♠3♣-4♣4♥-4N5♣-6♣ Not sure how I feel about 4♣... but it does let us bid clubs at every level up to 6! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Assuming the South hand opens 1♣, can anyone suggest a rational auction to 6NT No, because 6NT is not a good spot. I have rational auctions to bad contracts all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Correct, 6C is best, 6S is better than 6N (similar chance to make, but goes less off if you don't). 1C-2S (single suited big or opening hand 5+S 4+C)3C-3S (single suited)4H-4N (A/K/single/void - RKC)5D-5H (1/4 - Q?)6S (yes, nothing else) is the auction we'd probably produce at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coelacanth Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 No, because 6NT is not a good spot.Hey, this is a great point. I guess my thoughts were clouded by the knowledge that both the key missing cards are favorably placed. 6NT requires no diamond lead OR finding the ♥Q OR ♣K onside (and knowing which of the latter two to play for). Seems like playing 6 rounds of spades should give you some count information to help you find the ♥Q; I know it did for me. 6NT in the south might be preferable, as West may prefer to lead what looks like a "safe" ♥ from ♥xxxx rather than a ♦. I don't recall the exact diamond spots but he might have had something like ♦Qxx or ♦KJxx. If the opponents have only bid the black suits (other than control bids) the lead problem might be difficult. On our auction, in which ♥ were bid and raised naturally and ♦ were never mentioned, we were always getting a ♦ lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Assuming the South hand opens 1♣, can anyone suggest a rational auction to 6NT No, because 6NT is not a good spot. Your opponents did great to get to 6♣. If South opens you'll have a hard time not getting there. An auction might go: 1♣-1♠2♣-2♦2♥-2♠3♣-4♣4♥-4N5♣-6♣ This is exactly the auction I would expect to have. Of course, I'm often playing with Kevin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 lol 6NT at imps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 I think I'd use the same sequence as kfay, at least up to 4♣ assuming that 2♠ is forcing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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