ACBL Hand

[inquiry]

This hand is from an recent tournament with 91 tables, in which ony 10 out of the 91 pairs reached the reasonable 6S contract (or is it reasonable?). I give below some o the very populuar auctions that failed to hit the right spot.

 

Feel free to offer the auction you think is best and/or critique the actions below.

 

[hv=w=sa3hak9dakjt86c96&e=skq8542ht82d2ca83]266|100|

 

1D-1S-3D-3S-5D pass

 

2N-3H-3S-4S-Pass (presumably mild slam invite)

 

2N-4H-4S-Pass

 

1D-1S-3D-3S-4S-Pass

 

1D-1S-3D-3S-4H-Pass

 

1D-1S-3D-3S-3N [/hv]

[mike777]

very tough hand maybe:

 

 

1d=1s

2h?=3s(6s, 9+ hcp)

4nt?=5s

5nt(specific k ask, grand try)=6s

 

 

very tough

[jdonn]

I would duplicate your second auction except not pass 4♠!

[kayin801]

Looks like a really easy hand to hit slam on using big club... any clue how many of the tables who bid it/didn't get there were using a form of precision?

 

How I would bid it:

1♣ (16+)-1♥ (GF w/ spades)

1NT (waiting)-2♥ (6+ spades)

2♠ (accepts spades)-3♣ (3 controls)

3♠ (asking)-4♦ (2 of the top 3 spade honors)

6♠ (maybe after searching for a grand by asking in clubs, idk)

 

 

In 2/1 I agree with jdonn.

[Siegmund]

I like mike's 1d-1s-2h-3s. (Well, I don't like it, but I know I dislike any sequence starting with 2nt on West's hand.) After that start slam seems more or less inevitable - though there are just enough choices of how to play it that I will no doubt pick the wrong one.

[whereagles]

I have a gadget that might help here: opener 2NT rebid as strong 2. It's easy after that.

[Cyberyeti]

1♦-1♠

2N-3♠ artificial GF unbalanced, normally one puppets 3♣ so this is 6+♠, no other 4 card suit and no better than xx in ♦

4♥-4N agreeing ♠ cue, no club control, good hand (4♦ would be a huge 1 suiter), RKCB

5♣-5♦ 0/3, Q?

5♠-5N no, well I knew that, but am still interested in a grand, but nothing sensible to say

6♠ unlucky, I don't have Ax, Axx, AKQJ10x, xx

 

Even as it is, it's not the worst grand in the world, needs trumps 3-2, diamonds 4-2, 3-3 or stiff Q and the hand sitting behind the spade suit not to have two small diamonds and 3 spades if they find the heart lead. You also have chances if the hand sitting behind the spades has a singleton 9♦, particularly on a non heart lead.

 

Edit, was composing this while whereagles posted

[inquiry]

Looks like a really easy hand to hit slam on using big club... any clue how many of the tables who bid it/didn't get there were using a form of precision?

 

How I would bid it:

1♣ (16+)-1♥ (GF w/ spades)

1NT (waiting)-2♥ (6+ spades)

2♠ (accepts spades)-3♣ (3 controls)

3♠ (asking)-4♦ (2 of the top 3 spade honors)

6♠ (maybe after searching for a grand by asking in clubs, idk)

 

 

In 2/1 I agree with jdonn.

None of the slam auctions used a big club

[hanp]

Agree with jdonn.

[matmat]

this:

 

1D-1S-3D-3S-4H-Pass

 

is my personal favorite.

[Bbradley62]

Ma and Pa Kettle get there on:

2N-3♥-3♠-4N-5♣-6♠

[aguahombre]

I think I would need one more small spade to use the toy:

 

2N-3♥

3♠ 5♠, where 5S is an answer to not-asked RKC.

 

So, the mild slam try and the control-rich acceptance --ala Josh --- seems ok.

[inquiry]

Ma and Pa Kettle get there on:

2N-3♥-3♠-4N-5♣-6♠

That was a very common auction that got to 6♠, not one I like.