inquiry Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 This is the second of three Hanoi5 hands used in Round 1. [hv=d=e&v=a&w=sakq6hkjdaqt4cak9&e=s74ha8dk63cqjt864]266|100|Scoring: MPBoard 10. Bidding Script: North/South do not bid With 14 top tricks in NT, I almost didn't include this hand, but I wondered about the problem of WEST hand if EAST bid a waiting 2♦ bid. 2♣=2♦=3/4NT could lead to some problems as you preempt yourself. West hand is a solid 26 hcp with extras on top of that. Would 4♣ over 3NT rebid be stayman? Gerber? Baron? Would East consider jumping to 5♣ over 3NT (super gerber)? Would anyone raise 3NT to4NT thinking blackwood? I thought there was enough room for some problems, so here it is. The 7NT = 10 is very generous, but I want to have a 10 or better available on each hand. 7Ne/w=10, 7Cew=5, 6Ne/w=2 [/hv] 7N W 117N E 37C W 37C E 16N W 66N E 16C W 14H W 1 7N W olegru - driver7337N W tylere / bid_em_up7N W mbodell - javabean7N W karlson/threenobob7N W elianna/awm7N W lobowolf/bkjswan7N W Siegmund/MSchmahl7N W jlall/hanp7N W CanadaGrl/Gerardo7N W cascade kermit7N W Flycycle/Wackojack7N E gnasher/catch227N E East4Evil/sohcahtoa7N E bluecalm/redds7C W peachy/lg627C W Codo-Fluffy7C W helene_t-agusaris7C E jdonn/gib6N W zasanya/ravia66N W rogerClee/cherdano6N W kfay/jchiu6N w ant590 - crayzeejim6N W sallyally/joylson6N W tlgoodwin/timg6N E mohitz/akjq6C W kristen33/jillybean4H W Hrothgar/FreeNA 0 j0i/gwnnNA 0 Tomi2-JHDWNA 0 Vampyr/Lamford Some of the auctions, even that ended in 7NT, could be revisited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 After precision 2♣ opener from E this hand is too easy :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I opened 1♣ natural. It is even easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I opened 1♣ natural. It is even easier. Not for gib after I opened! 1♣ 1♠2♣ 2♦2NT 7♣ I thought I should pass with my 10 count, who knows I might need to ruff the spades good. My bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 After precision 2♣ opener from E this hand is too easy :P Especially if your 2♣ promises 6, although even promising 5 it is easy enough when partner shows 1 key card, and on the Q ask shows the Q and the diamond K. It would have been a more challenging hand to bid for some if we didn't have the spade Q, but I knew we had 14 top tricks. But it was a good chance for my partner and I to talk about which of 2♣ - 4♦ and 2♣ - 2♦ - 3♣ - 4♦ is key card (answer, both, but on this hand the first one should be used). I honestly thought this would be the flattest board of the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 After precision 2♣ opener from E this hand is too easy ;) Unless you have a misunderstanding in the relays ofcourse... :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 It would have been more challenging if East had held xx Ax Kxx Qxxxxx. For me that would move it from obvious opening bid to obvious pass. For most pairs it would also make it a clear 2♦ response to 2♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 We had probably the simplest auction on this board... 2♣ - 2♦ (A/K +)4N - 7N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 We (almost) had the simpler auction 1♣ - 7NT on our table until I tried to be scientific and ask partner if he has a possible source of tricks in the auction, completely forgetting that I should just blast to 7 anyway. 1♣ - 2♣(1)2♦(2) - 2N(3)3NT - 5NT(4)6NT (1) Clubs GF or balanced GF(2) Any minimum (<14 ish)(3) Balanced GF, asking for 4 card majors(4) Quant to 7NT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 The 7NT = 10 is very generous, but I want to have a 10 or better available on each hand. 7Ne/w=10, 7Cew=5, 6Ne/w=2 I think your scores are pretty good. If you matchpoint the results achieved by the 27 participants and then scale the scores to a 12 top, you get: 7N = 97C = 4.86N = 2.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I opened 1♣ natural. It is even easier. How did your auction go Wayne? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I opened a 10-12 NT sitting E. Partner sandbagged to make sure I didn't have everything BUT the A and then blasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 It would have been more challenging if East had held xx Ax Kxx Qxxxxx. For me that would move it from obvious opening bid to obvious pass. For most pairs it would also make it a clear 2♦ response to 2♣. I passed and then bid 2D. We bid: 2C 2D2H 2S2N 3N4C 4D4H 4N5H 6D7N 2H kokish2S forced2N balanced GF3N clubs4D keycard4H 1-44N king ask5H HK6D DK At the point 7N was bid I assumed han would bid 6S if he needed a 6th club to count 13 tricks so it seemed like a good auction. As it was xx Axx Kxx Qxxxx was enough for 7 with his hand so he didn't need to bid this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I don't know if Han could have bid 4D keycard himself over 3N but had he then I would have shown 1, he would have asked for the Q, and I would have showed it plus the DK and that would be good enough also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I opened 1♣ natural. It is even easier. How did your auction go Wayne? We had some superfluous bids. 1♣ 1[1Di]2♣ ... There was some potential ambiguity now as we play kickback therefore ... ... 4♣ agreeing clubs4♥* 4♠ *cue not denying diamonds as 4♦ would be kickback4NT* 5♦** *diamond cue **Kickback5♠ 7NT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted July 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Hearing no complaints, these scores are final on this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Not playing kicbacks and other fancy stuff we bid: 2♣ - 2♦3♣ - 4♣4♦ - 4NT5♣ - 5♦5♥ - 5♠6♣ - 7NT 2♣ = precision (6+ clubs)2♦ = relay3♣ = bad hand4♣ = SI+, sets clubs4♦ = forced cuebid4NT = rkcb5♣ = 1 out of 55♦ = queen ?5♥ = yes, and nothing special on the side5♠ = kings ?6♣ = one7NT = too many tricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted July 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 One auction went... 2C - 2D4N - 7N Where 4N was 25-26 hcp. This pair knew they had between 36 and 37 hcp. In theory they could be off an ace (likelly down one), or off the club king (from the 7NT bidders point of view) making it a 50% grand slam. Another auction went2C - 2D3N - 4C4N - 6NPass Where the range of 3NT probably should not be ambigious, but the 4C bidder wasn't sure what 4C meant, but he was sure it was not Gerber. I think I was right about the possible risk of bidding this hand with a waiting 2♦ response. Here a sucessful and unsuccesful auction are both gambles it seems, although the successful one was at least an educated guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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