Exclusion Blackwood

[peachy]

This could be an opening bid problem too, but I opened it 1D.

Third seat, They vul - We notvul, BBO ACBL IMP pairs tourney.

 

AKQ8

QJ64

AKQ106

void

 

Opponents silent:

1D 1H

4C! 4H

4S 5H

6H

 

The one time that Exclusion Blackwood came up as The Only Convention to solve a bidding problem, I forgot to use it! I'm shocked at myself!

I decided to bid six anyway because partner did not cue 5C so it became obvious he must have either HA or HK and if I bid six while he holds AK in hearts, he'll raise. Would you agree on 6H? On raise if holds AK hearts?

 

I looked at the 41 times this hand was played, 14 were in 6H, the rest in games and 1 in 3CX by the other side. The field was bad.

 

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[jjbrr]

GSF also would have worked well!

[ArtK78]

GSF also would have worked well!

Yes, but in this case GSF is 5♥, not 5NT.

 

Partner could hold:

 

xxx

T9xxx

xx

AKx

 

or some varient thereof with just enough high cards in clubs (and possibly a pointed-suit jack or 2) to respond in hearts to your 1♦ opener. You could be off both top hearts.

 

5♥ has to mean we have everything but the top two heart honors in this rare sequence.

[Flameous]

I think 6H is quite automatic. If I didn't have exclusion here, I might even jump to 6H right after 1H. Now if partner doesn't raise with AK in hearts... well I might be looking for new partner.

[ONEferBRID]

GSF also would have worked well!

Yes, but in this case GSF is 5♥, not 5NT.

 

Partner could hold:

 

xxx

T9xxx

xx

AKx

 

or some varient thereof with just enough high cards in clubs (and possibly a pointed-suit jack or 2) to respond in hearts to your 1♦ opener. You could be off both top hearts.

 

5♥ has to mean we have everything but the top two heart honors in this rare sequence.

The problem with the 5-of-trump bid ( 5H ) here is that Responder is asked:

 

a) to bid (only) 6H with 2 of the top 3 honors

[ and then you can bid 7H ] or

 

b ) pass with 0 or 1 [ and you miss slam with 1 ]

 

And the GSF is not without its problems either ( as stated ) :

 

a) Yes, Responder bids 7H with 2 of the top 3 but

 

b ) bids 6H with 0 or 1 [ and not in good shape if 0 ].

 

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Exclusion seems to be the best call....

 

1D - 1H

5C! - 5H ( 2nd step = 1 or 4, excluding ♣ A )

6H

[manudude03]

I don't think ArtK meant GSF in its purest sense. More like just pass with 0, bid 6 with 1, bid 7 with 2.

[ONEferBRID]

"pass ( 5NT!) with 0 " ??? ( and responder holds x x x x opposite a void ) .

[ArtK78]

You are missing the point.

 

The sequence:

 

1♣ - 1♥

5♥

 

says raise one level for each of the top three honors held.

[hanp]

Very useful for when you have 2 voids.

[ArtK78]

Very useful for when you have 2 voids.

Therefore it is a convention that you must have if you play in the goulash tournaments on BBO.

 

:)