kenrexford Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Strangely, everyone in last night's game botched this one. When I tried explaining to people how this should be bid (including some people with 16-18 1NT Openings and some without RKCB or Exclusion available), the permutations of auctions was staggering. Opener: ♠Axx ♥KQJx ♦ Axxx ♣A10Responder: ♠KQx ♥Axxx ♦-- ♣KQJ9xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWO4BRIDGE Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Strangely, everyone in last night's game botched this one. When I tried explaining to people how this should be bid (including some people with 16-18 1NT Openings and some without RKCB or Exclusion available), the permutations of auctions was staggering. Opener: ♠Axx ♥KQJx ♦ Axxx ♣A10Responder: ♠KQx ♥Axxx ♦-- ♣KQJ9xxI can't help it.I 'm going to have Opener use RKC [ 4S! ( kickback ) when ♥ are trump -- although it wouldn't matter here ] .With 18, opposite a 2♣ GF response and no 2 quick losers in the side suits, Opener goes RKC: 1D - 2C!2H ( showing 4 card suit ) - 3H4S! - 5C! ( 1 key ... deciding not to show the " unuseful " void )5S! ( specific K-ask, showing all key cards and ♥ Q ) - 7NT ( because of the "source of tricks" in ♣ ) ............ Responder can count: 3s, 3h, 1d, 6c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Strangely, everyone in last night's game botched this one. That might be because there is no 8NT card in the bidding box.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Did your permutations include my auction? :P1C - 1NT; 2C - 2H; 2S - 3H; 3S - 4H; 4S - 5S; 7NT 1C = 15+ bal, or 15+ nat, or 18+ any... - 1N = 9+, hearts or clubs and hearts, GF2C = relay, usually 18+... - 2H = 4 hearts, 5+ clubs2S = relay... - 3H = 3=4=0=63S = relay... - 4H = extras, 4 controls4S = relay... - 5S = spade control, HA or KH without HQ, 2 of top 3 in clubs7N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 When I tried explaining to people how this should be bidDo you find that the other members of your club welcome this sort of advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Seems almost impossible to have any auction that doesn't end in some grand. I guess getting to 7H would be a failure that might happen a lot, not getting to 7 is unthinkable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted April 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Do you find that the other members of your club welcome this sort of advice? Generally, people who ask prefer a response rather than a brush-off, so yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted April 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Seems almost impossible to have any auction that doesn't end in some grand. I guess getting to 7H would be a failure that might happen a lot, not getting to 7 is unthinkable though. True, but it was interesting how the routes changed. All roads should lead to Rome, but there are tons of routes. If you are asked to provide a sequence, you end up asking a lot of questions. What is the 1NT opening range?Do you play Exclusion, and, if so, RKCB Exclusion?How do you set trumps after the "right answer" to Stayman? Stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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