CSGibson Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sqj9haq975djckt65&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1n(15-17)p2d(transfer)p2hp3np4cp]133|200[/hv] What is partner doing, & what sort of hand do you expect for this auction? Your follow-up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vang Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 i'd expect a "good" 4H with club suit. i'll go slaming, probably via 4D cue, 4H part, 4NT KC for hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 he probably has ♥K ♣AQxxx and AK outside only problem would be that he has ♠A and ♦K, or ♦AK, bid 4♦ now to at least cope with ♦AK wich is the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 What's your agreement on super-acceptances? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted October 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 What's your agreement on super-acceptances? Requires 4 hearts & a max. This is a casual partnership, which plays 5-6 times a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 p was probably just short of a super accept and is taking a no risk way of letting you know slam might still be possible. I agree with suggestion to follow up with 4d cue bid BUT if Psuddenly now signs off in 4h I will pass because they probablyrealize the only way I could cue bid 4d was via shortness and theirstauch looking dia honors are suddenly a duplication that bodes illfor slam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Some of these answers seems too restrictive to me, except that by gszes. Partner has a three-card super-accept and is cuebidding for you. Now, for my part, I kind of like an approach where minor calls here show two of the top three honors, meaning A-Q contextually, but Ace is fine. He has a max and the club Ace. You have interest, the club Ace looks nice, but you lack a spade control. So, 4♦ seems right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Presumably you agreed with partner not to bid 3C after the transfer with an unbalance hand unless you were slammish; otherwise you would have done so, lest they run a wide open bunch of diamonds against 3NT. With this in mind, he could have a couple of different non-supers: slammish with only 3 trumps and a trick source in clubs (for which you have a big surprise), or maybe a 6-bagger in clubs worried about 3NT but willing to settle in the 5-2 heart strain. I, also, would bid the 4D control cue ---not confident that it shows shortness--- and follow up with 5C to play or to deny spade control; that caters to whatever he was doing, I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted October 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Over a 4♦ cue, partner leaps to 5♥. Interpretation of this auction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 When does responder show D-short? This may be key to partner seeing no/lots of duplication. Even swaying a slam try/not decision.My partnership shows short after first responses to 1NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menggq Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 For North:4♣ strange bidding.i wd bid 4♥ or Pass 3N,no any others choices.Maybe North cue bid 4♣ showed ♥4 FIT and ♣A/K slam try.For South:Why bid 3N instead of 3♣?13hcp 5431 not bad hand.If FIT ♥/♣ might hv small slam,why gived up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Over a 4♦ cue, partner leaps to 5♥. Interpretation of this auction?Seems as if he isolated the fact that we are off the AK of spades. if he has XXX KJX AX AQJXX, can we sign off in 5N to avoid a possible spade ruff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Over a 4♦ cue, partner leaps to 5♥. Interpretation of this auction? Sounds as if partner is looking for a second-round spade control. I would pass and hope we are not too high already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Over a 4♦ cue, partner leaps to 5♥. Interpretation of this auction? The first part was easy and needs no real interpretation or understanding. 5♥, however, is a strange, and some understanding of style would help. If 4♦ was taken as Last Train, which is plausible, one would normally expect either cues or RKCB. If cues are Aces-first, then I suppose partner has no more Aces but continuing slam interest, which seems to imply all available Kings. It is possible that the style is such that partner is immediate answering, but that seems rather esoteric. Two without the Queen fits, though, giving him a spade control, the heart King (likely), and the known club Ace, but not the spade Ace (King instead). But, this is rather esoteric, again, without some sort of partnership understanding. The bottom line, though, is that I cannot fathom a hand where he has one of the pointed Aces for this call. The only weird exception is if I were playing with a few odd birds who whip out "wrap around cues," where 5♥ would essentially show everything possible, meaning all three side Aces and the heart King, but those folks are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Partner has H support and is making a cue. I really dislike the 3NT bid by the way and would have bid 3C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Partner has H support and is making a cue. I really dislike the 3NT bid by the way and would have bid 3C. We are agreeing way too often, but I also agree that 3NT is absurdly sick. 3♣ gains in finding heart fits earlier, club slams, and even possible 3-5 spade fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I had this auction before, it was a max with a running 5 card ♣ and ♥ support. ♥ slam was on because we had 5♥+5♣+2 side suit tricks. Hard to say if that's possible here since we hold the ♣K ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 5♥? he could bid 5♣ and 5♦ to ask for spade control, so this should be a slam general invitation and I accept with 6♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sqj9haq975djckt65&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1n(15-17)p2d(transfer)p2hp3np4cp]133|200[/hv] What is partner doing, & what sort of hand do you expect for this auction? Your follow-up?It shows a hand willing to play in 4♥ and is a qbid in support of ♥ [CAVEAT if you are playing with a PUP this might be (ugh, shudder) Gerber] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Over a 4♦ cue, partner leaps to 5♥. Interpretation of this auction?I don't have a ♠ control but if you do I am willing to slam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sa643ht63dakq2ca8&n=sqj9haq975djckt65&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1np2dp2hp3np4cp4dp5hp6hppp]266|200[/hv] Ok, so this was the final auction (rotated for convenience). A few notes on the auction: I feel like both N and S made questionable early decisions, S not to upgrade his hand out of 1N, and N not to bid 3♣ over the transfer, even before the cue-bidding questions (as an aside, S thought 4D was a last-train, not a control bid). That being said, how would you play this? The lead is the 7♠, covered by the Q, K, & A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sa643ht63dakq2ca8&n=sqj9haq975djckt65&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1np2dp2hp3np4cp4dp5hp6hppp]266|200[/hv] Ok, so this was the final auction (rotated for convenience). A few notes on the auction: I feel like both N and S made questionable early decisions, S not to upgrade his hand out of 1N, and N not to bid 3♣ over the transfer, even before the cue-bidding questions (as an aside, S thought 4D was a last-train, not a control bid). That being said, how would you play this? The lead is the 7♠, covered by the Q, K, & A. roflol! So, it WAS the wrap-around cue. "Don't cue anything if you have everything." Play seems simple enough, but that means I must be missing something. I'd lead small to the heart 9. If nothing of note happens other than losing to the Jack, I'll win whatever lead comes forth in hand and lead another small heart toward the Queen, intending to hook. If the King pops left, I rise Ace, cash diamond Jack, and then back to hand with the heart 10. If not, I presumably win the Queen, cash the diamond Jack, club King, ruff club, and play diamonds. I need two pitches. If LHO ruffs in too soon, I suppose I pray for the spade to be doubleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sa643ht63dakq2ca8&n=sqj9haq975djckt65&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1np2dp2hp3np4cp4dp5hp6hppp]266|200[/hv] Ok, so this was the final auction (rotated for convenience). A few notes on the auction: I feel like both N and S made questionable early decisions, S not to upgrade his hand out of 1N, and N not to bid 3♣ over the transfer, even before the cue-bidding questions (as an aside, S thought 4D was a last-train, not a control bid). That being said, how would you play this? The lead is the 7♠, covered by the Q, K, & A. roflol! So, it WAS the wrap-around cue. "Don't cue anything if you have everything." Play seems simple enough, but that means I must be missing something. I'd lead small to the heart 9. If nothing of note happens other than losing to the Jack, I'll win whatever lead comes forth in hand and lead another small heart toward the Queen, intending to hook. If the King pops left, I rise Ace, cash diamond Jack, and then back to hand with the heart 10. If not, I presumably win the Queen, cash the diamond Jack, club King, ruff club, and play diamonds. I need two pitches. If LHO ruffs in too soon, I suppose I pray for the spade to be doubleton. All sorts of interesting things could happen along that road, encouraging some tack switch, but this general approach seems OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I'd take in hand and lead small ♥ to the 9. If it loses to the J, then I'd run the ♥T to discover if there's a 4-1 split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I'd take in hand and lead small ♥ to the 9. If it loses to the J, then I'd run the ♥T to discover if there's a 4-1 split. small heart fetches 8-9-2. Now you...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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