Fluffy Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 [hv=pc=n&w=sakt2hkqt52da4ca3&e=sj87543hj96dq62ct]266|100[/hv] MPs nobody vul, south will open 1♦. can you find this slam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 no (1♦) X (P) 1♠ (P) 2♦ (P) 2♠ west will drag east kicking and screaming to perhaps 5♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLow21 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ummm... what slam?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Some people play 3♠ over the double showing 6♠ and preemptive hand ( at least i do), so if E bids 3♠ then maybe West can go idk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ummm... what slam?? 6♠ east Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLow21 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 6♠ eastYou mean the 6♠ slam that fails on a diamond lead? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLow21 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ah I take it back ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 deleted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLow21 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Here is another hand, very similar, where I got to the par result on 20 HCP after a WJO. The difference is, when I bid 6♠, I thought the overcall had been 1♥, not 2♥, and my partner, I thought, was showing a WJS in competition. I figured, weak + long = good. Whoops. (This was under my previous login.) http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?myhand=M-10501166-1324103168 The hand and bidding:[hv=pc=n&w=sak43haj7da9762c3&e=sjt87652hqd8cj872&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=p1d2h2s3h6sdppp]266|200[/hv] Trumps split 1-1 so 12 tricks is unstoppable. Note how helpful 3♥ was to me, and how harmful it was to N. Not sure how this translates to a bidding sequence over a t/o DBL by partner, but it's an example where opener has controls in every suit and wants much more desperately to know how many trumps you have, rather than how many HCP you have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 (1 ♦) X (pass) 1 ♠(pass) 4♠ (pass) 5♣(pass) 6 ♠ I am sure about the bidding till 4 ♠. My partner wants to play controlbids at the 5. level still as Italian style- I hate that, but it had worked well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I am pretty confident I would not bid this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 polling expert I have gathered a gadget, Branco-Brenner play that jump cue after double (3♦) its a slam try in partner's suit with at least 4 card support. Not that it gets you anywhere here for sure, but maybe gets you closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 No. Everything is working. Stiff club, diamond queen for a stopper, and the heart jack. Just don't worry about it imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 deleted FYI i upvoted your choice of deleting it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 No. Everything is working. Stiff club, diamond queen for a stopper, and the heart jack. ...and it's still not cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWO4BRIDGE Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I am pretty confident I would not bid this one.ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sernanano Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 [hv=pc=n&w=sakt2hkqt52da4ca3&e=sj87543hj96dq62ct]266|100[/hv] MPs nobody vul, south will open 1♦. can you find this slam?2 diamonds (Michaels) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 (1D) dbl 1S2D 3S4S My best effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'm very inclined to bid 2♠ over the double with the E hand rather than 1♠. Why ? well offensively, if partner has anything other than a GOSH then it's worth it (and may be worth it opposite a GOSH in ♥). Give pard as little as A10xx, A10xx, x, Axxx and game isn't bad. If you bid 2♠, the only thing that might stop you would be whether W asked for Q♠ and whether E showed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 ...and it's still not cold.Just needs South to have ♦K for their opening bid (or not lead them) and ♠ not 3-0 offside. Not frigid, but pretty chilly :ph34r: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 And hearts to not be 4-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLow21 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Just needs South to have ♦K for their opening bid (or not lead them) and ♠ not 3-0 offside. Not frigid, but pretty chilly :ph34r: This brings up a good point. The K♦ does not have to be to declarer's left... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I'm very inclined to bid 2♠ over the double with the E hand rather than 1♠. Why ? well offensively, if partner has anything other than a GOSH then it's worth it (and may be worth it opposite a GOSH in ♥). Give pard as little as A10xx, A10xx, x, Axxx and game isn't bad. If you bid 2♠, the only thing that might stop you would be whether W asked for Q♠ and whether E showed it.If you bid 2S as an advance to a takeout double of 1D with that, I will congratulate you with the same sincerity Blackshoe had when congratulating jilly's pass in response to 1D on the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 And hearts to not be 4-1. My opponents always seem to find the heart lead when I bid these sort of slams :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 If you bid 2S as an advance to a takeout double of 1D with that, I will congratulate you with the same sincerity Blackshoe had when congratulating jilly's pass in response to 1D on the other thread.I reassessed my responses to a takeout double a long time ago, I can't remember which expert wrote the article, but he gave a 6133 hand with maybe an 8 or 9 count in response to 1♥-X and said that stopping below 4♠ was silly and looked at a load of minimum-ish doubles opposite. When you expect partner to have 4 cards in your suit and you have 6, you have the ability to generate more tricks than your side expects on offense and less on defence, the two extra spades versus a normal ToX are 2 tricks, you'd bid 2♠ if you had two extra kings. It only breaks down if partner doesn't have spades and you defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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