jillybean Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 After 1♦ 1♥ 4♦ how does responder show slam interest in either suit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Interesting, everybody wants to be in grand here. But that depends on both red suits breaking, perhaps a 65% chance or so?In 7NT, the odds on picking up the heart suit in isolation appear to be over 70% (72?) (Edit) 80% (82?) while the odds of picking up the diamond suit are somewhere around 95%. It is not so bad and we can do even better in a suit slam. More than that though, I just do not see South stopping short once North opens and we find out everything we need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000magic Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Interesting, everybody wants to be in grand here. But that depends on both red suits breaking . . . .The diamonds don't have to break: you can handle ♦ J 10 4 3 onside as well; only ♦ J 10 4 3 offside kills the diamonds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000magic Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Overall, the grand has an 81% chance: hearts need to split, or be 4-1 onside, or have a stiff jack onside, and diamonds need to split, or be 4-0 onside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Yeah I guess it's better than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWO4BRIDGE Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 After 1♦ 1♥ 4♦ how does responder show slam interest in either suit?I am also interested in the follow-ups to the CWNN ( Convention With No Name ) . [ For those who haven't followed this, the 4♦-double jump showed 4 cards ♥ support and 6 cards ♦ , normally with the values concetrated in those 2 suits; ergo shortness in one of the blacks. ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 As N, if I wanted to follow up, I'd make a cue bid of 5♣. S would cue 5♦, N would sign off, and S would cue 5♠. Since this is a hand where either slam is virtually cold, or is a 5 or 7 proposition, N can then bid 7N or 7♥ (7♥ more likely), but may just subside with a 5N call, in which case S should probably boost to 7♦. Edit - now that I think about it, N would always bid 5N after 5♠, trusting that if S had a running diamond suit that he would accept & go to grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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