Hanoi5 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 [hv=pc=n&w=sakq873hqj9djt2c6&e=sjt965hk76dca7542&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=2h(5%21h%20+%204%20or%20more%20of%20a%20minor)4s4n(Tell%20me%20your%20minor)5spp6cd6ddppp]266|200[/hv] Should E/W reach the slam in spades? How can they 'settle' the heart situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Not sure, is it exactly 5 hearts for the opening bid ? or can it be 6♥5♦ ? If it can be 6, with all this bidding, it must be a decent chance (2155/0652 possibly). I don't think you have the space to sort the heart position out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillPatch Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 ATB I would raise directly to 6 ♠over the 4NT. 2 first round controls and 5 card support should be sufficient for slam opposite a long ♠ hand that was too strong to risk a strongjump overcall, even if the K♥ is wasted. Should I have considered that partner wasmaking an advance save, on what appears to be a partscore hand from his side? Note that ifthird hand had the spade length instead of me 4♠would go for a number. Why didpartner attempt to preempt a preempt? If the other cards were to split more evenly, down 1in the ♠ game throws away a partscore. While partner's 4♠preempt may have worked this time,I am not impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 [hv=pc=n&w=sakq873hqj9djt2c6&e=sjt965hk76dca7542&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=2h(5%21h%20+%204%20or%20more%20of%20a%20minor)4s4n(Tell%20me%20your%20minor)5spp6cd6ddppp]266|200[/hv] Should E/W reach the slam in spades? How can they 'settle' the heart situation? Really hate the 4♠ bid... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillPatch Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Really hate the 4♠ bid...I am glad someone else agrees.It seems like a minimum 2♠ overcall, not enough to accept a simpleraise. Even with that raise, a sac over 4♥ looks tooexpensive to propose. Closer to pass than a higher ♠ bid. Of course, with the actual advancer, high spade contracts are good. Switchadvancer and responder's hands, and 2♠doubled goes down more thangame, but avoids a telephone number. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 East has at least an automatic 6S bid. I would probably have tried for grand on the way. If west has nothing but 8 solid for his 4S bid, and he could well ahve more than that, he likely needs nothing but three diamonds to make slam completely cold given the near certainty of the diamond lead. West has about half a 4S bid vul vs not. IMO he does not even have a 3S bid. I am less prescriptive than many about the values needed for 4S, I think it just means "a hand that wants to play 4S and expects it to make", but west is not close to that. He has a normal 2S bid. Make it AKQxxx AJx x Kxx and its a 3S bid. A 4S bid is more likely to look like AKxxxxxx Axx xx -. in which case grand is actually a claimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalldonn Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Well I'm not blaming west, you can't say he should have done more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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