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Pairs, can you reach 7N with certainty


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[hv=pc=n&s=st97ha9863da3cj32&n=sa2hkqj2d6cakq654]133|200[/hv] Pairs, NS vul

 

E deals - E passes, S passes, W opens 1 over to you ...

 

We bid this in fairly prosaic fashion to 7 for most of the matchpoints in a poor field (1)-x-3-4(KC)-5(2w/o)-7.

 

There was a sequence we might have used and think we'd have got right at the table to 7N, but the question is how can N be sure his clubs cash. In this field you don't want to bid 7N opposite xx.

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Some play 6 over 5 as asking for a doubleton/singleton/queen. After receiving a negative response you can go for 7NT, knowing partner has 3 small. Would make me chuckle at the table. :)

What we play is that 6 says basically I have the K or Q, have you got the other one.

 

We reckoned using that, getting the inevitable negative 6 then bidding 7 anyway would suggest something like this going on, either AK 7th or AKQ 6th looking for 7N.

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What we play is that 6 says basically I have the K or Q, have you got the other one.

 

We reckoned using that, getting the inevitable negative 6 then bidding 7 anyway would suggest something like this going on, either AK 7th or AKQ 6th looking for 7N.

 

You also have ...6-6-6 and ...6-6-7. That should be enough room to cover all of AKJxxxx, AKQxxx and AKQxx.

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