CSGibson Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=sqjt875hj53djcaq8&n=sk6haq642dakqck76&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=2np3h(transfer)p3sp4s(mild%20slam%20try)ppp]266|200[/hv] North/South play irregularly (probably 25 times in all), but do have some system notes. 2N opening is 20-21, and this is the only single-suited slam try south could make over 2N below 4♠. Assign the Blame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I blame South. With only doubleton support, it's common to pass a mild slam try. South's hand looks too good for this. I think he should use Texas and the cue bid the ♣A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Honor X and good primes is just fine for us. My North would just bid six/four. Having more spades in the opener's hand hasn't proved to matter when we used the mild slam try route via non-Texas. If North wanted to Wood, first, fine, but passing 4S is just not paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Both bid extremely conservatively/bad imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 With the South hand I'd set spades and ask for keycards. Cue-bidding will probably just help them with the lead. I don't mind getting to slam with two top losers in hearts via an uninformative auction. What's a "mild" slam try? Presumably responder could have as much as AQxxxxx xx xx xx or AQJxxx xx xx Qxx, because neither of these hands would drive the five-level. If that's also a typical minimum, North should be driving slam (on the second one there's a Morton's Fork to push the odds into the 70s). If responder can have less, opener should only make a try. When I first looked at opener's hand, I didn't think it was that great, because of the queens and the short honours. However, once I started constructing hands, it seemed that the queens were often working well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 A law of mine that seems to be true an awful lot of the time is that if you have a 9 count with a 6 card suit opposite 20-21/22, unless you have 2 top losers or 2 trump losers you can usually generate 12 tricks or at least be on a finesse for 12 and usually better than that. Here the hand is better than that (even discounting the stiff J as I would) so I would drive towards a slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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