WellSpyder Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I was dealt this little collection last night (MPs):[hv=pc=n&n=sahkqj64dakqj963c]133|100[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Not sure what your 4NT opening shows/asks, or how it would help in this situation. I will use my strong opener / trump setting combination, whatever that is. For me, 2♣ then jump in diamonds. Then partner either cuebids the ♥A or he doesn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellSpyder Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Not sure what your 4NT opening shows/asks, or how it would help in this situation.In Acol-land, at least, 4N is typically used as a specific Ace ask (not sure how common this is elsewhere), and I think would normally be taken as such by an expert partnership even without discussion. Responder cue-bids an Ace if he has one, bids 5♣ with none (and therefore has to cue 6♣ with the Ace of clubs), or 5N with 2 Aces. As you can imagine, it doesn't come up all that often, and I've never seen a hand better suited for it than this one, but I was pleased to be able to solve all possible problems on the hand in one go. (Maybe "all possible problems" is a slight exaggeration - I did once discuss with a partner how to deal with intervention over this 4N opening, but I've no idea how this partner would have expected it to be handled.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 In Acol-land, at least, 4N is typically used as a specific Ace ask (not sure how common this is elsewhere), and I think would normally be taken as such by an expert partnership even without discussion. Responder cue-bids an Ace if he has one, bids 5♣ with none (and therefore has to cue 6♣ with the Ace of clubs), or 5N with 2 Aces. As you can imagine, it doesn't come up all that often, and I've never seen a hand better suited for it than this one, but I was pleased to be able to solve all possible problems on the hand in one go. (Maybe "all possible problems" is a slight exaggeration - I did once discuss with a partner how to deal with intervention over this 4N opening, but I've no idea how this partner would have expected it to be handled.)I learned something today :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 i would use 2c bid 3d then 5c exclusion setting for 6/7 diamondson the theory it will be difficult for the opps to hold 4 hearts on the runof the diamonds aside from the easy ones where its cold off the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I use 2♣-2♦-4NT as specific Ace ask (2♦ is positive). A 4NT opening is an extreme minor two suiter for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 At MPs if he shows the A♥, are you bidding 7♥ ? If he shows 2, are you bidding 7N ? Would be funny to bid 7N and get a spade lead with partner having xxxxxx, A, void, Axxxxx, even funnier if some hearts get let go and you get away with discarding the A♥ on the diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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