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Auction Termination Hand 8


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Relay Responder

A93

3

AQ763

Q874

 

Relay Asker

KQ2

AQT94

82

AKJ

 

3 - 4

4N

 

3H = QP Ask

4 = 8 QP

4N = to play

 

I suspect that RR needs at least 9 QPs to warrant a slam exploration

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Relay Responder

A93

3

AQ763

Q874

 

Relay Asker

KQ2

AQT94

82

AKJ

 

...3D

 

Given the misfit, we aren't going anywhere unless responder can super accept.

 

...3N...4C (Attempted sign off; 8 QPs)

 

Even with this information, it's really difficult to get very excited, because we the hand almost certainly has 2 Aces (something magical like AXX K KQJTx Qxx is possible, but it seems like a real stretch).

 

Ergo:

 

...4N (sorry, not interested)

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Relay Responder

A93

3

AQ763

Q874

 

Relay Asker

KQ2

AQT94

82

AKJ

3-4 QP ask; 8

4-5 2 diamonds, 1 club, 1-2 spades (hand is known)

5N-P

 

All this black suit duplication in our short suits looks pretty bad for slam. We'd need to bring in diamonds for 1 loser, and that seems quite ambitious. Even in 5N I'm not that happy, but at least I'll be playing in my methods (with NT first bid at the 5 level, it turns out).

 

Edit: interesting you guys are all so pessimistic with 20 QPs combined. That's just off an AQ or KK.

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... 3 (shape)

3 - 4 (8 QP)

4 - 4 (two top diamonds)

 

Again, this could be xxx K AKxxx Qxxx which is a decent slam, or Axx x AQxxx Qxxx which offers good play for club slam on a dummy reversal.

 

4 - 5 (one top club, one top spade, no top heart)

 

At this point the whole hand is known.

 

6 - Pass

 

On a club lead (best) I will win in the short hand and finesse diamonds. If this wins I can cross ruff to twelve tricks. Note slam is even better if the diamond hand includes the jack. Anyway, if not willing to play this slam I could've signed off in 4NT a long time ago. :)

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One could try to play 6 on a dummy reversal or hope for a favorable layout, but for that I'd need at least 9 QP's. So I choose my end signal, which partner will only zoom with 9+ QP's:

 

...-3 (shape)

3-3NT (puppet ; 6-8 QP's)

pass

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