RunemPard Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Game all, Board 7 of 28 Opponents are silent...Partner opens 1♦-1♥2♣-2♠*4♥-??? ♠AK5♥KT8762♦97♣K7 NV/V, Board 25 of 28...Partner opens 1♦-(P)-1♠-(P)2♣-(2♥)-??? ♠AQ97♥-♦Q7652♣AQ42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_clown Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 1. It will be nice to know something about your style. Would you raise ♥ with 1354 and a minimum hand? How light do you open? Normally jumping to game after GF has been set up shows minimum, but here partner doesn't even know about the 5th ♥. It looks like he needs to have a stiff spade and 3 good hearts for his bid. x AQx KJxxx Axxx looks like the best hand he may have, otherwise I don't see a reason to not to leave more room for investigation 2. I would start with 3♥, intending to bid 4♦ over the expected 3N. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Game all, Board 7 of 28... Opponents are silent...Partner opens♠ A K 5 ♥ K T 8 7 6 2 ♦ 9 7 ♣ K 71♦-1♥2♣-2♠*4♥-??? NV/V, Board 25 of 28...Partner opens ♠ A Q 9 7 ♥- ♦ Q 7 6 5 2 ♣ A Q 4 21♦-(P)-1♠-(P)2♣-(2♥)-??? IMO4♠ = 10, Pass = 9, 4N = 8.4♥ = 10, 3♥ = 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 1. It will be nice to know something about your style. Would you raise ♥ with 1354 and a minimum hand? How light do you open? Normally jumping to game after GF has been set up shows minimum, but here partner doesn't even know about the 5th ♥. It looks like he needs to have a stiff spade and 3 good hearts for his bid. x AQx KJxxx Axxx looks like the best hand he may have, otherwise I don't see a reason to not to leave more room for investigation 2. I would start with 3♥, intending to bid 4♦ over the expected 3N.1. I agree. This is impossible to answer without having agreements on the 4♥ bid. I dislike "Fast Arrival" opposite an unlimited partner and quiet opponents. It invariably preempts partner. Picture jumps with good hands are much more useful 2. Jumping to 4♥ must be better than 3♥. Opener will assume you agree clubs, but you can always correct clubs to diamonds. In my book 4♥ would be exclusion keycard with both black suits being keycards, tentatively agreeing clubs. Rainer Herrmann 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 On auction one, 4♥ does not exist (unless you assign it to show an exact hand). The reason is that it makes it impossible to bid 4SF and then agree a minor with slam interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted November 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 1st time playing together with 30 minutes before play to discuss. You know about as much as I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 1st time playing together with 30 minutes before play to discuss. You know about as much as I did. I pass. I'm minimum, and my spades are wasted opposite partner's shortness. My CK may be golden, but partner has eaten up my ability to do anything intelligent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 1st time playing together with 30 minutes before play to discuss. You know about as much as I did. Ok then in that case: 1) pass2) 6c or 6d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hand one partner has a good 1354, and I can see 12 tricks on a bad lead from opps most of the time, or perhaps if we capture ♥J or ♥Q, even cold 12 tricks are possible, but no play for 6 I only see when 2 aces are missing, so I would go for blackwood. Hand 2 4♥ looks obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Will post hands later tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 On auction one, 4♥ does not exist (unless you assign it to show an exact hand). The reason is that it makes it impossible to bid 4SF and then agree a minor with slam interest. He can bid a slam over 4H if he has that hand. It seems pretty terrible for grand slam bidding but fine for slams, if partner has a big 1354 we can place the contract pretty intelligently on non grand hands. I would just keycard and bid 6H opposite the right amount with our actual hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 1st hand... [hv=pc=n&s=s6hq43dakt62caq86&w=sqjt942hdqj85ct94&n=sak5hkt8762d97ck7&e=s873haj95d43cj532&d=s&v=b&b=1&a=1dp1hp2cp2sp4hp4np5sp6hppp&p=]400|300[/hv] Partner has what most described, sadly a wasted ♣Q rather than the ♥J. The slam is ok if west holds the 4 hearts! :( Result: Down 2 for 13 IMPs to EW who played 3NT= on the other table. 2nd hand... [hv=pc=n&s=s6hakj4dk943cj876&w=skj32hqt975da8c93&n=saq97hdq7652caq42&e=st854h8632djtckt5&d=s&v=e&b=1&a=1dp1sp2c2h4hp5cp6dppp&p=]400|300[/hv] Think this one speaks for itself...Our entire night seemed to go like this. :-/ Result: Down 1 for 11 IMPs to EW who played 3NT+2 on the other table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 2nd hand... [hv=pc=n&s=s6hakj4dk943cj876&w=skj32hqt975da8c93&n=saq97hdq7652caq42&e=st854h8632djtckt5&d=s&v=e&b=1&a=1dp1sp2c2h4hp5cp6dppp&p=]400|300[/hv] Think this one speaks for itself...Our entire night seemed to go like this. :-/ Result: Down 1 for 11 IMPs to EW who played 3NT+2 on the other table. This is one of many reasons why I prefer bidding 1NT (over 1♠) with the South hand. I would do this even if a spade raise by opener promises four cards. In fact although 2♣ is the standard rebid recommended in many books I consider it a poor bid. It is a leftover from times when XYZ and similar approaches were unknown. The rebid of 2♣ should either show more points or more distribution.The expert community is moving in this direction. The world will follow. Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 This is one of many reasons why I prefer bidding 1NT (over 1♠) with the South hand. I would do this even if a spade raise by opener promises four cards. In fact although 2♣ is the standard rebid recommended in many books I consider it a poor bid. It is a leftover from times when XYZ and similar approaches were unknown. The rebid of 2♣ should either show more points or more distribution.The expert community is moving in this direction. The world will follow. Rainer Herrmann The ironic thing is we were playing xyz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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