mightyky Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 I play "party" contract bridge with some friends. Need help with bidding a hand as shown below: Right hand opponent dealt and passed. I bid 1 Heart with 6 card heart suit headed with A & King. I had 4 spades with the King honor, 3 low clubs, and a void in diamonds. Left opponent bid 2 clubs and my partner bid 2 spades. She had six spades missing the King honor, 3 hearts with the Queen honor, 4 low diamonds and a void in clubs. I had 10 high card points and a void. She had 10 high card points and a void. Thus some would say we each had 15 points with our voids. We stopped at 4 spades since we each had 3 or 4 possible losers in the our minor suit holding. With the voids we took all 13 tricks. Is there a bidding method to show these voids. We had a slam in either hearts or spades if we knew how to bid to show the void strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 As I understand it, this is what is going on [hv=pc=n&s=saqj853hq74d7532c&n=sk742hak8532dc953&d=w&v=0&b=8&a=p1h2c2sp]266|200[/hv] In the tournament world with relatively simple arrangements, N could bid 4♦ over 2♠ showing a singleton or void in diamonds and spade support. S could bid 5♣ showing no high card heart control, first or second round club control and a reason for sidestepping blackwood which is almost certainly a club void (although could be a heart void), N now bids 5♦ to confirm either stiff ace or a void, S can now bid 6♣ to show he has those buttoned up and no heart control of any kind, N bids 6♥ which suggests AK and looking for third round control for the grand and S bids 7♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 It's a grand slam on less than 1/2 the deck and in the real world your opponents are bouncing to at least 5 of a minor quickly and are odds on to make it. Don't sweat this auction, it will never happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 This hand is an exceptional example of the power of a "splinter" bid.(I will let you look that term up on the internet). Cyberyeti gives a great explanation of how to use them effectively to arrive in the otherwiseelusive grand slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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