WesleyC Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I dunno Beavis? Why did I bid 4♠? How can anyone make sense of a nonsense auction? Now, if I had somehow managed to bid 5♣ over 4♥, then 5♦ would have been a signoff. I'm guessing you didn't bother to read the description of the auction as given in the OP? Opener's 3S bid showed spade values and some interest playing diamonds. It says nothing about control of spades.Opener's 4S bid is showing 1st or 2nd round control of spades. Bypassing 4S would presumably have denied control of spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 I'm guessing you didn't bother to read the description of the auction as given in the OP? Opener's 3S bid showed spade values and some interest playing diamonds. It says nothing about control of spades.Opener's 4S bid is showing 1st or 2nd round control of spades. Bypassing 4S would presumably have denied control of spades.By golly you are right. The OP by his own admission does not know how to bid. "Spade values" my Aunt Fanny. 3♠ shows a ♠ control (probably the ace). It denies a ♥ control. It confirms ♦ support. It says the hand is not dreck for slam purposes. That is just basic bridge. In any event, South started with 1NT, a limit bid. This means the unlimited hand, North, is in control. South told his story as best he was capable. 5♦ is game and as such satisfies the initial agreement established by the 3♦ response. Bidding on over 5♦ is bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanoff Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 By golly you are right. The OP by his own admission does not know how to bid. wtf - please try to keep up with this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 By golly you are right. The OP by his own admission does not know how to bid. "Spade values" my Aunt Fanny. 3♠ shows a ♠ control (probably the ace). It denies a ♥ control. It confirms ♦ support. Well then I guess I also don't know the basics of bridge. I would definitely bid 3♠ with QJT xx KJx AKQxx. And since when basics of bridge changed and cuebids below 3 NT showing a control for slam and possibly an Ace by your definition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Well then I guess I also don't know the basics of bridge. I would definitely bid 3♠ with QJT xx KJx AKQxx. And since when basics of bridge changed and cuebids below 3 NT showing a control for slam and possibly an Ace by your definition?The point is that you don't want to waste the rest of the three level with a pointless bid. The hand you gave is a nice 4♣ call assuming you are playing 15-17 HCP one NT opener. You would confirm ♦ support, deny a ♥ or ♠ control and show a ♣ control and a hand not dreck for slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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