The greatest bid description of all time

[smerriman]

I was playing Robot Reward, which is not so much about real bridge as it is about making games and slams quickly. However, I got dealt a beautiful hand and the first 4 bids all went normally.

 

[hv=https://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?d=s&v=w&s=S53HAKQ9DAQJ9765&a=1D(Minor%20suit%20opening%20--%203+%20!d;%2011-21%20HCP;%2012-22%20total%20points)P1S(One%20over%20one%20--%204+%20!s;%206+%20total%20points)P2H(Opener%20reverse%20--%205+%20!d;%204+%20!h,%203-%20!s,%2021-%20HCP;%2018-22%20total%20points)P3S(6+%20!s;%209+%20HCP;%20forcing)P]500|300[/hv]

 

Now what? Knowing GIB doesn't play exclusion and probably has no good tools to continue, I just went ahead and bashed out Blackwood without checking things too closely.

 

Rather surprisingly, 4NT wasn't Blackwood. Can you guess what it shows?

 

Some nested spoiler tags for a slow reveal:

 

 

 

It shows shortness. Can you guess what it shows shortness in?

 

 

 

The answer isn't clubs.

 

 

 

Nope, it's not spades either.

 

 

 

Not hearts.

 

 

 

And not diamonds! It shows shortness in..

 

 

 

POINTS!

 

Shortness -- 5+ ♦, 4+ ♥, 2-3 ♠, 1- HCP, 3+ total points

 

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Apparently 4♣ over 3♠ would have shown shortness in clubs, had I time to check.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a close race between this description and the one where it promises 14 cards, but this wins for me.

[pilowsky]

QAnontative?

[Douglas43]

None of my guesses came close!

[pescetom]

None of my guesses came close!

 

Not smoking the same stuff as Ginsberg.

[LBengtsson]

data entry error. it happen all around the world every day of the week :)