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6 card support with void in ther iuit
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Posted 2013-February-06, 18:16
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Posted 2013-February-06, 19:56
i WILL TRY 4s...second option 3s.
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Posted 2013-February-07, 11:09
5♦.
East has 6+ spades, not a lot of HCP. West very likely has a lot of good cards, at least a 9+ spade fit, very likely a 10, 11 or even a 12 card fit. I can't see E-W stopping below 4S, and I need to stop all communication immediately.
5♦ is odds on to make. Even if my partner has a terrible hand like
♠K
♥AJ98
♦KQ32
♣6543
Only down one, since we know where all the good cards are. If opponents bid on, I double for penalties.
4S is good, but it allows the opponents to clarify their hands, allowing them to know if they should double 5 Diamonds. Similiar problem with 4NT.
If partner has an above average hand, we can think about slam here.
East has 6+ spades, not a lot of HCP. West very likely has a lot of good cards, at least a 9+ spade fit, very likely a 10, 11 or even a 12 card fit. I can't see E-W stopping below 4S, and I need to stop all communication immediately.
5♦ is odds on to make. Even if my partner has a terrible hand like
♠K
♥AJ98
♦KQ32
♣6543
Only down one, since we know where all the good cards are. If opponents bid on, I double for penalties.
4S is good, but it allows the opponents to clarify their hands, allowing them to know if they should double 5 Diamonds. Similiar problem with 4NT.
If partner has an above average hand, we can think about slam here.
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Posted 2013-February-07, 12:29
majors nt minors
there is no reason we cannot search for 3n via 3s even with no partnership
agreements whatsoever. if p has "stuff" in spades and a min 5d may not
be very good either so we search for our most likely plus. If p cannot stop
spades we are in great position to consider slam exploration and we have
saved some bidding space. the problem with 4s (sorry mikeh) is that 3n might
be our last makeable spot and we are bypassing it on sheer optimism p cannot
stop spades.
a direct 5d has a problem also in that slam wil be impossible to bid if p has 2/3
small spades and anything above a min extra for ex xxx AQx Kxxx KJx
and all it takes is xxx Ax Kxxx AKxx to make a grand.
there is no reason we cannot search for 3n via 3s even with no partnership
agreements whatsoever. if p has "stuff" in spades and a min 5d may not
be very good either so we search for our most likely plus. If p cannot stop
spades we are in great position to consider slam exploration and we have
saved some bidding space. the problem with 4s (sorry mikeh) is that 3n might
be our last makeable spot and we are bypassing it on sheer optimism p cannot
stop spades.
a direct 5d has a problem also in that slam wil be impossible to bid if p has 2/3
small spades and anything above a min extra for ex xxx AQx Kxxx KJx
and all it takes is xxx Ax Kxxx AKxx to make a grand.
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Posted 2013-February-07, 13:41
Fluffy, would you mind posting in the expert forum so that I have an excuse to yell at some people?
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2013-February-07, 14:03
I'd just bid 3S and plan to pass 3N maybe I'm dumb 
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