[ArtK78]

I hereby submit a nomination for the best trump holding in a supporting role.

Regional Swiss Teams, Vul vs. Not. Partner opens 1♣ (standard) and RHO passes. I held:

Txx
---
Jx
AKQJTxxx

I found an inverted raise of 2♣ which is unconditionally game forcing in our methods. The auction continued:

1♣ - (P) - 2♣ - (x)
P - (4♥) - 5♣ - ALL PASS

We missed a reasonable slam. Partner held:

KQ9x
QJx
AQx
xxx

The spade AJxx was onside, but the ♦K was offside. On a spade lead to the Ace and a diamond return, my partner chose to finesse which was about 100% safe for 11 tricks.

At the other table, the bidding was the same but my hand bid 6♣(!). On a heart lead, declarer decided to finesse the diamond and went down.

I told a few people about this hand, and David Hoffner said he could top it. He told me that one time his partner held AKQJxxxx of hearts and heard his LHO open 1♣ and David overcall 2♥!

[han]

If one guy bids 5C and the other bids 6C, perhaps pass is the right answer.

[MickyB]

I once had a partner overcall 1D when I held nine to the AKQJ.

[Cyberyeti]

My 2 nominations:

AQJxxxxx and out in support of a suit where I showed 4 and this hand never bid them. Opps got in a muddle with what their doubles meant at low level, on an auction something like 1♥-P-1N-X-2♣-X-P-P-P, this was not too taxing opposite Kxxx trumps.

Partner opened a weak 2♦ and I was looking at a 27 count with ♦AKQJxx.

[Fluffy]

My partner had KJ10xxxx to support my 4 level overcall (3[he)-4♦-(4[he]), he suspected rightly that he shouldn't raise to 5♦ because something was going on, but he said he wouldn't want to enter the history books as the first guy to not even give a single raise to partner with 7 card support.

[manudude03]

This hand won't win the suit quality award, but my partner once had the pleasure of having 9xxxxxx in diamonds, and I had just introduced them at the 5 level .

http://www.eurobridg...ard=020.10..890

Our auction was:
1H-P-1S!-2H!!
3H-4S-P-P
5D-X-AP

!- kaplan inversion (<5 spades, forcing NT hand)
!!-Spades and clubs

North didn't find the club lead, so I made 11 tricks after misguessing the hearts.

[gordontd]

I once had eight-card support for my partner's second suit!

1♠-1NT
2♣(promising 4)

I raised to 5♣, going two off for an average board.

[Cyberyeti]

gordontd, on 2013-June-25, 00:28, said:

I once had eight-card support for my partner's second suit!

1♠-1NT
2♣(promising 4)

I raised to 5♣, going two off for an average board.

This is the same as the one I posted above, but we got to play 2♣x+1