[cherdano]

Scoring: IMP

3♠-(4♥)-?

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I suppose we agree this hand is worth a force to slam, even at this colors? Since 7 might be lay-down, how do you try to decide about 6 vs 7?

[hrothgar]

cherdano, on Apr 1 2007, 10:02 PM, said:

Dealer: North Vul: E/W Scoring: IMP

♠ AQ9 ♥   ♦ AQ3 ♣ AKJ7543

3♠-(4♥)-?

I suppose we agree this hand is worth a force to slam, even at this colors? Since 7 might be lay-down, how do you try to decide about 6 vs 7?

The only thing that concerns me on this hand is the KJ of Spades.

If partnership agreement requires one of the top three honors for a 3♠ opening then I'm just going to punt 7.

I expect to have plenty of entries to establish the Club suit. If I need to fall back on a finesse, I expect that the King or Queen will be in the pocket.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

the only thing that may worry me,
partner may hold an 8 card suit
headed by the Jack.
A 7 card suit with the Jack is no 3S
opener.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[whereagles]

Yeah 4NT + some nr. of spades seems ok

[hatchett]

Why not 5NT grand slam force?

[Apollo81]

Jlall, on Apr 1 2007, 04:09 PM, said:

I would bid keycard and 7 if partner shows a keycard. He is probably 10 times as likely to hold the SK as the HA, and this caters to partner showing 0 so I won't just bid 7 now.

i agree

[Echognome]

hatchett, on Apr 1 2007, 01:58 PM, said:

Why not 5NT grand slam force?

Ditto. Pick-a-slam doesn't seem like it makes sense here.

[FrancesHinden]

5NT "grand slam force" from me as well.

p.s. I believe I recognise this and a few of the companion hands you have put up from a very impressive last set recovery a year or so back. Am I right?

[SoTired]

5N GSF asks for 2 of top 3 trump honors. Question: have you agreed with partner on what to do if less than 2 of top 3? If you bid 5N and partner bids 6C/6D/6H/6S - Does one of these show the king?

Since I am not sure, I bid 4N and bid 7 if partner shows a keycard.

[skjaeran]

SoTired, on Apr 2 2007, 03:42 PM, said:

5N GSF asks for 2 of top 3 trump honors. Question: have you agreed with partner on what to do if less than 2 of top 3? If you bid 5N and partner bids 6C/6D/6H/6S - Does one of these show the king?

Since I am not sure, I bid 4N and bid 7 if partner shows a keycard.

6♣=ace or king
6♦=queen
6♥=none, but extra lenght
6♠=nothing

That's the standard responses to the grand slam force where I play.

[Fluffy]

where I play it is ♣=0, ♦= 1 and then 7 of our suit to play, with 6 of our suit leading to missunderstaning most of the time.

[pclayton]

If this hand is from the same match as the 3=2=2=6 8 count, is pard messing around with J-T 6th? Normally, I would expect a hand good enough for the 5 level, so I'll key card.

[cherdano]

FrancesHinden, on Apr 2 2007, 07:04 AM, said:

5NT "grand slam force" from me as well.

p.s. I believe I recognise this and a few of the companion hands you have put up from a very impressive last set recovery a year or so back. Am I right?

Good job Frances. Yeah, all these posts should belong into a "World-Class Bridge" subforum.
I will write a longer post later on what happened.

Here, both tables started with 4N, so I assume they did not have a GSF available that can ask for one trump honor.

[Miron]

I like 6♥ bid (unless partner takes it as natural),
the meaning is obvious: I want play 6♠ or 7♠ and I have heart void, what is your opinion?

[Fluffy]

Miron, on Apr 5 2007, 07:13 PM, said:

I like 6♥ bid (unless partner takes it as natural),
the meaning is obvious: I want play 6♠ or 7♠ and I have heart void, what is your opinion?

fine, but partner might have problems finding wha tis good to bid 7, Kxxxxx is probably not good enough for him.