[sceptic]

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 1♣    1♥    1♠    Pass
 1NT   Pass  3♣    Pass
 3NT   Pass  4♦    Pass
 5♣    Pass  5♠    Pass
 6♠    Pass  Pass  Pass
 

[mr1303]

What was your NT range? If 15-17, then you were a liitle conservative, if 3C was slammish, since you have an excellent hand for a club contract.

Still, you got to a good spot.

[Fluffy]

I disagree with all of west bids except first and maybe second.

[inquiry]

you reached a good contract, it makes (win club ace, pull trumps, cash diamond king, cross to heart ace, throw heart on diamond A, give a club). So what is the big problem.

I would have opened West as 1NT in real world, 1NT rebid is ok. I would have cue-bid 2H over 1NT as east to establish a clear force.

[Codo]

I like 1 ♣ , 1 NT and 6 Spade.
I dilske 3 NT. After 3 ♣ your hand improves dramatically. You need just AQxxx,x,xxx,Kxxx to make slam exellent, so I had bid 3 ♦
I dislike 5 Club, now you must cuebid 4 Heart for sure

6 Spade was a good guess after you refused to show your hand you at least gambled well. Actually, if I had taken your seat after the bidding went to 5 Spade, I think I had bid 7 Spade than- ´no success.

IF I had bid it with myself:

1 ♣ (1 ♥) 1 ♠
1 NT 2 ♥ (15-17/GF)
3 ♣ 4 ♦ (5 Clubs, KC for Club in competition)
4 ♠ 6 ♠ (30/must be three)

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

here some remarks:

#1 since 3C is not forcing, I would say 3C
is a slight underbid
#2 4D was meant as a cue, with club agreed
as trumps?
Unless you play Acol, responder does
not know about the club fit.
Still it is a move toward slam
#3 4H is better than 5C, although I can
understand 5C in the context of 3C (inv.)

With kind regards
Marlowe

PS: I mainly commented on bids made by East,
but ... this may help you in the post morten, what
ever my comments may be worth.