it always happens to me
#1
Posted 2014-January-30, 04:17
George Carlin
#2
Posted 2014-January-30, 04:35
#3
Posted 2014-January-30, 05:10
#4
Posted 2014-January-30, 05:11
George Carlin
#5
Posted 2014-January-30, 05:38
#6
Posted 2014-January-30, 05:55
cherdano, on 2014-January-30, 05:10, said:
Of course but you could be up three opposite crappy balanced.
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#8
Posted 2014-January-30, 07:57
cherdano, on 2014-January-30, 05:10, said:
♠xxx ♥xxx ♦Axxx ♣KJx
I'm in the 5♥ followed by 6♠ camp.
#9
Posted 2014-January-30, 08:43
Zelandakh, on 2014-January-30, 05:38, said:
5H
[ I don't think 4NT is an option since it should show at least 5-5 in the minors . I'm not sure how partner would take 5S after 4NT .]
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#10
Posted 2014-January-30, 10:49
#11
Posted 2014-January-30, 11:06
For those blasting 6♠ (or 5♥..6♠ whatever that means for you), don't you expect partner to raise to grand with just the diamond ace? I don't think this is really such a hot contract.
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#12
Posted 2014-January-30, 11:28
When we have no idea which is the better contract, choose 6.
5♠ seems to me like a call designed to win the post mortem I prefer to win the imps/mp.
As for the risk of partner raising to grand: I can't imagine anyone in their right mind thinking that the diamond A is the only card I need for grand. He knows we are under pressure.
These hands arise rarely, but I'd seen a few of them, and I don't recall ever seeing anyone hold 12 winners for the bid. Partner knows that we are crossing our fingers and hoping for something useful in order to make the small slam. He'll be delighted if he holds a minor Ace, since that rates to be the sort of value we are gambling on him having. He'd be a monumental idiot, imo, to raise. Indeed, I wouldn't raise with the diamond A AND the club K.
So I miss a grand. I'm not worried about that at all. At least I got to the small.
#13
Posted 2014-January-30, 11:35
awm, on 2014-January-30, 11:06, said:
I thought I had addressed that. If we had a hand of this shape that only needed the ♦A then we could try 4NT - 5♦; 5♥ - any; 6♠, which ought to be a grand try with lots of black cards, very good spades and first round heart control. I do not buy the argument that 4NT automatically shows both minors. While that is the most common hand type I think also using it for very strong hands with spades and a minor makes sense. Where I do agree with you is that it is probably better as a general agreement if bypassing their suit shows the control rather than denying it; but that is sadly still very much non-standard.
#14
Posted 2014-January-30, 11:37
4N does seem somewhat dangerous but i do see the appeal - what if auction goes something like (4H) - 4N - (5H) - 6D
#15
Posted 2014-January-30, 20:24
#16
Posted 2014-January-31, 01:45