Punt.... what exactly?

#21 Cyberyeti

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Posted 2016-September-16, 00:24

MrAce, on 2016-September-15, 21:27, said:

Yea but why is the British club standard (or even an ACBL/Turkish/Greek etc club standard) is our focus on debating a hand in an international Bridge site?

We should stress the importance of starting with a semi solid 6 card major suit, especially when we have a side 5 card suit and we really do not want to lose any space in the process. It is so bad to start 2♦ even if we assume that this will be a friendly auction and LHO will not bid something over 2♦. Or we may see the next turn at very high level.

It's not in the expert forums, and a lot of I/A play this sort of thing here too

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Posted 2016-September-16, 02:45

MrAce, on 2016-September-14, 11:50, said:

Here is an old idea.

2♣--2♦--3♠ (spade is confirmed - solid suit and no need to look for another trump)

Then responder bids;

3NT=I have no ace but I have K or Kings
4♣/♦/♥=Ace with their names
4♠=I have no ace no king
4NT=Ihave 2 aces of same color
5♣=2 Aces of same rank
5♦=I have 2 mixed aces (h+cl or spade+dia)

Over 4♠ opener bids 4 NT (obviously not asking aces or kings) and from there you go on to show your 3rd round controls starting from cheapest. (some play this asking for jacks)
Over 4♠ if opener bids a suit at 5 level, he is asking 3rd round on this specific suit.

Using this tool, you could bid 5♦ over 4♠ and can actually stay at 5 if your hand was

AKQJT9
AK
AKxx
x

This sounds like a great tool. I'm going to incorporate it into my bidding system... Thank you!

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Posted 2016-September-16, 19:15

Well, partner did have 3rd round control of diamonds. Unfortunately he only had a stiff J of spades, so a trump lead beats 6S. 7S or 7NT has no play at all.

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Posted 2016-September-16, 21:03

mr1303, on 2016-September-16, 19:15, said:

Well, partner did have 3rd round control of diamonds. Unfortunately he only had a stiff J of spades, so a trump lead beats 6S. 7S or 7NT has no play at all.

Doubleton is not 3rd round control without trumps. Your pd should know like everyone else, grands get a trump lead. 6♠ is normal. You say weldone to opponents if they lead ♠ and move on.

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Posted 2016-September-16, 22:43

Sadly to say this was all a bit hypothetical. Partner bid a very robotic 4C over 3S naturally, on his amazing hand(!)

We got to 7S.

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