Trial bids Reaching Game
#1
Posted 2020-September-27, 11:25
West passed and North opened 1 Club. East passed and South bid 1 Spade. North raised to 2 Spades and East doubles showing the red suits.
South now bid 3 Diamonds.
What would you bid now on the North hand KT52 AKT2 3 A753 ?
How do you rate South's 3 Diamond bid?
#2
Posted 2020-September-27, 11:34
Regardless the North hand you give has 5 losers by my count (it might seem like 6 until you see those beautiful aces) so I wouldn't have bid 2♠ to begin with. Thankfully partner is giving me another chance, so I would probably bid 3♥ intending to bid on with either 4♠ or 4♣ if partner signs off, and making some slam try if partner shows a maximum with 4♠. If only I'd bid 4♦ immediately over 1♠ I wouldn't have a problem now.
#3
Posted 2020-September-27, 12:24
DavidKok, on 2020-September-27, 11:34, said:
Regardless the North hand you give has 5 losers by my count (it might seem like 6 until you see those beautiful aces) so I wouldn't have bid 2♠ to begin with. Thankfully partner is giving me another chance, so I would probably bid 3♥ intending to bid on with either 4♠ or 4♣ if partner signs off, and making some slam try if partner shows a maximum with 4♠. If only I'd bid 4♦ immediately over 1♠ I wouldn't have a problem now.
Realistically AQxxx, xx, xxxx, xx has decent play for game, and you'd have more points to come, so you're clearly accepting the try.
I think I'd bid 3♠ with that N hand but I don't mind 2♠. 4♦ is over the top (my partner always has xxxx, xxx, KQx, Jxx when I make a bid like that).
#4
Posted 2020-September-27, 12:58
#6
Posted 2020-September-28, 03:11
#8
Posted 2020-September-28, 04:25
sfi, on 2020-September-28, 03:21, said:
Somewhat system dependent, 4441s are not a great shape if partner only has 4 trumps, but much better if they have 5. If you bypass diamonds to bid a major for example, this changes the odds of having 5 spades, if you don't, you know partner is 4333 or has 5.
Also whether you play long or short suit game tries normally once east doubles 2♠ showing the reds, surely a red suit game try should be short suit.
I wouldn't start from here as I'd have opened 1♠ on the small hand and it's not that close for us. Since we open this sort of thing, the best hand I can have reduces and so the odds of 2 or 3 being the limit also massively increase. Also depends what 1♣ shows, if it's 2+ and partner will respond on a 3 count if shortish in clubs, you don't necessarily want to go nuts opposite.
#10
Posted 2020-September-28, 05:01
Cyberyeti, on 2020-September-28, 04:25, said:
Also whether you play long or short suit game tries normally once east doubles 2♠ showing the reds, surely a red suit game try should be short suit.
Partner can hold length in clubs and exactly 4 spades even when not playing Walsh. I agree that short suit trials are helpful here. However, all of this isn't actually an answer to the OP's questions.
#11
Posted 2020-September-28, 05:13
DavidKok, on 2020-September-28, 05:01, said:
I already answered the OP's question, yes you accept the try and I wouldn't have bid 2♠, I'd have bid 3 (and even your comment about clubs and spades is somewhat system dependent, some people bid 1♠ with a 10 count 4-4 in the blacks, we bid 2♣ with our club showing 4, but yes if weak it can happen).
#12
Posted 2020-September-28, 05:18
#13
Posted 2020-September-28, 05:26
#15
Posted 2020-September-28, 10:17
2) Different people play different schemes for game trys. The most common expert scheme in the US is probably Kokish: new suits are a try showing a small singleton or void in the suit; 2N asks partner to bid the lowest suit they would accept a help-suit game try in. (Usually the meanings of 2S/2N are switched when the trump suit is hearts so that it's possible to have a help-suit try in spades.) In this case, I'd judge South's most appropriate try to be 3♥, a short suit try in hearts.
3) With the North hand, over a 3♦ help-suit try (or a 3♦ control-showing try), I'd bid 3♥, technically a retry but to be revealed as a control bid if partner doesn't accept.
#16
Posted 2020-September-28, 10:44
akwoo, on 2020-September-28, 10:17, said:
You must play a different kind of Weak NT system to the ones I am used to (Acol or Strong Club) as this hand is way too strong for just 2♠ in either.
akwoo, on 2020-September-28, 10:17, said:
Ironically the scheme I am used to after 1M-2M is the reverse of this, a new suit being a HSGT and 2M+1 asking partner which SSGT they would accept. It is also quite reasonable to play a similar structure in the 1m - 1M; 2M auction but it is possible to do considerably better, as has been shown in a number of BBF threads in the past years.
akwoo, on 2020-September-28, 10:17, said:
So you would make a slam try over a hand declining a game try but just pass 4♠ opposite a hand that accepts it?
#17
Posted 2020-September-28, 11:06
2) leave ALL options open for South to continue. It's up to SOUTH to better define the holding. NORTH, at THIS POINT, is the responder, ASKING for additional clarification------NOT "deciding" and jamming the auction. UNDER ANY SYSTEM!!!!
#18
Posted 2020-September-28, 11:46
Pass: Fine. 1S is OK if you play a big club system, but a little much in standard in 1-2 seats.
1C: Obvious enough
2S: Underbid. North has a 6-loser hand with 14 prime HCP and a singleton in one of the opponents' strong suits. 3S seems rather obvious here.
3D: Fine at MPs, assuming you play standard (3+ cards) game tries. At IMPs, I would bid 4S, but not everyone would.
After 3D, 4S seems obvious for North here.
Cheers,
Mike
#19
Posted 2020-September-28, 18:14
Zelandakh, on 2020-September-28, 10:44, said:
I'm thinking Kaplan-Sheinwold derivatives, where 2♠ shows up to a bad 4333 17 if balanced and a 1m promises at least a good 11. When you can't have (semi)balanced minimums because they would have opened 1N, it makes sense to divide up the raises differently, and because of the possibility of game tries, the 2♠ raise should have around twice as many hands as 3♠.
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I play the same structure because (1) memory reasons, and (2) I haven't played in partnerships that frequently raise on 3.
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Partner can always accept the retry with a control bid. Slam isn't that likely. I'm just bidding 4♠ over a hand declining the retry.
#20
Posted 2020-September-29, 05:45
undoubling, on 2020-September-28, 11:06, said:
2) leave ALL options open for South to continue. It's up to SOUTH to better define the holding. NORTH, at THIS POINT, is the responder, ASKING for additional clarification------NOT "deciding" and jamming the auction. UNDER ANY SYSTEM!!!!
Speaking for myself only.
There was a reason not to mention the passed hand. South still has a powerhouse, there is no way north should settle for anything less then game.
Ye,s hands can be constructed where North reponds 1♠ and 2 is the last makeable contract.
However, there are also hands that would pass 2♠ without a thought that would be enough for a very reasonable slam (♠AJXXX, ♥QXXX, ♦XXX, ♣X) . So leaving south the option to pass 2♠ is losing bridge.