[ewj]

Scoring: IMP

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Auction starts, 1D on your right, you pass, 1S on your left and partner bid 2C.
RHO then bids 2S (could be 3)

Are you going to splinter or are you too good for 4S...may be a silly question.

[han]

4S seems fine, not too good at all.

[OleBerg]

I'm not normally into un-scientific bidding, but to me, this hand merits an exception. Slam might easily depend on the lead, and even though 7♣ is not that far away, I still believe the percentage action is to blast to 6♣.

If my opponents are prone to second-guess me, and not lead a spade, I'll bid the suggested 4♠. I cannot be to strong for that.

[pclayton]

Why are we blasting here? Are we sure that pard doesn't have a little spade duplication?

I'm starting with 3♦. If pard bid 3N I'm passing. This seems like a more rational contract when pard holds AQx xxx x AQxxxx.

[brianshark]

5♣ seems a bit much on this misfit auction, but I think it pays to bid there (via the 4♠ splinter so pard can double them if they bid 5♠.) I'm not expecting to make 5♣ a lot of the time, but it pays to be in vulnerable games and there's a chance they bid on as well.

I don't really want to play 3Nt because I think it might be a bit of a cross-ruff hand.

[ArtK78]

I would just bid 5♣ and not worry about a miracle slam here.

Let the opponents make the last guess.

[skjaeran]

I'm a 4♠ bidder here. I'm not stopping short of 5♣, and I like our chances to reach a slam opposite the right hand(s).

[han]

We seem to have an awfully good fit for a misfit auction.

[OleBerg]

ArtK78, on Sep 24 2008, 05:40 PM, said:

I would just bid 5♣ and not worry about a miracle slam here.

Let the opponents make the last guess.

I have permit to use example hands:

♠xxx
♥Ax
♦xx
♣Axxxxx

6♣ will not make as many overtricks as 5♣.

[OleBerg]

Even if partner is out on a limp, and diamonds are misfitting:

♠xxx
♥xxx
♦x
♣AJ10xxx

6♣ still has some play on a non-heart lead.

[brianshark]

han, on Sep 24 2008, 08:02 PM, said:

We seem to have an awfully good fit for a misfit auction.

I don't mean that we don't have a fit, I mean that outside of our primary fit, our side-suit values are not fitting well.

[tomcat777]

I would bid 3♠ here; show a v good hand, part still can bid 3NT with 2 stops in ♠. If he have values in ♠, no way for try slam in ♣ and even 5♣ can be v hard. If he dont have values in ♠, still we have some time to investigate slam, or, at least, to play 5♣

[ewj]

I bid 3S, LHO bid 4S, back round to me and I took a swing at 6C, X -2.
However the opponents could make 6S - so a lucky escape in a way (it's the hand that MickyB posted before.

[ArtK78]

If I understand this correctly, you are saying that partner's hand is:

Kx
xx
xx
AQJTxxx

So we are off 2 heart tricks only, and 6♣x would be down one except for the opponent's diamond ruff.

I suppose some would bid 2♣ on these cards, but I would bid 3♣. There may even be some maniacs out there who would bid higher.