[pilowsky]

I twisted my leg a few weeks ago, so I decided that to distract myself (no orthopaedic pun intended), I would attempt to make a dealing machine using Google Sheets.
This turned out to be quite a nice beginner project. I needed to learn about a bunch of stuff that I hadn't used before.
Finally, I managed to generate a .lin file that BBO would A) import and B) allow me to upload onto a teaching table.
Given my luck, it was entirely unsurprising that the first hand I generated gave me 1 lousy Jack.
Here's the hand: How would you bid it

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Here's what GIB made of it:

Spoiler

http://bit.ly/PMPdeal1
...and here's the bidding

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[thepossum]

Who is the dealer?

Imagining its north I have Pass-1NT-Pass-4NT-Pass-Pass-Pass

I often cant be bothered to explore majors

[AL78]

If East opens a strong NT, I would probably just punt 6NT as West 32-34 HCP combined, it is surely odds on. I'm not sure I'd be bothered to try and investigate the remote possibility of a major suit grand slam, even if it is good on these cards.

[nullve]

pilowsky, on 2021-March-06, 18:05, said:

How would you bid it

nullve(E)-nullve(W):

1N(1)-2♦(2)
2♠(3)-2N(4)
3N(5)-4♣(6)
4♦(7)-4♠(8)
5♣(9)-5♦(10)
5♥(11)-6♥(12)
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(1) "14-16 BAL"
(2) "5+ H or strong"
(3) 4-5 H, not 3433
(4) strong relay
(5) 3442
(6) puppet to 4♦
(7) forced
(8) Parity Key Card Blackwood with H as trumps
(9) odd # of key cards, no trump Q
(10) ♦K ask
(11) no ♦K
(12) contract

[thepossum]

Looks as if I seriously underbid. Getting too cautious in my old age

I'm either out of practice, or just not in a competitive frame of mind

How do you value that hand?

I know sims dont mean much but I have 85% 6NT, 75% 6H and 65% 6S

The more I look and realise how out of practice I am I should have counted my losers for possible major slam and maybe got there