What is your plan?
Here we go again
#1
Posted 2023-February-16, 22:09
What is your plan?
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#3
Posted 2023-February-16, 22:47
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#4
Posted 2023-February-16, 22:55
jillybean, on 2023-February-16, 22:47, said:
It's a shame - it would score well, but 4NT quantitative if dbl is unavailable.
#5
Posted 2023-February-16, 23:08
The first thing you need to find out is whether partner has support for your ♥ suit here imo. With 3 or 4 card (there is a slight possibility partner can super accept) support the grand is most definitely on. With only 2 card support, then you need a few other things to go right on the hand.
#6
Posted 2023-February-16, 23:37
If you continue with keycard partner will show 2 and you guessed it, no Q
We haven't discussed super accept, I haven't considered super accept in a weak nt context.
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#7
Posted 2023-February-16, 23:52
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Scrub that its 12-14
Think again
Did that. It could still work - but possibly explore other options first
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EDIT Small sim suggest original plan could work
#8
Posted 2023-February-17, 00:52
Transfer to H, followed by a 3D bid? Yes. We have agreements to show a double fit here which could get you to 7D opposite Axx Kxx AJxx xxx or similar.
Then after 3H KC and then 6.
#9
Posted 2023-February-17, 01:14
We have 32-34 joint HCP, two balanced hands, stops and at least one 5 card suit.
#10
Posted 2023-February-17, 01:54
Describe your hand, try to locate a fit.
After the KC ask showed 2, ..., I would go with 6H,
but 6NT is certainly reasonable.
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
#12
Posted 2023-February-17, 02:08
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#13
Posted 2023-February-17, 02:54
jillybean, on 2023-February-17, 02:08, said:
The key card to find out about is the ♣K as this will very likely tell you whether you want to be in 6N or 6♥ (if partner has ♠Axx(x) your losing club will go on the spade in hearts). You also want to know if partner has 3 or 4 hearts, if he has 4 you can safely ruff your last diamond whether he has 2 or 3.
I don't know your system well enough to know how you go about this, I would already know whether partner had 4 hearts as we superaccept all the time.
I think I would bid 3♠ which must be a cue (or I'd have bid 2♠ rather than 3♦) over 3♥ and see if partner cues 4♣.
#14
Posted 2023-February-17, 03:08
The way I play; 3NT by North now denies a ♥ honour and 4♣ would show a ♣ control + a ♥ honour.
If you get a 4♣ reply then 4♠ shows 2KCs etc.
#15
Posted 2023-February-17, 04:21
#16
Posted 2023-February-17, 04:27
#17
Posted 2023-February-17, 09:47
pescetom, on 2023-February-17, 01:14, said:
We have 32-34 joint HCP, two balanced hands, stops and at least one 5 card suit.
And partner's not allowed to hold Axx, Kxx, Axx, Kxxx ?
Or AJ10x, KJx, Jx, Qxxx where 6♥ is cold barring extreme distribution, and 6N is dodgy on a club lead (I suppose 6N is 50:50 if they find the right lead so might be worth bidding anyway at MPs)
#18
Posted 2023-February-17, 11:17
At least it's simple.
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#19
Posted 2023-February-17, 11:32
Cyberyeti, on 2023-February-17, 09:47, said:
Or AJ10x, KJx, Jx, Qxxx where 6♥ is cold barring extreme distribution, and 6N is dodgy on a club lead (I suppose 6N is 50:50 if they find the right lead so might be worth bidding anyway at MPs)
Yes there are hands where 6♥ is a better contract and maybe there might be 7♦ on the day, but at MP I think the risks of exploration exceed the risk that 6NT is not a good score (in particular that we just inform the opponent on lead about which pointy ace his partner holds).
At IMPs in a decent field we would transfer to hearts (with superaccepts available) and then secondary transfer to diamonds, which gives us nuanced information before we fix trumps and get into control-bids.
#20
Posted 2023-February-17, 11:47
1NT-2♦
2♥ (assume)-2NT (5♥, 4c unknown minor, GF)
and see what I get as a response. Assuming we both remember the system, I will know if we have a heart fit, whether partner thinks her hand is better for slam if I have a specific minor or whether it doesn't matter, and I'll be able to go on.
If we do have a heart fit, I'll be able to get a cue for the ♣K before I have to keycard, which is nice.