[kgr]

Scoring: MP

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1♥-(1♠)-2NT!-(3♠)
4♦-(4♠)-5♣-(Pass)
5♦-(Pass)-5♥-(Pass)
6♥-All Pass
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2NT = 10 HCP and 4card ♥
- What do you think about this bidding?
- How do you play 4♦ here (good ♦ or can it also be good hand with ♦ control?)
- Should North bid 5♣ without ♦ honour?
- How would you bid this?
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Bidding should have started 1♥-(3♠)-??-(4♠)... How do you bid then?
Thanks,
Koen

[Codo]

1. They had a misunderstanding. North expected real diamonds or a better hand, south did not expect xx in Diamonds from North.

2. In the moment 4 Diamond shows a control for me, but maybe a suit is the better way to play it.

3. Yes, why not? 4 Diamond was no Help suit game try. Give Sout x,KQJxxx,AKxxx,xx and all he needs is my doubelton diamond and AK of clubs.

4. 1♦ (1♠) X (3 or 4 ♠)
4 or 5♥ all pass
If the opening of 1 Heart is mantatory:
1 ♥ (1♠) 2 NT (3♠) 4 ♦ (4 ♠) 5 ♣ (pass) 5 ♥ all pass
5 Diamond is way too much.

5.1 ♥ (3♠) 4 ♥ (4♠) pass (pass) 5 ♥ all pass

[Gerben42]

- What do you think about this bidding?

Responder missed the opportunity to make a fit jump himself, I would have bid 4♣: GF with ♣ and ♥, not much in the other suits. Then pd will know that slam is no good.

- How do you play 4♦ here (good ♦ or can it also be good hand with ♦ control?)

A suit.

- Should North bid 5♣ without ♦ honour?

Sure, partner does NOT have anything extra at this point though, so he should not bid 5♦.

[P_Marlowe]

#1 seems ok, except the final 6H bid,
South should pass 5H
Was there a stronger raise available?
I count 13HCP with North.

#2 natural, shows a 2nd suit with
values, i.e. most of the time you
will have a cue
But 4D is not a slam move, it may
also just describe your hand, which
may allow partner to get it right, if they
bid 4S.

#3 Since 4D could be a slam try, I would also
bid 5C without an honor, as long as i have
add. values, which North has.

#4 see 1
The 5H bid from North tells South, that North has
a nice hand, but not enough to force to slam,
South has a min hand, why else did he choose
to open 1H instead of 1D, so no reason to move on,
he also has told his story with his 5D bid

With kind regards
Marlowe

[whereagles]

Everything's fine up to South's 6♥ bid, which I don't seem to see any reason for.

[pclayton]

Agree with Gerben. An immediate 4♣ would have zoomed in on the problem.

1. 4♦ doesn't show extras, just a second suit in case pard wants to bid.

2. 5♣ looks wrong if pard has announced the red suits. If pard has a still club and xx pf spades, the 5 level may be too high.

3. Give pard the magical 1552 with ♣Qx and we still don't have slam.

4. 5♦ looks like a waste of time. It really should show better diamonds along with that spade control.

5. 5♥ - Sanity returns

6. 6♥ - Oops, maybe not.

[kgr]

pclayton, on Jan 16 2008, 07:16 PM, said:

Agree with Gerben. An immediate 4♣ would have zoomed in on the problem.

4♣ would be 4 card fit, a ♣ splinter with 12-14 HCP

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1. 4♦ doesn't show extras, just a second suit in case pard wants to bid.

Probably best is either good ♦ to help partner if opps bid 4♠ ; or slem-interest and control?

[gwnn]

splinters in competitive auctions like this don't make much sense... fit jumps are much nicer.

and: http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...ndpost&p=242741

[kgr]

gwnn, on Jan 17 2008, 12:50 AM, said:

and: http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...ndpost&p=242741

seeems like your memory is better then mine.
slam 10x