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#1 User is offline   ArtK78 

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Posted 2013-June-24, 08:17

I hereby submit a nomination for the best trump holding in a supporting role.

Regional Swiss Teams, Vul vs. Not. Partner opens 1 (standard) and RHO passes. I held:

Txx
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Jx
AKQJTxxx

I found an inverted raise of 2 which is unconditionally game forcing in our methods. The auction continued:

1 - (P) - 2 - (x)
P - (4) - 5 - ALL PASS

We missed a reasonable slam. Partner held:

KQ9x
QJx
AQx
xxx

The spade AJxx was onside, but the K was offside. On a spade lead to the Ace and a diamond return, my partner chose to finesse which was about 100% safe for 11 tricks.

At the other table, the bidding was the same but my hand bid 6(!). On a heart lead, declarer decided to finesse the diamond and went down.

I told a few people about this hand, and David Hoffner said he could top it. He told me that one time his partner held AKQJxxxx of hearts and heard his LHO open 1 and David overcall 2!
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Posted 2013-June-24, 09:23

If one guy bids 5C and the other bids 6C, perhaps pass is the right answer.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2013-June-24, 09:26

I once had a partner overcall 1D when I held nine to the AKQJ.
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Posted 2013-June-24, 09:36

My 2 nominations:

AQJxxxxx and out in support of a suit where I showed 4 and this hand never bid them. Opps got in a muddle with what their doubles meant at low level, on an auction something like 1-P-1N-X-2-X-P-P-P, this was not too taxing opposite Kxxx trumps.

Partner opened a weak 2 and I was looking at a 27 count with AKQJxx.
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Posted 2013-June-24, 09:39

My partner had KJ10xxxx to support my 4 level overcall (3[he)-4-(4[he]), he suspected rightly that he shouldn't raise to 5 because something was going on, but he said he wouldn't want to enter the history books as the first guy to not even give a single raise to partner with 7 card support.
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Posted 2013-June-24, 16:22

This hand won't win the suit quality award, but my partner once had the pleasure of having 9xxxxxx in diamonds, and I had just introduced them at the 5 level :).

http://www.eurobridg...ard=020.10..890

Our auction was:
1H-P-1S!-2H!!
3H-4S-P-P
5D-X-AP

!- kaplan inversion (<5 spades, forcing NT hand)
!!-Spades and clubs

North didn't find the club lead, so I made 11 tricks after misguessing the hearts.
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Posted 2013-June-25, 00:28

I once had eight-card support for my partner's second suit!

1-1NT
2(promising 4)

I raised to 5, going two off for an average board.
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Posted 2013-June-25, 02:04

View Postgordontd, on 2013-June-25, 00:28, said:

I once had eight-card support for my partner's second suit!

1-1NT
2(promising 4)

I raised to 5, going two off for an average board.

This is the same as the one I posted above, but we got to play 2x+1
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