[bridgeboy]

Imps.. Playing with an "expert" pickup p: Std Stayman/Gerber/etc

You hold:

Kxx
Kx
JTxxx
Axx

partner opens 2NT (20-22?) How would you bid?

Thanks all

[hrothgar]

I'd bid 6N

I'd be more worried about missing 7 than overbidding

[mike777]

hrothgar, on Oct 1 2005, 08:23 AM, said:

I'd bid 6N

I'd be more worried about missing 7 than overbidding

ditto

[mikestar]

Let's give partner ♠AQx♥AQxx♦AKxx♣Kx which is a perfect maximum--you have three spades, three hearts, five or six diamonds, and two clubs. You are laydown for 6 and 7 depends on dropping the queen of diamonds (about 52%).

Now put a small diamond eslewhere and the grand well is below 50% (you need Qx or Qxx on side) but 6 is still virtually laydown (5-0 diamonds beat it).


Now also remove one ot the queen and six is in considerable jeopary.

Now if partner has ♠Qxx♥AQxx♦AKx♣KQx and 6 is down more often than not. Now consider the hansd where we are off two aces or ♦AK . . .

Lacking more sophistcated slam tools, I would try 4NT natural and invitational. If we needed a swing and I wanrted to shoot on this hand, I'd pass and hope the field is going down in slam.

[Walddk]

Jlall, on Oct 1 2005, 05:56 PM, said:

I'll drive it to slam, but I'll go through 4C first. Immediately bidding 6N seems lazy as we can be off 2 aces.

Is that a quantitaive (or better) NT raise with a 5-card minor and no 4-card major? Then I agree. I can't imagine that it can be anything else with this hand.

Roland

[Walddk]

Jlall, on Oct 1 2005, 06:22 PM, said:

bridgeboy, on Oct 1 2005, 08:22 AM, said:

Imps.. Playing with an "expert" pickup p: Std Stayman/Gerber/etc

that should help.

Yes, I was wondering what that word meant. Whatever it means, does it guarantee 12 tricks at NT?

Roland

[Blofeld]

Only possibly disadvantage is a lead-directing double.

[david_c]

My experience of Gerber on this sort of auction is that if it goes 2NT:4♣,4♥ it's more likely that opener has forgotten the responses than that you're missing two aces.