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FrancesHinden, on Oct 5 2005, 04:40 AM, said:
I find it more useful to be able to say
"I have a club void and (at least) a slam try. You can drive to slam if you are very suitable, you can cue bid a red suit if you are interested but not certain (or on the way to bidding slam) or you can sign off in our suit (sometimes in NT as well) if you are unsuitable"
than to be able to say
"Please tell me how many keycards you have with spades as trumps excluding clubs"
"I have a club void and (at least) a slam try. You can drive to slam if you are very suitable, you can cue bid a red suit if you are interested but not certain (or on the way to bidding slam) or you can sign off in our suit (sometimes in NT as well) if you are unsuitable"
than to be able to say
"Please tell me how many keycards you have with spades as trumps excluding clubs"
I absolutely agree with you Frances, a void-showing slam try is much more useful than asking for keycards with this hand and probably almost always in this auction. I wish I had this agreement too, I don't.
Of course, it is easier (for memory's sake) to play excl-RKC in all such auctions then to play exclusion sometimes and void showing at others. Would you care to post the rules that you prefer?
When opener accepts the void-showing slam try, does she show keycards (not counting club ace of course), bypassing 5S? That seems like a great idea, you can have the best of both worlds!