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#1 User is online   jillybean 

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Posted 2005-October-28, 00:38

Scoring: MP

4♠ all pass



whats wrong with this auction?
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Posted 2005-October-28, 01:58

Opening 4S is wrong, if you want to get to slam. This is a sound 1S opener.

With that dummy, after 4S P to me, I would pass like a shot and hope to not get doubled.

To be fair though, I'm not sure how I would get to 6S on these cards. Playing 2/1

1S 2C
2S 3C
3S 4D (is this a cue? Probably)
4H 4NT
5H 6S

but I'm not happy with the auction, especially since West has a void in East's main suit.
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Posted 2005-October-28, 04:10

I really hate opening 4S on that West hand, with two aces a king and a void. It just looks like too good a hand to me.

Having said that, there's nothing wrong with playing in 4S. 6S seems to need spades 2-2, which makes it against the odds. It gets to be a slightly better contract if you have any chance of the ace of clubs lead or a heart away from the king, but I'm quite happy not bidding it.
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Posted 2005-October-28, 04:22

jillybean2, on Oct 28 2005, 07:38 PM, said:

Scoring: MP

4♠ all pass



whats wrong with this auction?

WHY open 4♠ (ESPECIALLY in 1st position)when you have perfectly good 1♠ opener ????? :ph34r: :blink:
It's almost impossible for partner to bid over the "weak" 8 card prempt :blink:
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Posted 2005-October-28, 07:48

Agree with Frances.
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Posted 2005-October-28, 08:58

Sicen eyou are asking, what is wrong is probably the trrump distrribution.
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Posted 2005-October-28, 09:07

I also agree that it's not a great slam. It does have a couple of other chances to make, though:

1) Someone has ♣Ax
2) South has ♣Axx... and hops up with the A when you lead a ♣ from dummy, trying to prevent you from scoring a singleton Q.
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