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Could you have done better? Big hand over a NT opening

#1 User is offline   Winstonm 

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Posted 2005-November-17, 00:36

Scoring: IMP

E S W N
1N X 2♥P
2♠ 2N 3♠4♦
P 5♦ P P
P


This was our bidding. The opening was 15-17. The double was penalty, showing a hand that held a good suit and was likely to beat 1N if on lead. 2H was transfer.
2N was meant as minor takeout, which partner read correctly. The trouble began now, as I was afraid, without discussion, that 4H might be construed as a heart/club 6/4 or 5/5 hand. Knowing all finesses were on, I was concerned that partner wouldn't be able to reach his hand often enough to take 2 finesses even if he had a singleton spade.

Could you have done better? His hand:

Scoring: IMP

E S W N
1N X 2♥P
2♠ 2N 3♠4♦
P 5♦ P P
P

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Posted 2005-November-17, 00:42

Winstonm, on Nov 17 2005, 01:36 AM, said:

Could you have done better?

No.
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Posted 2005-November-17, 03:25

No, me neither. In fact I'm more than happy at finding a making game rather than missing slam on these cards
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Posted 2005-November-17, 07:29

Once you bid 2NT as minors and partner picks diamonds, and goes to the 4-level, 4H by you must be a cuebid. Partner will cue 4S and tada. If 4H is RKCB, then 4S, not plausibly Exclusion, must be either a cue or an ask. If asking, 4S does the tricl. If a cue, 5C "asks" and does the trick by inference. So, depending upon style (and trust level), yes.
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Posted 2005-November-17, 07:40

mr1303, on Nov 17 2005, 04:25 AM, said:

No, me neither. In fact I'm more than happy at finding a making game rather than missing slam on these cards

Agree.

Most likely I would have stopped in a partial, since
I dont play penalty dbl.

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Posted 2005-November-17, 16:14

me too
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Posted 2005-November-17, 16:43

The key is to find pd with a singleton ♠ or the Ace or King
If he has the A he can't have a ♦ honor, otherwise, but possible, the opp opened 1NT with 14.
Again looking for pd with very specific holding and certain cards.
I think I am happy to be in game and yes slam is nice but very hard to get in.

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