[pclayton]

Wow. Played the ACBL tourney (matchpoints) yesterday and saw 3 6-6's our way in the first five boards.

Brian had the first: ♠AQT98x, ♥void, ♦Q8xxxx, ♣T. Pass on his right. He tried 4♠ and bought: ♠K6x, ♥KQJ, ♦K, ♣Kxxxxx. ♦lead to the A, ♠5, 10, J, K. Now what?

I had the next two: ♠AQJTxx, ♥x, ♦void, ♣AKQJxx. You open 1♠, 2♦ on left, pard passes, 3♦ on right. Now what?

The NEXT hand (same opps): ♠void, ♥KQJxxx, ♦x, ♣AKxxxx. 1♦ on right. Your call?

[akhare]

pclayton, on Aug 29 2006, 07:10 PM, said:

Wow. Played the ACBL tourney (matchpoints) yesterday and saw 3 6-6's our way in the first five boards.

Brian had the first: ♠AQT98x, ♥void, ♦Q8xxxx, ♣T. Pass on his right. He tried 4♠ and bought: ♠K6x, ♥KQJ, ♦K, ♣Kxxxxx. ♦lead to the A, ♠5, 10, J, K. Now what?

I had the next two: ♠AQJTxx, ♥x, ♦void, ♣AKQJxx. You open 1♠, 2♦ on left, pard passes, 3♦ on right. Now what?

The NEXT hand (same opps): ♠void, ♥KQJxxx, ♦x, ♣AKxxxx. 1♦ on right. Your call?

#1: I might have tried playing A♠ first to try leading a ♣ towards the K♣. If that loses and another ♠ comes back, win in hand again, ruff ♦ on board, then ♥ dumping a ♦ if it's not covered.

The plan is to score 6♠ in hand, 2♥, 1♦ and one ♦ ruff on board.

#2: 4♦ for now...a direct 6♣ might goad opps into a phantom sack

#3: 2N: Ununsual 2N showing the two lowest unbid suits

[whereagles]

♠K6x
♥KQJ
♦K
♣Kxxxxx

♠AQT98x
♥void
♦Q8xxxx
♣T

> Play 4♠. ♦lead to the A, ♠5, 10, J, K. Now what?

Run ♥K discarding club and later ruff ♦ high (as high as you can, that is ). Making 6 spades, 2 hearts, 1 diam, 1 ruff.

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♠AQJTxx
♥x
♦void
♣AKQJxx.

> You open 1♠, 2♦ on left, pard passes, 3♦ on right. Now what?

6♣. No methods available to take the guess out of it, so I'll just bid a slam makes in many layouts.

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♠void
♥KQJxxx
♦x
♣AKxxxx.

> 1♦ on right. Your call?

If I have unusual 2NT available, I'll use it. Then drive to the 5-level all by myself. If 2NT is not available, I'll bid 3♥ and later 4/5♣.

[HeartA]

Completely agree with whereagles.

[pork rind]

same as whereeagles on first 2but ill bid just 1h on the 3rd. i like this type hand and if pard raises i have no reason to show them my second suit. otherwise i will bid it when i can, even at the 5 or 6 level.