[adhoc3]

Scoring: IMP

Your RHO opened artificial strong 2♣ as dealer, what would you bid? how high will you go?

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Scoring: IMP

Your RHO opened artificial strong 2♣ as dealer, what would you bid? how high will you go?

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Have fun,

Jack

[HeartA]

For hand #1, I pass.

As for #2, I would bid 4NT, depends on the number of key cards pd holds, I will decide how high I will go: if pd has 0, I stop at 5D, if pd has 1, I bid 6, and 7 if pd has 2.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

#1 depends on your method,
if your method allow you to show
both suits, I would do this, else
I would bid 2H intending to bid
3D if given the chance, I will not
bid 4D on my own.

#2 4NT, this bid solves all your open
questions, if partner shows
0 Key cards => 5D
1 Key cards => 6D (or 6NT),
2 Key cards => 7D (or 7NT)

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Codo]

Hand 1: Most opps are not able to handle interferences after a 2 Club opening well.
So I would try 3 Heart. or 2 Spade.

Hand two: MY pd will have the Ace of Diamond if he preemps with an unpassed pd.
The question is: Does he have a HEart chicane? I cannot find out, so I too simply ask for KCs and bid 6 Diamonds after I heard one.

[whereagles]

1. 2NT and I don't care what pard will think of it.

2. 4NT. Where I live there's freedom of bidding, meaning people can open 3♦ on jack 7th without being sentenced to life.

[Blofeld]

3♥ and 4NT on a normal day.

Not bidding spades on the first. 4♥ is tempting at these colours, but the suit quality is verging on non-existant.

[mike777]

1) Pass...\
2) rkc now! Pard has 7 tricks.

[awm]

1) Fortunately I have methods in this auction with most partners. I would bid 3♣, showing either clubs or both the red suits. Without this it's a tougher problem, because I'd like to preempt to the three-level immediately (making life hard for opponents) while keeping both red suits in play. Probably I'll try 3♥, but with no great confidence this is right.

2) For a vulnerable preempt I'd expect partner to have one of the top three diamonds. This means we should be able to make 6♦ at least. Can I find out whether partner has a heart card? Again a conventional treatment comes to the rescue -- 4♣ asking partner to cuebid first round controls. Without this I'll try keycard, figuring partner's not that likely to be void in hearts (and might show the void if he has it). In any case 6NT should have play.

[inquiry]

Hand one... 4NT, what is the problem? IF not now, when? If you give them a chance to express their values it will be too late. Added benefit, the Vul is just right.

Hand two... 6D, my partner will not have two ACES for a preempt. At matchpoints, I would play him for AJTxxxxx (eight) and bid 6NT... at imps, I will stick to 6D.

[mike777]

Being silent on hand one may pay dividends in the play of the hand on defense.
In any event I do not want pard to blow the lead by leading one of suits if it is wrong. Also must we try and steal every hand at this vul?

[inquiry]

mike777, on Sep 11 2006, 02:48 PM, said:

Being silent on hand one may pay dividends in the play of the hand on defense.
In any event I do not want pard to blow the lead by leading one of suits if it is wrong. Also must we try and steal every hand at this vul?

Steal is not the purspose of a blast bid here. The point is whatever values your side has sits in front of the strong hand (read your partner is finessable). Second, they may well have a slam if they can get their act together. Don't let them. Force them to guess at the five level. Maybe 5Dx or 5Hx is the best for them, maybe not. You don't know, which means they don't know. If you pass, they will have a nice quiet, unmolested auction when they can exchange info.

[kenberg]

On hand 1, I pass. This sometimes is best. I will not try to convince anyone.

On hand 2, I guess I bid 4NT trusting this asks for aces or for key cards. I have played that 4C asks for keycards, with specialized responses, but that obviously requires discussion. I don't really see the problem here. If partner has preempted, vul versus not, on J high and nothing or AJxxx and nothing, that's his right (sort of) but he can't expect me to bid my hand on the assumption he has done so. I guess I am missing something?

[adhoc3]

Scoring: IMP

Your RHO opened artificial strong 2♣ as dealer, what would you bid? how high will you go?

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2♣----4♥----passs----6♥
6♠*----pass---7♠**----dbl**

*Holding long running spade.
**has void in H and 2 side Kings
***Nuts! I had 2 aces bidding 6♥!

---- 6♠ was stone. 6♥-4

Scoring: IMP

Your RHO opened artificial strong 2♣ as dealer, what would you bid? how high will you go?

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3♦------6♦*

* He could not have 2 Aces.
-----Your are toooooooooo lazy p! RKC pls! I did preempt with 2 Aces, sry :(