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missed slam arrrggghhh

#21 User is offline   FrancesHinden 

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Posted 2007-October-21, 02:23

This is the standard 2/1 "problem" where you are 33-high and yet somehow no-one is prepared to show extra values. That's why the Acol (or similar light 2/1 system) auction is so easy: 1S - 2C (9+) - 3S (6-card suit, 16+ HCP or equivalent) - responder drives slam.

So Jeffrey & I (2/1 forcing to 2M only) would have a similar auction

1S - 2C (9+ HCP)
3H - 3S
4C - 4NT
5S - 6NT

3H = game forcing, 6+ spades
3S = agree spades (4NT would have been natural)
4C = cue
6NT = protect the HAQ in case partner has, say, QJ98xxx xx AK AQ (OK, that's a bit contrived, but I can't see how 6NT can be worse than 6S)

In any 2/1 partnership someone has to show some extra values at some point or you just die out at game level...
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Posted 2007-October-21, 02:29

So you missed a slam.. hey, the other day I missed a 36 hcp grand with 20 tricks.
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