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Pesky opponents

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Posted 2008-March-23, 17:48

cardsharp, on Mar 24 2008, 10:49 AM, said:

Cascade, on Mar 23 2008, 06:57 PM, said:

cardsharp, on Mar 23 2008, 11:25 PM, said:

I was concerned that 6♣ sounded too much like a 5-5 hand, so went for the simple 6NT.

Partner held ♠A ♥KJxxx ♦xxxx ♣Qxx. The hearts were offside so all slams failed.

6NT might be ok but it seems to me that there is a reasonable chance that a suit slam is better and we have all of this room between 3♠ and the six-level to investigate.

We ought to be able to do better than an unscientific leap to 6NT.

I agree, which is why I posted the problem.

In a pickup (albeit expert) partnership I was happy to sacrifice excellence for pragmatism (as have most posters, reluctantly, albeit with a different selection), and my concern about 4♠ was how much it would really help.

I think 4♠ and then 6♣ should suggest only four clubs and a direct 6♣ a more distributional hand.
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