[kgr]

Scoring: MP

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     Pass
2D!-2S
3C-3H
4NT-5H
7NT
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2D=Multi
2S=At least 3c H
3C=GF in C
3H=1st or 2nd control
5H=2 Aces
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What do you think of the bidding and what should be changed to reach 7C?
How do you plan the play after lead of ♠7?

[Apollo81]

South can predict a doubleton spade -- wouldn't North bid 3♥ p/c with 3+ in both majors? Anyway if the partnership can ask for queens then South should try that, else he should just bid 7♣ figuring on a good score anyway since the field won't bid grand.

[han]

To get to 7C you need to bid 7C.

In 7NT I'd cash all my tricks hoping for a single, double or pseudo squeeze.

[whereagles]

I would take a sneak peek at a squeeze book.

[kgr]

I'm trying to blame my partner here
Isn't it better to bid 4C iso 3H? The hand is good enough to go past 3NT, even at MP's. After South showed a GF in C, 6C or more is very likely?
3H sounds more like a search to 3NT and now I'm not sure that we have a C fit?
(I confess that I didn't take the conclusion that partner probably has a doubleton S, but he could also be 3=4=3=3 and not really wanting to preempt too much?)
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I could have asked 3 round control in D by bidding 6D. If I would have bid 6D - asking 3rd round control - what would 6S response by partner then mean?

[Fluffy]

7NT is not a great bid, at MPs reaching 7 will be good anyway, and partner is a passed hand with 2 aces, expecting a queen is expecting too much (we know that he has 1 at most)

About the play, this looks like an obvious criss-cross squeeze, win ♠K, ♥K, ♣10, ♥A discarding a diamond, and all the clubs. Trusting the ♠7 or not depending on what I know of LHO.

[gnasher]

Fluffy, on Apr 1 2008, 06:46 PM, said:

About the play, this looks like an obvious criss-cross squeeze, win ♠K, ♥K, ♣10, ♥A discarding a diamond, and all the clubs. Trusting the ♠7 or not depending on what I know of LHO.

If you're going to play RHO for the guards in spades and diamonds, there's no need to be flash, or to risk misguessing in the ending. Win the spade in hand, cash HK, the clubs (throwing hearts) and SA, then lead HA for a simple squeeze.

[gnasher]

South's bidding was crude, to say the least. There isn't much point in establishing a game-force at the three level if you're then going to waste an entire level with a jump to 4NT.

[Fluffy]

Depends on who opponents are, but on the few criss-cross squeezes I ever made it was plain obvious who was squeezed and wich suit to cash in the end. I am willing to risk for the extra chance of squeezing either opponent.

[whereagles]

Criss-cross is sexy, but a double here seems more likely....

[gnasher]

whereagles, on Apr 1 2008, 07:28 PM, said:

Criss-cross is sexy, but a double here seems more likely....

Why? The double squeeze needs hearts to be 6-2, whereas a spade-diamond squeeze requires only that ♦Q be in the same hand as the remaining spade honour.

Regarding the choice between a criss-cross against either opponent and a positional squeeze against East, I don't believe that LHO would lead a spade away from an honour, so I'd opt for simplicity and certainty. If LHO turns out to be void in clubs I might change my mind, as he might have been looking at an honour in every suit.

[whereagles]

That's why I said I'd take a peek at a squeeze book This has so many possibilities I can't tell which is more likely... lol.

[Apollo81]

kgr, on Apr 1 2008, 01:08 PM, said:

I'm trying to blame my partner here 
Isn't it better to bid 4C iso 3H? The hand is good enough to go past 3NT, even at MP's. After South showed a GF in C, 6C or more is very likely?
3H sounds more like a search to 3NT and now I'm not sure that we have a C fit?
(I confess that I didn't take the conclusion that partner probably has a doubleton S, but he could also be 3=4=3=3 and not really wanting to preempt too much?)
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I could have asked 3 round control in D by bidding 6D. If I would have bid 6D - asking 3rd round control - what would 6S response by partner then mean?

If you had posted this as an assign the blame I would have said 100% South. Yes you shouldn't bet the house on a doubleton spade from partner, but bridge is a game of percentages and odds are really really high that either partner has ♠Ax or he has a useful queen. Bidding 7NT removes the doubleton spade chance and reduces the odds of success from "near 100%" to "reasonable"

[655321]

Agree with Gnasher's line of play.

[kgr]

Apollo81, on Apr 1 2008, 11:03 PM, said:

kgr, on Apr 1 2008, 01:08 PM, said:

I'm trying to blame my partner here 
Isn't it better to bid 4C iso 3H? The hand is good enough to go past 3NT, even at MP's. After South showed a GF in C, 6C or more is very likely?
3H sounds more like a search to 3NT and now I'm not sure that we have a C fit?
(I confess that I didn't take the conclusion that partner probably has a doubleton S, but he could also be 3=4=3=3 and not really wanting to preempt too much?)
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I could have asked 3 round control in D by bidding 6D. If I would have bid 6D - asking 3rd round control - what would 6S response by partner then mean?

If you had posted this as an assign the blame I would have said 100% South. Yes you shouldn't bet the house on a doubleton spade from partner, but bridge is a game of percentages and odds are really really high that either partner has ♠Ax or he has a useful queen. Bidding 7NT removes the doubleton spade chance and reduces the odds of success from "near 100%" to "reasonable"

I agee!
I actually wondered if 4C is a better bid then 3H?

[OleBerg]

Having 4-card support and two aces vs a strong 2 in clubs, north should definately support his partner, especially if partner is compulsive 4nt-bidder.

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Ole Berg