[brianshark]

2/3 way through a 16 board teams match, you are at least even but probably a little ahead based on the boards so far. I can't remember the vulnerability but it was probably nobody vul.

You hold:

♠AJxx
♥KT9xx
♦ATx
♣A

The auction went:

1♣ - (Pass) - 1♥ - (Pass)
1NT - (Pass) - 2♣ - (Dbl)
3♥ - (Pass) - ?

1♣ is artificial, 11-13 balanced or 16+
1♥ is 8+ pts, 4+ ♥s
1NT is 11-13 balanced, denies 4 card support
2♣ is checkback
3♥ would have shown a max with 3 card support and may still have 4♠s absent the Dbl, but after the Dbl, no explicit agreement.

Your slam methods are fairly standard, cue-bids, 1430, specific king ask, GSF, etc.

Do you:
- Sign off in game
- Make some sort of slam try (specify what you want to bid and what you hope to hear)
- Force to slam

[han]

Certainly will make a slam try, the double is really good news.

[pclayton]

han, on Sep 16 2008, 06:44 AM, said:

Certainly will make a slam try, the double is really good news.

Agree.

If pard skips a club cue its also good news. I'm not unilaterally taking this to slam, but its close.

Not crazy about the methods by the way (or maybe the choice of 2♣). What would 2♠ have meant? What if pard has a good hand with both four spades and three hearts? How can we find out about our 4-4 spade fit, which could be key on a hand like this? Imagine: KQxx Axx Kxx Jxx.

[skjaeran]

I'm making a slam try now. 3♠ cuebid seems normal. Over 4♣ I'll try 4♦ and pass 4♥. Over 4♦ I'll try 4♠ - not good enough to just drive to slam over 4♦, but very close.

[Hanoi5]

I'd bid 4NT.