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Four Key Cards and a Nice Queen

#1 User is offline   MarkDean 

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Posted 2009-January-30, 14:24

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Partner opens, and is a not a light opener.

1♥ (2♠) 3♣ (P)
4♣ (P) 4♦ (P)
4♥ (P) ?

Do you agree with the first two calls?
What is your call now?
If you bid 4♠, partner will bid 5♣, what now?
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Posted 2009-January-30, 15:06

I keycard for hearts, and then bid however many it seems like I can make.
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Posted 2009-January-30, 15:10

I would like to bid 5♥ over 5♣ to show the Queen, but I cannot.

5NT has no easy interpretation.

I think it must be 5♠ now. Partner will have to bid 7 if he has ♥AK and ♦K (hopefully we have 13 tricks somehow).
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Posted 2009-January-30, 16:09

time for keycard!
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Posted 2009-January-30, 17:44

I think finding ♥K after keycard will be impossible.
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Posted 2009-January-30, 18:04

I thought 4C set clubs as trump, and that 4H showed two of the top three heart honors. Am I completely off-base?
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Posted 2009-January-30, 18:41

If you had heart singleton would you want partner to tell you he's got the Ace or KQ?.

4♥ just shows ♥A.
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Posted 2009-February-02, 07:57

4♥ should show two top honours, having already bid the suit. I'm going to ask for specific Kings after keycard anyway just to be sure, but I reckon 7♣ has play if I find partner with the ♥K and maybe one outside K. Will also work if he has extra ♥s or the ♥J but no way to find out about those.
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Posted 2009-February-02, 08:25

A grand is possible: xx AKJxx Kx Qxxx is not much to ask.
RKC gives me 1 keycard: 5♣.
I ask for the queen with 5♦, he shows her and 2 kings: 5NT.
Now I realise that xx AKxxx Kxx Qxx is not quite a good grand.

I settle for six and hope it makes.
I could have bid that right away, couldn't I?
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  Posted 2009-February-02, 08:29

5NT, pick a slam. That QH is a massive card. 6NT maybe in the offering as well.

Disclaimer: Larry and I had a GAGGLE of 920's over the weekend, so I'm biased towards six of a minor.
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Posted 2009-February-02, 10:36

Just keycard and bid 7 if the keys are there. Even if pard hasn't got the ♥K, maybe we can finesse it. RHO is weakish, after all.
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