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Partner doesn't need much for a slam. ♦KJxxx[x] may be all that he needs, as the heart finesse may be on as well. Do you to think this is worth one more bid and if so is there anything better than 6♦ ?
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Posted 2009-February-15, 11:46
Partner doesn't need much for a slam. ♦KJxxx[x] may be all that he needs, as the heart finesse may be on as well. Do you to think this is worth one more bid and if so is there anything better than 6♦ ?
Seeking input from anyone who doesn't frequently "wtp", "Lol" or post to merely "Agree with ..."
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Posted 2009-February-15, 12:07
I'd bid slam. As you say, it doesn't need much.
Should we try to find 6♣ opposite 5-3 in the minors? 6♣ would be a better spot opposite xx Kxx Kxxxx Jxx (or ♣xxx), but opposite xx xxx KJxxx Jxx we might make 6♦ even with the heart finesse wrong. Even opposite 6-3 we might be better in clubs from my side: partner might have Ax xx J10xxxx Jxx.
I'm not bidding 6♣: partner will pass that with far too many hands that belong in diamonds. Maybe 5NT is right, but that still sounds less suitable for diamonds than I actually am, so I'd just raise to 6♦.
Should we try to find 6♣ opposite 5-3 in the minors? 6♣ would be a better spot opposite xx Kxx Kxxxx Jxx (or ♣xxx), but opposite xx xxx KJxxx Jxx we might make 6♦ even with the heart finesse wrong. Even opposite 6-3 we might be better in clubs from my side: partner might have Ax xx J10xxxx Jxx.
I'm not bidding 6♣: partner will pass that with far too many hands that belong in diamonds. Maybe 5NT is right, but that still sounds less suitable for diamonds than I actually am, so I'd just raise to 6♦.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2009-February-15, 14:44
I'll bid 5NT. That must show some tolerance for diamonds because I didn't bid 4NT over 4♠.
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Posted 2009-February-15, 15:20
I bid 6♦. I would play 5NT as a grand slam try anyway, not a choice of slams.
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Posted 2009-February-15, 15:38
You should bid, partner is not supposed to bid 5D with a yarb.
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