[matmat]

Scoring: MP

East preempts 2♠.
West jumps to 4♠.

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where would you end up?

I may interject some calls into your auctions if they go a certain way

[dicklont]

2♠ - 3♦ - 4♠ - 6♦
Is that so hard?

[helene_t]

May get awkward if South starts with a double. But Dick's auction is great.

[mtvesuvius]

Maybe:
(2♠) - X - (4♠) - 4NT -
(P) - 6♦ - All Pass?

[RichMor]

Any first round action by North is risky.

Maybe this:
(2♠) - P - (4♠) - X
(P) - 5♠ - (P/X) - 6♦ ? 7♦

5♠ means 'pick a slam and I have Spade control'.

Duh. might help if I read the auction correctly.

[Hanoi5]

(2♠) - X - (4♠) - 5♠ -
(P) - 6♦ - All Pass

Although 3♦ by South is also possible and then we have Dick's auction or something like that.

It's easier here than at the table of course, although if you're playing concentrated it shouldn't be so hard.

[mycroft]

I keep my overcalls and doubles of weak 2s up to scratch, and attempt to balance aggressively. We pay in 2x-p-3x-every choice is wrong sometimes, but we get our payback when it goes 2S-X-p into a random 9 count. Effectively, we pre-accept all invitations.

It works well here, as while I'm strong for a simple overcall, I'm not worrisomely too strong, so the auction to me went 2S-3D-4S-6D, WTP?

Now, swap the round suits and it gets more interesting. Does 5S show two places to play? How about 5NT? And will partner know that HAQx is all we need after 2S-3D-4S-5S; p-6C-p-6D? What happens after 5S; p-6D?

[jdonn]

Adam's auction seems reasonable. The 6♦ bid in the 2♠ 3♦ 4♠ 6♦ auction seems borderline patently absurd to me, completely double dummy based on seeing the full hand. When people know slam is making, partner all of a sudden gets cut 0 slack at all? He promised a 16 count with a good six card suit? Must have the ace or king of clubs? Can't have a wasted spade honor?

[Phil]

(2♠) - dbl - (4♠) - dbl
(pass) - 6♦ - AP

No issues with 3♦ versus double at R1.

Don't like 4N with the North hand over 4♠ if a responsive double is available.

6♦ should be on no worse than a finesse.

[ArtK78]

I like the auction (2♠) - 3♦ - (4♠) - 6♦.

Anything less than 6♦ by North is extremely wimpy. The opponents have told me that partner is unlikely to have much in the way of wasted values in spades, and we are operating with a 30 point deck. Quite frankly, some consideration should be given to 5♠ on the North hand. But 6♦ should be enough.

Change one card in the South hand and 7♦ would be a claim - exchange the third club for a second spade.

[matmat]

jdonn, on Mar 3 2009, 12:21 PM, said:

Adam's auction seems reasonable. The 6♦ bid in the 2♠ 3♦ 4♠ 6♦ auction seems borderline patently absurd to me, completely double dummy based on seeing the full hand. When people know slam is making, partner all of a sudden gets cut 0 slack at all? He promised a 16 count with a good six card suit? Must have the ace or king of clubs? Can't have a wasted spade honor?

In retrospect, I should have posted this as a single dummy problem showing just the spade void hand, but I was curious to see how many would have doubled and how many overcalled 3♦.

The auction at the table was rather comical, imo:

(2♠) - 3♦ - (4♠) - 5♦
( P ) - P - (X) - P
(5♠) - X - all pass

[dicklont]

jdonn, on Mar 3 2009, 06:21 PM, said:

Adam's auction seems reasonable. The 6♦ bid in the 2♠ 3♦ 4♠ 6♦ auction seems borderline patently absurd to me, completely double dummy based on seeing the full hand. When people know slam is making, partner all of a sudden gets cut 0 slack at all? He promised a 16 count with a good six card suit? Must have the ace or king of clubs? Can't have a wasted spade honor?

North must make the judgement call, it doesn't matter if South started off with 3♦ or double.

I don't think my auction is based on seeing both hands.
North may expect a hand that holds ♥A, ♦K, ♣A and five diamonds.
This is not enough for a 3♦ overcall, so south has something extra.

With x KJxx AJxx Qxxx I would bid 5♦.
The spade void makes me bid one more.