[se12sam]

Scoring: XIMP

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You have an interference-free auction. How would you bid the spade slam? At the table we reached 4♠ by South and made 12 tricks because trumps were 2-2. The heart king was offside but both minors broke 4-3.

If you bid the slam, you are lucky that spades are 2-2 (making slam easy). However, even if they were 3-1, there should be good play for 12 tricks. Am I correct?

[petergreat]

You actually bid slam with this one? With a heart lead through the A you go down...

[jdonn]

1♦ p 1♠ p
4♣ or 4♦

and it's clearly biddable if south cuebids 4♥. I really don't think he should though. I don't see why you are dying to be in it anyway.

[se12sam]

jdonn, on Apr 27 2009, 01:48 PM, said:

I really don't think he should though. I don't see why you are dying to be in it anyway.

At our table, the bidding went:
1♦ - 1♠
4♠ - all pass.

The only reason for asking is that I saw one +980 on the traveler (alongside many +480s).

[Apollo81]

jdonn, on Apr 27 2009, 08:48 AM, said:

1♦ p 1♠ p
4♣ or 4♦

and it's clearly biddable if south cuebids 4♥. I really don't think he should though. I don't see why you are dying to be in it anyway.

Agree, and I think one table in slam is about normal for most fields. Most Souths wouldn't think to cuebid.

[bid_em_up]

petergreat, on Apr 27 2009, 07:25 AM, said:

You actually bid slam with this one? With a heart lead through the A you go down...

Maybe you would....