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Bid these hands Where would you land

#1 User is offline   manudude03 

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Posted 2009-June-26, 06:54



i) How would you bid these playing fairly standard methods?
ii) In a system of your choice?

Would you want to be in 7S?
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Posted 2009-June-26, 07:10

In my sys:
2NT - 3♦ (20-21 ; trf)
4♦! - 4♠! (4+♥ and cue (denies ♣ cue, but not ♠) ; Kickback RKC)
5♣ - 5♦ (0/3 ; ♥Q?)
5♠ - 6♥? (yes and ♠K ; not looking for grand)

The odds of looking for grand in ♥ are against us. Opener misses at least 1 Queen, chance is bigger that it's ♠Q or ♦Q than it's ♣Q alone.
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Posted 2009-June-26, 08:17

I'd be pretty impressed in any standard method that would be able to reach a spade contract especially after a 2NT opening.
Mine would just go 2NT-stayman--exclusion and rest in 6.
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Posted 2009-June-26, 08:32

I would reach 6♥ (or perhaps 7♥) not 7♠, after 2NT and stayman.

I suppose 7♠ is easy to reach in any relay system, the only one I know well enough to play being tosr. But it's not very interesting other than to demonstrate that relay systems are very good for grand slam bidding.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2009-June-26, 09:34

2NT-3♦(transfer)
3♠(super-accept with two of the top three spades)-5♣(exclusion)
5♦(3)-5♥(Q?, grand try)
5NT(yes, no Kings)-6♦(Q?)
6♥(no)-P
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Posted 2009-June-26, 09:43

My methods over 2NT do allow me to construct an auction to the grand, even if I wouldn't necessarily expect (or want) to get there in real life.

2NT- 3♣ (nat / both majors)
3NT - 4♣ (minimum, both majors / asking)
4♥ - 6♣ (suitable, hearts better / club void)
7♥ - 7♠
... 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-June-26, 11:22

Hi,

lets try

2NT (1) - 3C (2)
3NT (3) - 4C (4)
4H (5) - 4S (6)
5D (7) - 6H (8)

(1) 20-21
(2) Stayman
(3) both majors
(4) setting hearts
(5) I am not sure, I would break the transfer
(6) cue, showing the Ace or the King of spades,
indicating a void
(7) cue, showing the ace, denying the Ace of clubs
(8) maybe after a couple of other bids

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