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#1 User is offline   gnasher 

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Posted 2009-August-07, 18:10

3NT-4♦
4♥- 5NT
6♦-6♠

3NT showed a solid minor without much outside
4♦ asked for shortage
4♥ showed short hearts

What do 5NT, 6♦ and 6♠ mean?
... 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-August-07, 18:15

Sort of a weird auction...my instinct is:

5NT = Pick a slam
6♦ = My suit is not clubs.
6♠ = Pick between 7♦, and 7♠.
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Posted 2009-August-07, 18:31

5NT says "what is your minor?".

6D says "diamonds".

6S says "we are playing in 6S".

Responder has 0-1 in the minors.

Lead your highest trump, hope opener is 1-1 in the majors, and that dummy's singleton spade doesn't win the first trick B)

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Posted 2009-August-07, 18:43

Everything seems pretty standard to me up to the 6♠ bid. 5nt is bid 6 of your minor. 6♦ shows diamonds. 6♠ is pretty weird. My guess would be responder has 0 diamonds and 1 club and was hoping that the minor was clubs in which case 7♠ was going to be the call. Now they bid 6♠ to play. I pass and if it was supposed to be pick a grand like Tyler said then I fail the bidding test. That happens, I failed a bidding test in the NABC swiss in DC too.
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Posted 2009-August-08, 10:30

This sequence didn't actually occur, but it does relate to a real hand. I suggested it when I was asked what I'd do with AKQxxx AKQxxx - x opposite a 3NT opener. Fred seems to have come close to writing down exactly that hand.
... 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-August-08, 13:45

fred, on Aug 7 2009, 07:31 PM, said:

Lead your highest trump, hope opener is 1-1 in the majors, and that dummy's singleton spade doesn't win the first trick :ph34r:

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I think this is an auto diamond lead most of the time.
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Posted 2009-August-08, 14:44

Phil, on Aug 8 2009, 02:45 PM, said:

fred, on Aug 7 2009, 07:31 PM, said:

Lead your highest trump, hope opener is 1-1 in the majors, and that dummy's singleton spade doesn't win the first trick :)

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I think this is an auto diamond lead most of the time.

except when the hand is as it was and should be :ph34r:

Maybe a club and hope pard leads a trump
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
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Posted 2009-August-08, 15:58

Phil, on Aug 8 2009, 02:45 PM, said:

fred, on Aug 7 2009, 07:31 PM, said:

Lead your highest trump, hope opener is 1-1 in the majors, and that dummy's singleton spade doesn't win the first trick :ph34r:

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I think this is an auto diamond lead most of the time.

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Posted 2009-August-08, 15:59

Phil, on Aug 8 2009, 08:45 PM, said:

I think this is an auto diamond lead most of the time.

If a diamond lead would beat 6♠, why aren't they in 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-August-08, 17:30

gnasher, on Aug 8 2009, 04:59 PM, said:

Phil, on Aug 8 2009, 08:45 PM, said:

I think this is an auto diamond lead most of the time.

If a diamond lead would beat 6♠, why aren't they in 6♦?

or 7
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