[CamHenry]

Just an anecdote here, but one of the strongest hands I've seen in play.

RHO opens 1♣, which is alerted (strong diamond system). You hold:

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The lucky recipient punted 6♠; this made despite the lack of entries to dummy (diamond queen drops doubleton).

[Phil]

CamHenry, on Nov 11 2009, 12:17 PM, said:

Just an anecdote here, but one of the strongest hands I've seen in play.

RHO opens 1♣, which is alerted (strong diamond system).  You hold:

Dealer: ????? Vul: ???? Scoring: Unknown

♠ AKQJTxx ♥ A ♦ AKJ ♣ AQ

The lucky recipient punted 6♠; this made despite the lack of entries to dummy (diamond queen drops doubleton).

♠9 one time!

Can't you just guess the endgame when RHO has ♦Q + ♣K?

Seems likely to me when we have 28 real.

[pooltuna]

Phil, on Nov 11 2009, 12:20 PM, said:

CamHenry, on Nov 11 2009, 12:17 PM, said:

Just an anecdote here, but one of the strongest hands I've seen in play.

RHO opens 1♣, which is alerted (strong diamond system).  You hold:
<!-- ONEHAND begin --><table border='1'> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td> Dealer: </td> <td> ????? </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Vul: </td> <td> ???? </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Scoring: </td> <td> Unknown </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td> <table> <tr> <th> <span class='spades'> ♠ </span> </th> <td> AKQJTxx </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <span class='hearts'> ♥ </span> </th> <td> A </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <span class='diamonds'> ♦ </span> </th> <td> AKJ </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <span class='clubs'> ♣ </span> </th> <td> AQ </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td>  </td> </tr> </table><!-- ONEHAND end -->

The lucky recipient punted 6♠; this made despite the lack of entries to dummy (diamond queen drops doubleton).

♠9 one time!

Can't you just guess the endgame when RHO has ♦Q + ♣K?

Seems likely to me when we have 28 real.

yeah it is real hard to be deceptive on this one maybe try to come down to T♥ Qxx♦ K♣?

[CamHenry]

In discussion afterwards, a friend suggested that this hand (if opening) should open 2♣; if partner shows any positive (8+, or AK in the same suit) you punt 7NT. Find an 8-count where it doesn't make! If he declines, you can bid spades, then ask for aces, then ask for kings.

The other option is to show a GF single-suiter in diamonds; you can then ask for keycards plus the only queen you care about. The only downside is when partner corrects your making 6♠ or 6NT to a failing 7♦.

[ArtK78]

CamHenry, on Nov 12 2009, 06:33 AM, said:

In discussion afterwards, a friend suggested that this hand (if opening) should open 2♣; if partner shows any positive (8+, or AK in the same suit) you punt 7NT. Find an 8-count where it doesn't make! If he declines, you can bid spades, then ask for aces, then ask for kings.

The other option is to show a GF single-suiter in diamonds; you can then ask for keycards plus the only queen you care about. The only downside is when partner corrects your making 6♠ or 6NT to a failing 7♦.

Here is an 8 count where 7NT does not make:

32
KQJT9876
Q
32

Diamond lead.

If the ♣K is offside, you are down.

[hatchett]

I can do better than that. Here's a 9 count where 7NT may not make.

2
KQJT9876
432
K

DQ offside 7NT off on ♣ lead.