[bftboy]

Scoring: Rubber

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P,P, 3♠, ?

This hand actually came up while playing a few hands of bridge before the poker game started! I don't think anyone fixed the deck, but who knows. Anyway, what's your plan? How about if RHO opens 4♠?

[pooltuna]

bftboy, on Jan 8 2010, 02:50 PM, said:

Scoring: Rubber

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P,P, 3♠, ?

This hand actually came up while playing a few hands of bridge before the poker game started! I don't think anyone fixed the deck, but who knows. Anyway, what's your plan? How about if RHO opens 4♠?

Playable options look to be X,4♠, and 6♣ probably in that order of preference altho X and 4♠ are close. The advantage of X is that you probably will get a chance to bid 4♠ on the next round

[jdonn]

Over 3♠, X then 4♠ then raise the best looking suit to slam.

Over 4♠, X. You will probably defend 4♠X but if partner pulls to something I would force to a grand.

[bftboy]

On the actual hand I did X, my LHO bid 4♠, P, P, and I guessed to bid 5♠. That worked when P bid 6 ♦ with a 6 card suit to the 10 and nothing else but a stiff ♣ and a stiff ♠. They can save at 6♠, but they don't know whether we can make 7♦, and neither do we. Turns out we can't.

Over 4♠, wow, I'd hate to settle for a likely + 300 or 500 when slam odds look so good. I think I'd probably have risked 6 ♣ (which fails on a bad break). Maybe they'll bid 6 ♠??

BTW, am I right that 5NT over 3 or 4♠ by RHO would be pick a minor suit slam? (altho not the right hand for the call)

[Fluffy]

not your everyday's auction for sure!

5NT looks like minors since 5♠ sounds like hearts and another, but since very few, if any, have that agreement, I would rather bid 4NT and raise partner's pick to 6

[whereagles]

I'll go with a straight 6♣ since I'll be playing it lol.