[gwnn]

AJT9xx
Kx
-
AQ97x

Kx
AQx
KQJ7x
J8x

N dealer opps shut up

how do you bid this?

and how would you play 6NT after the auction
1S-2D
3C-4N(quantitative)
5N (even number of keycards and some void )-6N (hmm)

heart lead

[Jlall]

I like 1S-2D-3C-4N, then I would just bid 6C as opener.

[nige1]

gwnn, on Apr 27 2010, 06:29 PM, said:

AJT9xx Kx - AQ97x
Kx AQx KQJ7x J8x
N dealer opps shut up
how do you bid this?
and how would you play 6NT after the auction
1S-2D
3C-4N(quantitative)
5N (even number of keycards and some void )-6N (hmm)
heart lead

Guessing:

• Bidding: 1♠ - 2♦ -; 3♣ - 3♥; 4♣ - 4N; 5♠ - 6♣; End.
  Not very convincing, especially at the end.
  
• Play: ♥KA, ♦K discarding a ♣ and losing to ♦A, win ♥ return chucking another ♣, Cash ♣A, ♠K, red winners, finesse ♠J, claiming 6 ♠, 3 ♥, 2 ♦ and 1 ♣. There are some unlikely squeeze possibilities if ♣K is singleton.

This post has been edited by nige1: 2010-April-28, 01:26

[jukmoi]

Jlall, on Apr 27 2010, 08:11 PM, said:

I like 1S-2D-3C-4N, then I would just bid 6C as opener.

I like this bidding.

There are some entry troubles in 6NT. I think we have to clear the ♦ before touching ♠ or ♣. Then we need to cash our red winners discarding ♣ from dummy before trying to run the ♠ suit (by finessing ♠J). It will be down a plenty unless ♠ behave.

[Codo]

I like Justins bidding much better then the one I had choosen at the table.

For the play: I had tried to find a doubelton Hounor in a black suit by cashing AK of spades and later finessing in club.

[Fluffy]

Codo, on Apr 28 2010, 07:15 AM, said:

I like Justins bidding much better then the one I had choosen at the table.

For the play: I had tried to find a doubelton Hounor in a black suit by cashing AK of spades and later finessing in club.

you have an entry problem Codo, you need your diamonds then and dummy is squeezed.

[Codo]

Fluffy, on Apr 28 2010, 05:23 PM, said:

Codo, on Apr 28 2010, 07:15 AM, said:

I like Justins bidding much better then the one I had choosen at the table.

For the play: I had tried to find a doubelton Hounor in a black suit by cashing AK of spades and later finessing in club.

you have an entry problem Codo, you need your diamonds then and dummy is squeezed.

I have a lot to learn...

[nige1]

1♠- 2♦
3♣- 4N(quantitative)
5N (even number of keycards and some void )- 6N (hmm)
♥ lead.
There are remote squeeze possibilities, the most unlikely of which is this show-up squeeze.
After ♥KA and ♦KQ won by LHO's ♦A (You chuck ♣s from dummy). Unless LHO returns a ♠ (best), your ♣ and ♥ winners will inflict a show-up squeeze on him.

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[mikeh]

Justin's sequence is the one that occurred to me when I saw the OP, altho I then had some second thoughts about not rebidding that 6 card spade suit.

I wonder how most experts would take 5N over 4N? If pick a slam, as I think it should be, my view is that it involves diamonds as well. altho maybe 5♦ over 4N is natural and forcing, in which case maybe 5N involves only the black suits with a tinge of 6N thrown in?

As it is, I don't understand why S would bid 6N facing a void, which is almost surely in diamonds (not only because we have 5 diamonds and only 3 hearts, but also because with 5=0=3=5, surely opener would have jumped to 6♦?).

On third thought, I'd go back to the initial idea: an unambiguous 6♣, which S passes, happily or otherwise.

[jdonn]

I bid 5NT over 4NT as opener, it seems to me like 6♣ is equal length and 5NT (pulling 6♦ to 6♠) is a 1 card discrepancy.