[han]

Two interesting hands came up yesterday:

AQ
KQx
AJxx
AQxx

Ax
KJxx
x
AKQxxx

Both times partner opened 2D, mini-multi, and both times I enquired, partner showing a minimal hand with exactly five hearts. With which hand(s) would you go past game?

Our range is about 5-10 pts, we were playing pairs and were vulnerable both times.

[hrothgar]

The club suit in hand 2 is a powerful source of tricks...
If I have methods to find a singleton/void in partner's hand, I'll use this before committing to 6H. Otherwise, I want to play there.

Hand 1 should probably be content to contract for game.
Too much can go wrong...

[whereagles]

The second one only. First one even 4H is at risk if pard has, say,

xx
AJTxx
xxx
xxx

[luke warm]

must be my personality, i'd take a nice long peek with both hands, but i agree #2 is awesome

[EricK]

To make slam we need 12 tricks (this may be obvious, but it is surprising how many people seem to forget this when bidding).

I can see 12 likely tricks on hand 2 (5 hearts, 6 clubs and a spade) so a slam try is clearly indicated. On hand 1, we need an awful lot from partner to make 12 tricks. I suupose, if I could find out below game level that partner had a 4+ club suit headed by the king, then I might head for slam, but without that, 12 tricks seem a distant prospect.

Eric

[Trpltrbl]

I go with 2nd hand for sure.
With first hand I would think for a while and try to find if pd has what it takes for slam.

Mike

[Free]

1st hand is only worth game imo. Partner can't have the right cards to finesse everything and get to 12 tricks...
2nd hand is clear slam try! 9 card trumps (good trumps!), a long suit which is likely to run and a stiff, ruffing value in the short-trump hand...