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Balancing position shows big hand

#1 User is offline   frank0 

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Posted 2012-June-29, 22:34

On BBO, partner and opp are good players. Opps are regular pair and partner and I do not have detail agreement on balancing auction beyond common sense.


What's next bid? How much slam potential does this hand has?

If 5♦/5♥ shows 1st round control and 5♠ asks for ♣ control what's your choice(Of course you can choose neither of them)?

If you don't agree the meaning I assign on 5♦/♥/♠, what do you think they should be?

If you agree, then how do you bid with ♠JTx ♥Kxx ♦KQxx ♣xxx under the same auction?

Does this 4♠ shows less or about equal strength than
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Posted 2012-June-30, 01:21

There is a great difference between the first and the second sequence. In the first 4♠ is a jump bid, it shows a big hand with self sufficient spade, this hand would usually bid 3♠ on the second sequence (absolutely forcing). Also you are a good hand for 2♦ freebid, and an absolute possible maximum or over the top for 1♦ in the second auction, so these are not the same, partner is bidding opposite different strength. Imo still this hand has a huge slam potential.
If 5♠ shows both ♦ and ♥ control I would bid it, if it just asks for ♣ control I would rather let partner handle this - bid 5♦. 5♥ imo is not a possibility - you can not hide a control from partner in this situation.
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Posted 2012-July-01, 18:53

I'll be happy if 4♠ makes. I already made a free bid of 2♦. 3♠ I think would be forcing, so 4♠ looks more like to play with no slam interest. We may be playing with a 30 point deck, but we may also be playing with fire. Can we really read partner for a ♣ void? Pass, though I'm prepared to accept it's wrong...
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Posted 2012-July-03, 12:27

I'll pass, expecting (most likely) 11 tricks.

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Posted 2012-July-03, 16:52

I'd burn my boats and bid RKC, then 6 over 2 key cards and try for 7 over 3.
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Posted 2012-July-04, 20:30

If i was forced to choose between pass and bidding 7 ♠ i would definetely go with 7.

I aint passing 4♠ with 2 bullets and xxx ♣, no way.
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