[Phil]

♠Kxx ♥AKQxxxxx ♦void ♣xx

Opps silent. Partner opens 1♦ - 1♥ - 2♣ - 2♠ - 2N - 3♥ - 3N - ?

[Fluffy]

4♣ now before bidding slam, just as a anti-lead director, we aren't gtting any more useful info from partner.

[phil_20686]

Fluffy, on 2012-August-30, 11:03, said:

4♣ now before bidding slam, just as a anti-lead director, we aren't gtting any more useful info from partner.

I will just bid 4H. Partner knows I will have a real hand, since I had two previous chances to jump to 4H. If he is all aces and kings he can take it from here. I mean, he could just have some Qjx x KQJxx Kxxx, and you might not even have five level safety.

[ggwhiz]

4♥ is plenty on this auction.

[han]

phil_20686, on 2012-August-30, 11:40, said:

I will just bid 4H. Partner knows I will have a real hand

Have you ever heard partner take another call after 4H in this auction?

[Phil]

It was a good day for blasting. Partner had AQx x ATxxx Qxxx and LHO did not find the club lead from Kx.

[phil_20686]

han, on 2012-August-31, 09:49, said:

Have you ever heard partner take another call after 4H in this auction?

Yes?

I mean you are showing a pretty good hand here. I could have bid 4H over one diamonds, that is quite wide ranging, going from about QJT to 8 and out, to AK to seven and an outside K or Q. Bidding it the second time shows a better hand. About KQJT to seven and an outside ace might be typical, or seven solid. Bidding this way basically suggests I am better than that, without being truly slamish. 8 solid plus a K would be typical. Could be as good as A solid + a an ace, esp if short in diamonds.

If partner is AK AK in the minors I would expect him to cuebid 5c now, and pretty much drive a slam. Even AK A I would be close. Not sure what I would do. But i would forsee partner having 8 tricks pretty normally.