[Cyberyeti]

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Pairs, NS vul

E deals - E passes, S passes, W opens 1♠ over to you ...

We bid this in fairly prosaic fashion to 7♥ for most of the matchpoints in a poor field (1♠)-x-3♥-4♠(KC)-5♦(2w/o)-7♥.

There was a sequence we might have used and think we'd have got right at the table to 7N, but the question is how can N be sure his clubs cash. In this field you don't want to bid 7N opposite xx.

[broze]

Some play 6♣ over 5♦ as asking for a ♣ doubleton/singleton/queen. After receiving a negative response you can go for 7NT, knowing partner has 3 small. Would make me chuckle at the table.

[bigbenvic]

Sadly no, 7♥ is the limit I'd be able to reach.

[Cyberyeti]

broze, on 2012-December-09, 17:35, said:

Some play 6♣ over 5♦ as asking for a ♣ doubleton/singleton/queen. After receiving a negative response you can go for 7NT, knowing partner has 3 small. Would make me chuckle at the table.

What we play is that 6♣ says basically I have the K or Q, have you got the other one.

We reckoned using that, getting the inevitable negative 6♥ then bidding 7♥ anyway would suggest something like this going on, either AK 7th or AKQ 6th looking for 7N.

[Zelandakh]

As broze points out, the answer is to play SSAs.

[Fluffy]

I woun't even be able to find 5th heart, let alone third club.

[gnasher]

Cyberyeti, on 2012-December-10, 02:25, said:

What we play is that 6♣ says basically I have the K or Q, have you got the other one.

We reckoned using that, getting the inevitable negative 6♥ then bidding 7♥ anyway would suggest something like this going on, either AK 7th or AKQ 6th looking for 7N.

You also have ...6♣-6♥-6♠ and ...6♣-6♥-7♦. That should be enough room to cover all of AKJxxxx, AKQxxx and AKQxx.