[lxt08]

hi all

I BBO ID lxt08

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NS How to bid the best contract?

[Fluffy]

.........
3♣-3♦
3♥-4♣ (cubeid)
4♥(cuebid)-blackwood
all keycards-7 spades

7NT is too difficult for me.

[TWO4BRIDGE]

lxt08, on 2013-July-26, 18:08, said:

hi all

I BBO ID lxt08

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NS How to bid the best contract?

My scheme using ahydra's suggestion of showing a side suit first rather than shortness :
1NT - 2NT
3H ( showing "good" 4+cd side suit w/ at least 1 Ctrl [ A or K ] AND shortness elsewhere )
..... - 3S! ( asks )
??
3NT ( ♦ shortness )
4C ( ♣ shortness; "bad" hand [ no other feature ] )
4D ( ♣ shortness & Diam Ctrl )
4H ( ♣ shortness & at least a 2nd ♥ card of top 3; NO ♦ Ctrl )
4S ( ♣ shortness, 2nd ♥ card, and ♦ Ctrl )

After:
4H ( now showing ♥Q in addition to K )
..... - 7S ( counting 5s, 4h, 2d, 1c and ♦-ruff in South hand if North had 3 cards -- South pitches ♦ loser on ♥ )

[llllsj]

1S 2N
3C 3D
3H 4N
5H(2+0)

difficult to find red q

[TWO4BRIDGE]

llllsj, on 2013-July-27, 09:31, said:

1S 2N
3C 3D
3H 4N
5H(2+0)

difficult to find red q

After 5H - 6D! = ( skipping the 5NT K-ask ) asks for 3rd Rnd ♦ Ctrl :
??
.. 6S = No 3rd Rnd ♦ Ctrl
.. 7S = x x doubleton ♦
..6NT = ♦ Q
.. 7D = ♦ Q J

[Zelandakh]

My GF raise is 3♣, which puts me at an immediate disadvantage. Still,

1♠ - 3♣;
3♥ = extras with shortage
... - 3♠ = relay
4♣ = singleton club
... - 4♥ = asking bid
5♥ = heart control + 2 or 5 key cards + ♠Q (or 6 spades) + ♥K
... - 5NT = ♦K, red queen?
6♥ = ♥Q only
... - 7♠ = that will do

I cannot see a way to distinguish the OP hand from ♠AKxxxx ♥KQx ♦xxx ♣x other than by relaying:

1♠ - 1NT = INV+ relay
2♦ = 4+ hearts
... - 2♥ = GF relay
3♦ = 6421
... - 3♥ = relay
3♠ = min
... - 4♣ = relay
4♠ = 4 controls
... - 4NT = relay
5♥ = ♠ and ♥ controls, no ♦ control
... - 5♠ = relay
5NT = no ♣A
... - 6♣ = relay
6♠ = 2 of top 3 spades, 2 of top 3 hearts, no ♦Q
... - 7NT