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A reasonable punt?

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Posted 2014-March-02, 05:02

View Postawm, on 2014-March-01, 12:15, said:

I'd try to cuebid. The possible hands seem to include:

1. ♥ATxxxxx and out, game is the limit.
2. ♥ATxxxxx and a side queen, slam is on a finesse at best (i.e. ♠xx ♥ATxxxxx ♦xx ♣Qx doesn't really offer any play)
3. ♥ATxxxxx and a side king, slam is on a finesse at worst (i.e. ♠xxx ♥ATxxxxx ♦Kx ♣x is virtually cold).
4. ♥ATxxxxx and the spade ace, slam is cold if spades are Axx and will have some play if spades are Ax.

Seems like you basically want slam if partner has a side ace or king, and cuebidding will normally figure this out for you.


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Posted 2014-March-02, 05:19

View Postawm, on 2014-March-01, 12:15, said:

I'd try to cuebid. The possible hands seem to include:
1. ♥ATxxxxx and out, game is the limit.
2. ♥ATxxxxx and a side queen, slam is on a finesse at best (i.e. ♠xx ♥ATxxxxx ♦xx ♣Qx doesn't really offer any play)
3. ♥ATxxxxx and a side king, slam is on a finesse at worst (i.e. ♠xxx ♥ATxxxxx ♦Kx ♣x is virtually cold).
4. ♥ATxxxxx and the spade ace, slam is cold if spades are Axx and will have some play if spades are Ax.
Seems like you basically want slam if partner has a side ace or king, and cuebidding will normally figure this out for you.
OK, awm convinces me (provided that you play that new suits are cue-bids, which, unfortunately, I don't)
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Posted 2014-March-02, 05:29

View Postnige1, on 2014-March-02, 05:19, said:

OK, awm convinces me (provided that you play that new suits are cue-bids, which, unfortunately, I don't)

Me neither, but OP stated that 4♣ would be a cue Posted Image

View Postahydra, on 2014-February-27, 17:29, said:


3S would be natural, 4C a cuebid. I opted to punt and went straight to 6H (asking for the keycard first, just in case...) Does that seem reasonable?

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