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Acol, weak NT:
♠82
♥Q
♦AKQ964
♣KQ94
With opponents silent, partner opens 1♥, I respond 2♦, partner bid 2♠. How do you plan to continue?
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Posted 2022-October-21, 11:04
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Posted 2022-October-21, 14:30
I start with 3C see if partner can support diamonds or maybe even raise clubs 5404 clubs would likely be our spot.
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2022-October-21, 16:17
I bid 3♣ for the same reasons and I'm thinking of small or grand slam in as yet an uncertain denomination so would like some more information from partner. Partner responds 3♥ which can be interpreted as nothing more to show (i.e. not guarenteeing extra heart length), now what?
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Posted 2022-October-21, 22:42
AL78, on 2022-October-21, 16:17, said:
I bid 3♣ for the same reasons and I'm thinking of small or grand slam in as yet an uncertain denomination so would like some more information from partner. Partner responds 3♥ which can be interpreted as nothing more to show (i.e. not guarenteeing extra heart length), now what?
The hands are not fitting well, but that ♥Q is a key card. I am trying to work out what shape partner is, and what cards he has for the reverse. 4♦ just looks right and forcing. No need to rush as you know you are in the slam zone. The problem is if partner now bids 4♥. After that I know we could miss a grand, but I would just bid 5NT pick a slam and settle for the small slam. There are many, many hands, where you will have 13 tricks off the top, but finding out about the quality of the ♥ suit is not possible to do imo. Partner could be reversing with ♠AKQx ♥AKxxxx ♦x ♣xx where even a small slam may not make. But on the combined point count alone I would want to be in a small slam as there are squeeze possibilities.
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