Only one EW pair reached the par contract of 6S on this board.
Can anybody suggest a good bidding sequence?
Sorry, but I still haven't found how to stop the North hand shifting to the left.
NV
North
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V
West
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Board3
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V
East
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D
NV
South
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6
20
9
5
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I forgot to mention - the dealer was South.
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ReplyDeleteIf West opens 1S then perhaps 2C-2S-RKCB and West leaps to 6H to show two and a void?
ReplyDeleteIf West passed then North may open 2H and the bidding will proceed X,4H,4S and East will have a tricky bid. He might pass, try RKCB or 6NT.
If there are three passes to East then they will open 2NT and West will show a slam try in spades. Then after RKCB they will need to show the void with 6H.
The West hand is too strong for a weak 2.
I agree that West should open 1S rather than 2S. I don't think many Norths will overcall, even at favourable vulnerability. Certainly East now expects to be in the slam zone. If the diamond fit is found, they may reach the second best contract of 6D. One possible sequence is 1S-2C-2D-4NT-5H-6D. Most players do not have the mechanism to show the heart void in response to Blackwood, but East will be expecting West to hold the KS simply based on point count.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, East could bid 2H after 2D. West will now bid 2S, and a spade slam may be found.
A possible sequence could be:
ReplyDelete1S-2C-2D-2H-2S-4C-4D-4H-5H-6S.
2H is 4th suit forcing.
4C, 4D, 4H, 5H are cue bids.
There are several reasons why your bidding sequence would be impossible in the bidding system I use. But in fact I disagree with opening 1S on this hand anyway: it's the worst kind of rule of 19 where your own suit is very holey and the chance of misfit is HUGE, followed by getting far too high because partner cannot predict such a combination of low HCP and wild distribution and not solid suit. I do not have an agreement that a weak 2 denies two aces, and , being vulnerable aginst NV, my partner(s) would expect my bids to be at the solid end. So I opened it 2spades (which discourages a heart option from partner, though I may have three hearts), Also an opening bid of 2 spades makes it more difficult for opponents to bid hearts and easier for partner to save in spades because he knows I have 6 of them. Partner asked, I bid 3 hearts showing one top honour in spades plus maximum outside and partner, after thought,jumped to 4 spades. [ he might have bid 3NT, at which point I bid 4 diamonds.] We agreed afterwards that with 20 working HCP he should have bid 4 clubs (cue bid agreeing spades), I am then required under our system to bid 4 diamonds. he would bid 4 hearts. I might then bid 5 hearts (cue bid allowing partner to opt out at 5 level if his clubs and hearts had been reversed) or punt 6 spades.
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