Here is an uncontested auction from a club game:
P 1
2
3NT
4
P
+710. Oops.
I'll give you the hands in a moment but I first want to set the question. We were not playing drury. This might have helped. We were playing flannery, so possibly the 2
bidder has 6 cards (he would be unable to open 2
). He doesn't, but he could. But I think the most relevant might be that we were not playing fit showing jumps by a passed hand. Gib plays this, my partner and I were not playing it.
The hands:
T764
J76
KQ654
A
AKJ93
A8
AJ2
876
Of course we need to drop the
Q to take 13 tricks but surely we want to be in 6
.
I held the big hand, which I felt was too strong to open 1NT. Gib agrees with this, btw. Gib plays one-way drury so , unlike with my partner, 2
was an option. But my my partner was human this time, and drury was not an option. But Gib also plays fit showing jump shifts by a passed had. After P - 1
- 3
I thin we are on our way. I would bid 3
, followed by partner's 4
. Looking good.
I do have a good hand and it has gotten better during the auction, but I still did not go on. I have a 17 count, partner is a passed hand. I might reasonably hope for 5
tricks and 5
tricks, and added to the
A that totals 11. But then? Anyway, I passed the 4
.
I have never played fit showing jumps by a passed hand, but this certainly seems to be an advertisement for it
I have been playing some more hands with Gib and I still think she/he/it plays a decent game. I have encountered a few weird things here and there, but mostly it goes well.
Anyway, maybe I need to think about fit showing jump shifts by a passed hand.
Actually, now that I think about it, I am not so sure that I regard the 2
call of his as 100% forcing. He is a passed hand, if I have opened a third seat 1
on maybe 11 or a good ten points, might I not pass 2
? I think I might.
I guess fit showing jump shifts by a passed hand are more or less cost free. It's hard to imagine a natural meaning for Pass - 1
- 3
.