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Chew the Fat! => Sleight of Hand => Topic started by: kenberg on June 28, 2021, 02:04:07 PM
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Prime has a tourney playing with the bits every week. Here is a hand:
https://tinyurl.com/yk5bb8en
Any thoughts? Being in 4 and making seven actually scored a bit above average but being in six would have scored a lot better.
A recent iac practice session had a hand where 6D was cold on a combined 19 count. Here we have a combined 25 count. Both involved a long rump suit and hands that fit well.
I'm inclined to leave it be, but maybe others would like to weigh in. I was aware of slam possibilities when I passed the 4S, I suppose I could bid 5D (surely spades are trump after the jump to 4S), but really, would you?
On the very next hand I did look for a slam. Off one in five:
https://tinyurl.com/ye3c4mhk
Oh well.
It was just one (or two, or three) of those things.
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OK how about:
1 !S 2 !H Nat GF
2 !S (I do not have a biddable 2nd suit) 3 !S 3 card support agreeing spades
4 !C (1st or 2nd RC) 4 !D 1st or 2nd RC
4NT (1430) 5 !H (2-Q !S)
6 !S** pass
** North can reason that South has very liklely !H AK then there are 11 top tricks and a long !H can be established if no worse than a 4-2 split. At worst South would have AQ then slam on finesse.
Key to bidding the slam is for opener to give partner room to show controls in a game forcing situation.
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Yes, Jack -- the BOTS are not playing very good Walsh. LEAVE RESPONDER some room! Out here opener would rebid 3 spades, though--promising a mega-suit, then 4 Diamonds would not be misunderstood, and away we go.
SORRY, Ken-- I Guess I started I new thread, just below--without actually doing it!.