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There is none. My partner and I both thought it to be RKC ♥, but a world class pair (Bakkeren - Bertens) had a misunderstanding here, so don't feel bad if you got it wrong.
Just shows how important it is to have some guidelines for your partnership.
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For those who think this is RKCB for hearts: could you please tell me a single possible combination of shapes where heart is the better fit? Are you catering for responder to bid 3♦ with 5 hearts and two diamonds?
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Posted 2008-June-18, 12:33
cherdano, on Jun 18 2008, 01:26 PM, said:
For those who think this is RKCB for hearts: could you please tell me a single possible combination of shapes where heart is the better fit? Are you catering for responder to bid 3♦ with 5 hearts and two diamonds?
Why 5-2? Why not 5-4? Or 6-4? Or 5-5? Or 6-5?
Even if this is RKCB for hearts, doesn't mean that partner intends for us to end up in hearts. Just means that he needs to know if we have the heart Q.
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For those who think this is RKCB for hearts: could you please tell me a single possible combination of shapes where heart is the better fit? Are you catering for responder to bid 3♦ with 5 hearts and two diamonds?
Maybe he has a double fit and the ♦Q, in which case he plans to play ♦ but knows that this way it's easier to ask for the ♥Q.
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Posted 2008-June-18, 13:49
Repeat what I said earlier and what others have already said.
If Responder has the K-Q of diamonds but not the K-Q of hearts, he uses RKCB for hearts to determine the appropriate level for the diamodn slam. Or, with AJxxx, maybe even reconsiders.
If Responder has the K-Q of diamonds but not the K-Q of hearts, he uses RKCB for hearts to determine the appropriate level for the diamodn slam. Or, with AJxxx, maybe even reconsiders.
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