[TylerE]

Scoring: MP

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If you open 1♣, partner will respond 1♦.
If you open 2♣, partner bids 2♦ waiting.

RHO will overcall 1 or 2♥ if able, and LHO will raise hearts to the 3 level if possible.

[dicklont]

Nice to know all this before the bidding starts.
I would have opened 1♣ without this information and I only feel better when the opps. startbidding hearts.

1♣ - (p) - 1♦ - (1♥)
3♥ - (p) - ?
3♥ shows diamond fit and heart splinter.

That works better than
2♣ - (p) - 2♦ - (2♥)
3♣ - (p) - ?

In the first sequence partner knows about diamond fit, clubs and strenght.
In the second he only knows clubs and strenght.

The worst that could happen is when partner bids 1♥, but even then south can reverse 2♦ and keep the bidding forcing.

[TylerE]

On your 1♣ auction, partner will bid 3♠. On the 2♣ auction, 3♦.

[dicklont]

TylerE, on Apr 6 2009, 04:09 PM, said:

On your 1♣ auction, partner will bid 3♠. On the 2♣ auction, 3♦.

Auction 1.
Nice one for Exclusion Blackwood, sadly I don´t play that.
Partner just showed ♠K or singleton.
All I need now is ♦KQxx for a grand slam.
I bid 4♣ now and try to make partner bid 4NT RKCB.
Then I will show 3 keycards and a renonce above trumps with 6♥.
He´ll know which suit it is.

Auction 2.
I think I need Exclusion Blackwood even more now, but I still don´t have it.
4♥ - fit and splinter - after which partner will probably bid 4♠.
Now I can bid 5♥, but I can hardly believe we can bid a controled grand.
What the heck, man or mouse? Just bid 7♦.

[mtvesuvius]

Looks like a hand for Grand Slam Force!

I would open 1♣.

1♣ - (P) - 1♦ - (1♥)
3♥ - (P) - 3♠ - (P)
5NT - (P) - Hopefully 7♦ (or 7♣ if discussed)

No need for exclusion of anything else here. All we care about is ♦ cards, that's why GSF was invented... If you have it in your convention reserve (waiting for 22 years to be used...)

[whereagles]

Just forget all that mess and open 5♣. It's match points after all.

[TylerE]

whereagles, on Apr 6 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Just forget all that mess and open 5♣. It's match points after all.

And that will earn you a well deserved zero.

[mtvesuvius]

whereagles, on Apr 6 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Just forget all that mess and open 5♣. It's match points after all.

LOL

[whereagles]

TylerE, on Apr 6 2009, 02:58 PM, said:

whereagles, on Apr 6 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Just forget all that mess and open 5♣. It's match points after all.

And that will earn you a well deserved zero.

Prefer to get a zero this way than by some stupid defensive lapse.

[jdonn]

whereagles, on Apr 6 2009, 10:07 AM, said:

TylerE, on Apr 6 2009, 02:58 PM, said:

whereagles, on Apr 6 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Just forget all that mess and open 5♣. It's match points after all.

And that will earn you a well deserved zero.

Prefer to get a zero this way than by some stupid defensive lapse.

Lukewarm should look at this post the next time he tries to prove something in the water cooler purely by logic.

[dicklont]

whereagles, on Apr 6 2009, 05:07 PM, said:

Prefer to get a zero this way than by some stupid defensive lapse.

No way you are going to defend on this hand.

[TylerE]

Partner has:

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Our actual auction was:

1♣ (strong) - (p) - 1♥ (Any 8-11) - (2♥)
3♥ - (x) - 4♦ - (p)
4♥ (RKC1430) - (p) - 4♠ (1) - (p)
4NT (Q?) - (p) - 5♠ (Yes, + K♠) - (p)
7♦

[mtvesuvius]

Go Grand Slam Force!

Nice Auction though...

[whereagles]

TylerE, on Apr 6 2009, 06:14 PM, said:

Our actual auction was:

1♣ (strong) - ....

Ahem, if I'm playing strong club, I'd open 1♣. The hand is perfect for asking bids and stuff.