[Cyberyeti]

1♣-1♠
2N (GF unbal)- 3♥ (90%+ of hands bid 3♣, this shows the big 2 suiter, although not this big)
4♣-4♥(probably 6-6)
5♣

And I suspect there we rest

[pescetom]

No imposing clubs as trumps on GiB, who trotted out thepossum's favourite bid in protest.
Yes I could have done better.

MP

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7♠X-6 did not do well, 6♣-1 was so-so. Cyberyeti's 5♣ would have been a near top.
Amusingly, one was in 3NT which makes +2 on any lead, with West sweating profusely.
Such is bridge.

[Cyberyeti]

They have to find a cracking lead to beat 6♣, I think you will make it relatively often

[DavidKok]

The ♠K lead lets 6♣ make easily. In fact, only a club lead beats it.

If you open 2♣ I think the rebid should be 4♣, setting trumps.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

#1 I also think 4C should set trumps, but ...
#2 I can understand, that 4NT was interpreted as RKCB for spades, but
correcting 7C to 7S is ...

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Cyberyeti]

DavidKok, on 2026-August-18, 09:51, said:

The ♠K lead lets 6♣ make easily. In fact, only a club lead beats it.

If you open 2♣ I think the rebid should be 4♣, setting trumps.

K♠ you take the ace and subsequently make 7 on the ruffing diamond finesse.

So you could score 440 to beat the 430s

[jillybean]

Cyberyeti, on 2026-August-18, 12:05, said:

K♠ you take the ace and subsequently make 7 on the ruffing diamond finesse.

So you could score 440 to beat the 430s

Bottom board, I scored 920

[Cyberyeti]

It just occurred to me that we could with minor adjustments be in real fantasy land 6♣(S)

South hand unaltered

N hand altered only that his club singleton is the J

W on lead with KQJ, Axx, K109x, Qxx

Now the only card in his hand that beats 6♣ is Q♣, good luck finding that

[pescetom]

DavidKok, on 2026-August-18, 09:51, said:

If you open 2♣ I think the rebid should be 4♣, setting trumps.

So I thought too, but the robot hears his own drum (and not necessarily what he explains either).
Hoping for clarification in the ten year old back of an envelope system notes is futile, whatever membership plan you choose.

DavidKok, on 2026-August-18, 09:51, said:

The ♠K lead lets 6♣ make easily. In fact, only a club lead beats it.

Yes you're right of course. Not sure why some went down then.

[thepossum]

I know this is after all the discussions but how would 5 clubs opener go
I think I bid that once

[mycroft]

bluenikki, on 2026-August-16, 20:39, said:

In one of his problem books, Reese asked what do you bid when dealt thirteen clubs.

While it would be great to reach 7♣ redoubled, said he, you should regard the auction as a success if you were allowed to play clubs at any level.

His suggestion was to open 4♣. Then, maybe, when you bid again, some opponents might think you were saving.

Argh, would you remember the name of that book? I reference that coda problem at least yearly (last time, as a matter of fact, to a table of juniors at the regional Thursday last), and I would like to both reread the book (the non "thought problems" were, IIRC, worth rereading) and take a copy of those three pages as full reference.