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Part 1
2nd in hand, you hold ♠-♥AKxx♦K9xx♣AK10xx
RHO opens 2♦ (weak); what's your choice?
[you are at red, playing pairs, if it matters]
Part 2
Having chosen 2NT in part 1 (if you find that morally repugnant, please just follow the usual formula, i.e. you have been called in to fill in for someone who has left the table mid-auction for some sort of emergency), the auction continues (no interference)
(2♦)-2NT-3♥
3♠-4♥
???
Partner's sequence is defined as 5-5, non-forcing but with slam interest (he can show three tiers of major 5-5: game only, this one, and slam-force)
What is your choice now?
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Posted 2011-May-17, 04:53
I would have bid a heavy 3♣ the round before, now I bid 5♣ and 6♥ over a signoff.
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Posted 2011-May-17, 05:26
I would have also chosen 3♣ in the first round. I was a little afraid of getting to a slam without knowing for certain if partner holds a singleton diamond but since the leader is the one with 6 diamonds I'm bidding 6♥ right away.
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2011-May-17, 05:29
Easy 6 now. More worried of missing 7 than going down in this.
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Posted 2011-May-17, 06:57
did I really bid 3♠?
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Posted 2011-May-17, 08:19
I just assumed anything else would be a superaccept.
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Posted 2011-May-17, 08:46
I would have overcalled 2♥.
I realize this is not mainstream, but it works better than you might think.
I realize this is not mainstream, but it works better than you might think.
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Posted 2011-May-17, 08:59
Phil, on 2011-May-17, 08:46, said:
I would have overcalled 2♥.
I realize this is not mainstream, but it works better than you might think.
I realize this is not mainstream, but it works better than you might think.
You're right. It's not mainstream. It's offstream
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Posted 2011-May-17, 10:58
Fluffy, on 2011-May-17, 06:57, said:
did I really bid 3♠?
Well, 3NT would have shown two spades and five hearts, and anything else would super-accept spades. Which of those is better than a 3♠ bid?
Obviously 2NT has huge flaws (as does everything else), but once you've chosen it you can't start doublecrossing partner by unilaterally inventing system on the hoof.
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