[pescetom]

 mycroft, on 2026-February-12, 10:41, said:

Maybe 2♣ and then as many spades as I have to bid avoids 1♠-AP -N?

You're the Director
Is this a psyche of an artificial opening call?

[pescetom]

mycroft, on 2026-February-12, 10:41, said:

I like the idea of 4NT specific A ask, but if partner has a round king, I am not sure what call I can make that says "find me another King please".

In my version of the 4NT ask, a 5♣ reply shows ♣A or no Ace (5♦ asks). Now 5NT is a specific King ask (to sign off in 5NT or higher opposite no Ace, go through the ask of 5♦ first), with 6NT as negative reply. If the Specific King reply is 6♣ or 6♥ then cue 6♠ asking for that King, which will elict either a positive 7♣ (so bid 7NT) or a negative 6NT (so pass).
It's not a frequent situation, but not much memory load either (if you already play cue over Specific King when trumps are established).

[mycroft]

No - it's clearly a Very Strong hand. The spade *rebid* may be a psychic, but it's Natural - and anyway there are no restrictions on psyching rebids...

[thepossum]

6NT and hope partner does not take it out into unmakeable 7

More seriously I am starting with 2 clubs - seems quite straight forward to get to 6 anyway
If you really get 2 spades positive my basic methods would use Blackwood then choose 6 or 7 NT