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Re: [?? Probable Spam] Another KS grand unbid
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ba-@bigpond.com
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Aug 09, 2007 05:03 PDT
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gerry wildenberg wrote:
| | Here's one where I have strong feelings about how my partner's bidding can
be improved but I won't reveal which of the two hands he held. Comments are
invited.
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OK. Like many disasters, I think blame lies with both partners.
| | Opener:
AJxxx
AQx
KQ
xxx
Responder:
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xx
AJxxxx
AKQJT
With silent opponents it went:
1S 2D
2N (doesn't show extras) 3C
3N 5C
Pass
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It would be easier in KS (or any other method where 2N promised extras
as well as showing a BAL hand). I expect my favourite KS partner and I
would bid 1S-2D-2N-4C[we don't play any Gerber]-4D-4S-5H-5N-7D. (Alex?)
If you choose to play O's 2N rebid as wide-range then I think you need
to play 3C as some kind of checkback or else agree that O must bid past
3N with 16-17. I'm also guessing that R could not rebid 4C over 2N as
this would have been Gerber; if not, it's much better to rebid 4C so as
to make the slam try below game.
My verdict:
O 60% (3N was a poor bid with such a slam-suitable hand: R must have GF
values to bid 3C and now O's hand looks good -- not very good as three
small clubs make a C loser likely. Having bid only 3N, which might have
been a poorly fitting 12-count, P was very poor.)
Partnership 40% (bad methods: wide-ranging 2N rebid, inadequate followup
over 2N, inability to jump to 4C naturally over 2N)
(I understand 3C then 5C as a slam try showing good minor-suit cards and
denying H control, and with high cards -- with shape alone, R would have
jumped to 5C directly. However, if R could have jumped naturally to 4C
over 2N then he deserves 20% of the blame.)
David
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