High Seas, Strong winds, Driving rain. All that did not stop Vinoth and I from going to TNSC weekly pairs tournament. There were only seven tables, so it was decided, rightly that the scoring will be IMPs.
I picked up,
Kxx
AKJTx
xx
AKx
Partner held
AQJxx
Qx
AJxxx
x
The auction was uncontested.
I started the auction with a routine 1H, but messed it up later.
What should have happened:
1H - 1S
2NT - 3C*(1)
3S*(2) - 4NT
5D*(3) - 5NT*(4)
6C *(5)- 6H*(6)
7S - 7NT#(1)
*(1) Kind of a stayman / New minor forcing.
*(2) Showing 3S, exactly three spades.
*(3) Showing 0 or 3 key cards.
*(4) I fancy a grand slam, (All key cards are between us) Bid your kings. (Specific King ask)
*(5) Showing club King.
*(6) If you have Heart King, bid 7, otherwise 6S.
#(1) If its Match points. :)
The play offers no challenges.
What is of interest is the bidding. The general agreement in such situations is as follows: after a response to the number of key cards, the next step asks for the Queen of the agreed trump. Two steps from that will be asking for specific kings or the number of kings ( depending on the agreement) Its important to get the 6H bid's meaning right. It can only be asking for King of hearts, and denying King of diamonds. With Heart King, directly jump to grand slam.
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More deals to come soon.
Cheers
Guthi.
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2 comments:
This would be more an illustration of some bidding tools rather than a lot of judgement. Good bidding sequence, which illustrates how it's sometimes possible to count 13 tricks in the bidding.
Playing "2 steps up" as the king ask can be confusing. My recommendation is to just play 5NT as the king ask in all situations (promises that all keycards are held). I would say bidding 6H does not deny the diamond king, just says we need specifically the heart king to bid the grand.
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