I was playing on bbo today when I came across an interesting deal. As dealer, P opened 2C (strong). The bidding went as below:
2C-2D-2H-2S-3H-4C-4D... Let me stop here for a moment and review the auction.
2C is strong; 2D is GF waiting bid; 2H is puppet to 2S; 3H is showing 6 H.
Question 1: What is 4C here?
I think it has to be cue. Assuming 4C is cue, 4D should be cue by p. I held xx xx KJTxxx Kxx. I felt the need to show p that I had nice D values which could be useful to make a slam. Hence, I made a call of 5D. His 5H bid became the contract.
I was totally shocked to see that his hand was Ax AKQxxx AQ Axx. Clearly P didn't get what I wanted to convey with my 5D bid. Otherwise, he wouldn't have missed a grand.
I was about to discuss this with Guthi to know what would have happened if I was playing with him; in the process, I realised there were some more basic misunderstandings between us.
Question 2: Would you show the D suit after 2C opening (in our system by bidding 3C )?
In my opinion is that it affects p's bidding space, hence should bid 2D unless u have a good suit of your own and would like to set it as trump. (KQT 6 carder will do)
Question 3: After 4C cue, should opener bid 4H with minimum hand for 2C opening even with controls both in S and D?
(Guthi, could you explain your point on this?)
Question 4: Could someone throw light on voidwood? Is 5D in the sequence I gave played as voidwood?
My understanding is voidwood is a jump bid after trump has been set. In the above case, 5D bid after 3H would be voidwood.
