LONG MINOR ...HOW TO BID

A5

AJ

AK87543

Q7

 

I opened the above hand 1D, partner went 1S, I went 4D which partner left.

Partners hand was.... 

Q9874

4

Q

AJ6532

There was 6NT and 6D...What is the way we should have bid this contract?

 

Also in a similar thread, we were phantom on this 4 loser  hand by North, thing maybe 2C

S Nil

A7

KQJ87543

K94

What should this hand have opened.

 

Souths hand was

KT84

KJ53

42

AQ8

 

Contract was 6D or 4NT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Started by PAM WHITEHEAD on 31 May 2016 at 10:09AM

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  1. RICHARD SOLOMON08 Jun 2016 at 11:19AM

    Hi Pam

    Everyone is too afraid to answer your tricky questions! So, I will throw myself in the water and hope I am not pushed under by others who

    do not like my answers!

    Firstly, I am not sure whether you had any system agreement to your 4D bid. I play it as showing at most a 1 loser diamond suit with 4 card spade support... slam try. So, that would not do here.

    I am a fan of the Multi 2D and insist on playing it 3 way including 8-9 playing tricks in a minor (single suited) and at least 16 high card points.

    So I would open 2D and would like to believe my partner and I would have the following sequence:

    2D             2H

    3D             3S

    4D             4NT  

    5D              6D     5D shows 0 or 4 key cards

    6D looks an extremely dodgy contract on a trump lead...indeed on any lead. You almost certainly have to lose a club trick and communication between the 2 hands is horrible. You will probably only make your contract if trumps behave and they lead away from a black suit king. Still, I would rather be in 6D than 4D.

     

    Because of my high card point count requirement above, I would not open the second hand 2D.

    This is a tricky hand after a 1D opener, as indeed is the first hand. I hope we would bid something like:

    1D               1H

    3D               3NT

    4D               4NT  (key card)

    6C               6D    6C= 2 key cards and a void.

    I hope my partner agrees!

    Thanks for the interesting hands.

    Richard Solomon

     

  2. HAMISH BROWN07 Jul 2016 at 09:36AM

    Gazilli is a very useful convention for strong hand. It is a conventional use of 2!C that enables a differentiation of strong hands into 15-17 and 18+ and lets responder  show 8+ along the way. Its italian. 

    Our sequence

    1!D - 1!S

    2!C - 2!D

    3!D

     

    2!C is gazilli either some 18+ hand with unbal 1 or 2 suited (normally with a singleton but here you have 7) or 6+ !D 11-14.  2!D is conventional and less than 10 with 10+ you bid naturally staying below 3!D. 3!D is now 18+ 6+D. After this partner is alerted to the strength of our hand and will be thinking slam in a black suit.  A further bid of 4!D now shows about what we have a suit good enough opposite a singleton.  Partner will return a cue and you will find slam.  

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