Hands played at the Palmerston North Bridge Club published here for discussion and question and answer.
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East finds east with 3 card club support and doubleton heart and can count 13 tricks in clubs on either a heart ruff or if diamonds break 3 -3. On actual cards the presence of the j diam guarantees the contract.
At our table I opened 2NT (19-21 balanced) and partner is in charge and not even thinking of the grand. If however I upgrade my hand in view of the running club suit then it starts:
1C - 2NT where the 2NT response shows 14+ balanced. I am now very interested in the grand slam and once I find we have all the aces and kings I can guarantee 12 tricks and know that the 13th depends at worst on the heart finisse.
Is there a case for upgrading solid 5 card suits? After all, each trick averages out at 3.25hcp(40/13), so 5 tricks should be ~16hcp equivalent.
ReplyDeleteI would upgrade from 22 into 23+ but not from 21 into 23+.
DeleteWhile 6nt is a good contract it appears bidding directly to 6nt misses the very good 7c contract.
ReplyDelete1c* - 1nt**
2c***- 2s****
2nt^ - 3d^^
3h^^^ - 4c^^^^
4d# - 4nt##
5d###- 5nt####
7c
* <=6 losers
** <=8 losers balanced
*** NPR stay man
**** 4+ spade
^ Relay
^^ 4spade 4diam
^^^ Relay
^^^^ 4spade 4diam 3club 2 heart 6.5 or 7 losers 11 total losers
# RKCB diam
## 2 key card without q diam
### Ask other kings
#### 2 kings
East finds east with 3 card club support and doubleton heart and can count 13 tricks in clubs on either a heart ruff or if diamonds break 3 -3. On actual cards the presence of the j diam guarantees the contract.
At our table I opened 2NT (19-21 balanced) and partner is in charge and not even thinking of the grand. If however I upgrade my hand in view of the running club suit then it starts:
ReplyDelete1C - 2NT where the 2NT response shows 14+ balanced. I am now very interested in the grand slam and once I find we have all the aces and kings I can guarantee 12 tricks and know that the 13th depends at worst on the heart finisse.