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Why can't partner be ♠AKQxx ♥Kxx
delayed splinter
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Posted 2008-August-08, 21:51
He can but with this hand he will go on anyway.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 21:53
benlessard, on Aug 8 2008, 10:51 PM, said:
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Why can't partner be ♠AKQxx ♥Kxx
AKQxx Kxx xxx xx? Not my partner I hope. How much less do you think he is cuebidding with?
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Posted 2008-August-09, 02:40
han, on Aug 6 2008, 07:10 PM, said:
Your call?
As I see it, the problem with RKC isn't getting into a bad slam, it's not getting into a good one.
If we're not off two keycards, partner must have something resembling a trick outside his AKQxx of spades. He did bid 4 hearts.
The problem is, if partner has something like AKJxxx in spades, and something resmbling a trick.
I'd go for the keycard anyway, as partner will sometimes bid AKJxxx as if he had the queen.
The alternative could be 5♠ if it asked partner to raise only with solid thrumps. I wouldn't dare bid it without a specific agreement.
An aside: Is it obvious that 4♣ is a splinter? Why is it not just a cue? What do you bid with a hand that is simply to god for a direct 4♠? And what would 4♥ have been?
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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:
- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.
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Posted 2008-August-09, 10:02
OleBerg, on Aug 9 2008, 03:40 AM, said:
han, on Aug 6 2008, 07:10 PM, said:
Scoring: IMP
1S - 2D
2S - 4C - (dbl)
4H - ??
1S - 2D
2S - 4C - (dbl)
4H - ??
Your call?
As I see it, the problem with RKC isn't getting into a bad slam, it's not getting into a good one.
If we're not off two keycards, partner must have something resembling a trick outside his AKQxx of spades. He did bid 4 hearts.
The problem is, if partner has something like AKJxxx in spades, and something resmbling a trick.
I'd go for the keycard anyway, as partner will sometimes bid AKJxxx as if he had the queen.
The alternative could be 5♠ if it asked partner to raise only with solid thrumps. I wouldn't dare bid it without a specific agreement.
An aside: Is it obvious that 4♣ is a splinter? Why is it not just a cue? What do you bid with a hand that is simply to god for a direct 4♠? And what would 4♥ have been?
With respect to the last questions, with a hand too good for 4♠, I'd bid 3♠, inviting partner to cue. In my regular partnerships, 4♥ would be a splinter as well. As for what's obvious in a pick-up partnership...hard to say, but I would have taken 4♣ as a splinter. One of the "treatment" discussions I try to have with pickup partners is that bidding one level higher than a natural, forcing bid in a suit is a splinter. 3♣ and 3♥ are natural and forcing, so 4♣ and 4♥ are splinters. 3♠ is stronger than 4♠ on general principles.
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Posted 2008-August-09, 10:17
So, what would be the difference between RKCB and a direct 5S bid here?
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Posted 2008-August-09, 10:35
can live with 4s or rkc now.
On the one hand I have a nice duke on the other I did bid 2/1 and then 4c.
On the one hand I have a nice duke on the other I did bid 2/1 and then 4c.
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Posted 2008-August-09, 11:54
Lobowolf, on Aug 9 2008, 06:02 PM, said:
OleBerg, on Aug 9 2008, 03:40 AM, said:
han, on Aug 6 2008, 07:10 PM, said:
Scoring: IMP
1S - 2D
2S - 4C - (dbl)
4H - ??
1S - 2D
2S - 4C - (dbl)
4H - ??
Your call?
As I see it, the problem with RKC isn't getting into a bad slam, it's not getting into a good one.
If we're not off two keycards, partner must have something resembling a trick outside his AKQxx of spades. He did bid 4 hearts.
The problem is, if partner has something like AKJxxx in spades, and something resmbling a trick.
I'd go for the keycard anyway, as partner will sometimes bid AKJxxx as if he had the queen.
The alternative could be 5♠ if it asked partner to raise only with solid thrumps. I wouldn't dare bid it without a specific agreement.
An aside: Is it obvious that 4♣ is a splinter? Why is it not just a cue? What do you bid with a hand that is simply to god for a direct 4♠? And what would 4♥ have been?
With respect to the last questions, with a hand too good for 4♠, I'd bid 3♠, inviting partner to cue. In my regular partnerships, 4♥ would be a splinter as well. As for what's obvious in a pick-up partnership...hard to say, but I would have taken 4♣ as a splinter. One of the "treatment" discussions I try to have with pickup partners is that bidding one level higher than a natural, forcing bid in a suit is a splinter. 3♣ and 3♥ are natural and forcing, so 4♣ and 4♥ are splinters. 3♠ is stronger than 4♠ on general principles.
Didn't consider that 3♠ wuld be forcing in 2/1. Now I know, thx.
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Best Regards Ole Berg
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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:
- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.
Gnasher
Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. Or the ninth trumph.
Best Regards Ole Berg
_____________________________________
We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:
- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.
Gnasher
1S - 2D
2S - 4C - (dbl)
4H - ??