[mr1303]

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I gave up trying to come up with a sensible and plausable auction on these cards.

What on Earth do you do with it?

[PhilKing]

1) I assume North was not dealer, otherwise he should certainly respond 2♥ as a passed hand.

2) South should bid 4♦ (autosplinter) after the 1NT response. I hate the jump on a three-card suit.

3) I would open 2♣, but 1♠ is OK.

[mr1303]

Sorry, again I messed up the dealer. South dealt.

[ahydra]

What about

2C-2D
3S-3NT
p,

though I guess that should probably be "3S-<epic hesitation with much muttering and fiddling with the bidding box> 3NT"...

ahydra

[GreenMan]

I understand 3♣; that's the only suit where pard's holding matters, so throw it into the mix and see if he raises or something. Heck, if pard has ♠-- ♥any ♦any ♣KQxxx the last making contract could be 6♣, or 7 if he also has the ♥A.

That's a bit of a long shot, of course. My strategy would probably be to just keep bidding spades till it goes all pass.

EDIT: Never mind, PhilKing pointed out the flaw.

[PhilKing]

GreenMan, on 2013-October-11, 08:57, said:

Heck, if pard has ♠-- ♥any ♦any ♣KQxxx the last making contract could be 6♣, or 7 if he also has the ♥A.

They just tap your hand with a diamond and you can kiss the spades goodbye - which is precisely why 3♣ is so wrong.

[GreenMan]

PhilKing, on 2013-October-11, 11:12, said:

They just tap your hand with a diamond and you can kiss the spades goodbye - which is precisely why 3♣ is so wrong.

Good point, I wasn't thinking right.

[gszes]

I see zero wrong with 1s followed by 3c followed by 4s. This sequence
will let p know to cherish cards like the club K and spade Q for slam
purposes (else why not just bid 4s over 1n or open 4s).

There is not much defense here and a preempt may work out better but at
eqqal vulnerability the opps will have to go to the 5 level to outbid you and
that does not happen much. Going slow is the only reasonable way to
plausibly get to slam w/o some exotic treatments.

You are about even money to make 4 opposite a completely useless dummy
(like this one) and it is hardly illegal for p to have a little something to help you
evan 1 small spade increases your chance of making 4s to 75%

[nigel_k]

I also agree with 3♣. You are always going to play in spades and would like partner to value club honours and nothing less than an ace in a red suit. An auto-splinter may give partner the wrong idea about the worth of his heart holding and he may even try to play in hearts with a hand like the actual one.

[whereagles]

Open 2C, rebid 5S?