[kenberg]

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Hmmm. This is not a quiz, I will show you the hands below, but I'll let you think about your choice here.
IMPs. This is pick-up, You are pretty sure that you are playing 2/1, that's about it.






I took a shot at 6D. Yes I could lose a trump trick to the Jack, and the clubs probably have a loser, but carpe diem or whatever. You don't get a 7/6 shape every day.

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I am open for suggestions. Playing with my clone, I think it begins 1S-2D-2S-3C. If my clone now bids 3NT I bid 4D. Maybe my clone bids 3D over my 3C. Anyway, we srill have to get to 7.

A Kib remarked afterward that he was still trying to see how to get there. I mentioned that few systems are prepared to handle the 7/6 hands. But maybe we should have done it.

Believe it or not, 6D was a positive imp score.

[whereagles]

1♠ 2♦
3♠ 6♣

and maybe opener can figure out his club king is the missing card. If he realizes that, you're all set. Another option is to bid:

1♠ 2♦
3♠ 7♣

on grounds of "if opener has the club king, it's cold. Otherwise hey it might be onside " Note that the jump to 3♠ increases the likelyhood of opener having that key card.

I won't give scientific advice here because I don't think the hand can be bid in that fashion.

[kenberg]

Completely agree about the non-science. I am generally happy with non-science.

I am interested if 3S is the consensus here. Given 2/1, it seems that can wit. if I have a spade fit then we will get to it. When I don't, we don't want to be in spades. Playing 2/1, I generally think of a stiff deuce as adequate trump support after the 3S bid.

[Jinksy]

3♠ seems horrible to me, esp with such a good secondary holding in P's suit.

After 1♠ 2♦ / 2♠ 3♣ / 3♦, it depends on what our agreements are for setting suit and cueing, but I basically just want to give P the chance to cue ♣s or bypass a ♣ cue and see if P contines. If not, we're playing in 6♦, if so, we're playing in 7.