[Hilver]

Pairs / all white

You hold:
♠ --
♥ K Q x x x x x
♦ K Q x x x x
♣ --

The bidding:
1♣ - (4♠) - ?

1♣: Big club; balanced 21+ HP or more or less unbalanced and 16+ HP; not a balanced 16-20 HP with a 5-card major.

Well, your bid

Thx

[Cyberyeti]

4N should be 2 places to play here, if partner bids 5♣ I pull to 6♦, couyld be horribly wrong but I'm guessing here.

[FelicityR]

Cyberyeti, on 2018-August-14, 04:17, said:

4N should be 2 places to play here, if partner bids 5♣ I pull to 6♦, couyld be horribly wrong but I'm guessing here.

I think you are horribly right. Trying to introduce the spade void by bidding 5♠ immediately then correcting 6♣ to 6♦; or bidding 4NT, 5♣ by partner then 5♠ could be horribly misinterpreted.

There's not enough room to investigate a grand slam. I'll be content with a small one, if it exists. Partner could have a hand such as ♠AQ ♥x ♦xx ♣AKQJxxxx: now that would be extremely unlucky

[gszes]

I echo the 4n bid as showing 2 places to play. Over 5c I will bid 5s (which is the same bid I would make if perchance they happen to bid 5d or 5h) in the hopes that p will realize my 2 suiter is the reds and I really want to bid 7 when I correct their 6c bid to 6d. This is based on the assumption that a direct 5s bid would show grand slam interest with a single suited hand. If this was a standard opening bid vs a strong club I would be much more content to merely get to the best strain at the 5 level and would merely correct a 5c bid to 5d.

[Cyberyeti]

gszes, on 2018-August-14, 05:13, said:

I echo the 4n bid as showing 2 places to play. Over 5c I will bid 5s (which is the same bid I would make if perchance they happen to bid 5d or 5h) in the hopes that p will realize my 2 suiter is the reds and I really want to bid 7 when I correct their 6c bid to 6d. This is based on the assumption that a direct 5s bid would show grand slam interest with a single suited hand. If this was a standard opening bid vs a strong club I would be much more content to merely get to the best strain at the 5 level and would merely correct a 5c bid to 5d.

Subtle nuance, but I would be more inclined to bid it your way if I had the 2 jacks.