Can you 7NT get to 2/1 on this hand with North being dealer?
Bidding a grand
#2
Posted 2011-January-20, 05:04
p-1♥
2♣ drury - 2♦ waiting
3♣ natural game try - 3♦ ostensibly retry
4♥ max no help - 4n keycard
5♣ one - 5♦ Q-ask
5N yes, no kings - 6♣ anything extra in clubs?
7♣ why yes! - 7N not an unreasonable MP guess.
I'd like to think that after making a club game try north should not go to 7 with just AQJx or AQxxx, but if you told me that at another time I perpetrated the same auction with only one of those holdings, I would believe you. I think more realistic is that south does not make a grand try.
#4
Posted 2011-January-20, 06:53
(The only way it would work is if opener made a slam try showing 6 hearts, goads his partner into bidding RKC, then shows all keycards and ♣K. But I would just start with a balanced slam try, i.e. 2N over drury 2♣.)
#5
Posted 2011-January-20, 06:52
#6
Posted 2011-January-22, 07:02
JUst coz something makes doesn't mean it can be bid
#7
Posted 2011-January-22, 08:03
P-1♥
2♣(Drury)-2NT(balanced slam try)
4♦(max, not primes)-4♠(RKCB)
5♦(one)...
Cannot find out from there.
Let's try a different method.
P-1♥
2♣(Drury)-2NT(balanced slam try)
4♣(picture jump)-4NT(RKCB)
5♦(one)-5♥(queen?)
6♥(yes, no club King)-grand
It seems that a picture option needs to be available in this sequence. Thus, I now think the older structure I used is inferior (partner's idea). Better after 2NT is to have 4-level picture bids, glumping shortness into perhaps 3♣ or 3♠ (extras, minimal) with relays to unwind, and 3♦/3♥/3NT for balanced unwinds. Something like that.
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#8
Posted 2011-January-22, 08:56
#9
Posted 2011-January-22, 09:03
But I will speculate, based on how the auction would begin with me and my clone.
Pass 1♥
2♣ 2NT
3♣
2♣ was Drury, 2NT was slam going, 3♣ unfortunately just shows the ace. But now suppose that S gets excited about developments and decides to get inventive. It could go:
Pass 1♥
2♣ 2NT
3♣ 4♣
4♥ 4NT
5♦ 5♠
?
Here 4♣ is inventive, 4♥ is natural, 4NT is 1430 5♦ is one key, 5♠ is a Q ask and, since we are now committed to 6, and interest in a grand.
Now N gives this some thought. Apparently S has the king of clubs. Why else would he bid 4♣ before embarking on the invitation to a grand? All the keys are accounted for, he is looking at the Q of hearts, partner has expressed interest, he has tricks in clubs, so...?
Maybe it works. Maybe not. It's hard to count to 13 w/o knowing of the sixth heart, but partner is encouraging a grand and those clubs look pretty useful.
Probably we end up in six, posting about how to bid seven.
#10
Posted 2011-January-22, 09:22
kenrexford, on 2011-January-22, 08:03, said:
2♣(Drury)-2NT(balanced slam try)
4♣(picture jump)-4NT(RKCB)
5♦(one)-5♥(queen?)
6♥(yes, no club King)-grand
It seems that a picture option needs to be available in this sequence. Thus, I now think the older structure I used is inferior (partner's idea). Better after 2NT is to have 4-level picture bids, glumping shortness into perhaps 3♣ or 3♠ (extras, minimal) with relays to unwind, and 3♦/3♥/3NT for balanced unwinds. Something like that.
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#12
Posted 2011-January-22, 15:15
cherdano, on 2011-January-20, 06:53, said:
(The only way it would work is if opener made a slam try showing 6 hearts, goads his partner into bidding RKC, then shows all keycards and ♣K. But I would just start with a balanced slam try, i.e. 2N over drury 2♣.)
Wouldn't 1♥ - 2♣ - 3♥ show 6?
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#13
Posted 2011-January-22, 15:37
Free, on 2011-January-20, 06:52, said:
Here is a concept... use 2♣ to show clubs and 2♦ as drury (assuming you play weak two diamonds). The reason being you are much less likely to want to bid 2♦ naturally as a passed hand, but you could easily have a hand that would have opened a weak two clubs -- if that was in your system (it will not be).
I have a chance to get to 7H, assuming I think south's hand is an ACOL 2 ♥ bid. My system allows a 2♣ bid on an 8 trick major one suiter (this seems just short of eight tricks). However, I would not upgrade this hand so I would open 1♥ and be lucky to find slam.
#14
Posted 2011-January-22, 15:59
jschafer, on 2011-January-20, 04:44, said:
Can you 7NT get to 2/1 on this hand with North being dealer?
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Wouldn't 1♥ - 2♣ - 3♥ show 6?
I agree with Phil. We might bid:
Pass
1♥
2♣: Reverse Drury
3♥: Slam try, 6+ hearts
4♣: First or second round control, denies ♠ control, denies ♦ control (3NT would have shown a diamond control.)
4♦: I have the controls that you are denying, I am still interested.
4♠: I do have a trick source, slam should be reasonable. Let's use kickback (0314).
5♣: 1 or 4 (obviously 4)
5♠: Jeepers! If he has the ♣K, we have 12 sure top tricks and decent odds for a 13th. I will show that we have all keys and ask for specific kings.
6♣: I have the ♣K, but not the ♠K, I may have the ♦K.
7NT: If he has the singleton ♣K, then they need to split 4-3 or something else good may happen. If he has ♣Kx, the need to split 4-2 or better. 7NT seems like a reasonable shot.
The key bid is for North to use kickback, which is not obvious, but not that far fetched either.
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#15
Posted 2011-January-22, 19:07
jschafer, on 2011-January-20, 04:44, said:
Can you 7NT get to 2/1 on this hand with North being dealer?
Opener's 2NT rebid as a slamtry can be used as "Jacoby-over-Drury" whereby Responder can show shortness with a 3-level bid and a "good" outside suit at the 4-level--in a minor for this hand ( much like KenRexford's "picture-jump" ). With neither he can just rebid the agreed Major :
p - 1H
2C!( 3 card limit raise ) - 2NT! ( Jac-Drury)
4C! ( good 5 card suit ) - 4S! ( kickback RKC )
5C! ( one ) - 5D! ( ♥ Q-ask )
5NT! ( ♥ Q but no K's ) - 6C! ( must be a specific Q-ask; grandslam try )
7C! (♣ Q and J ) - 7NT ( counting on 1s, 6h, 1d, 5c )
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Fit-Showing-Jumps are ON as a passed hand, but I rather they show 4 card support, since Opener may only have 4 cards for his 3rd or 4th seat opening.
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#16
Posted 2011-January-23, 17:52
P=2C
3C?=3H
4H=4S(RKC)
5C=5D(q ask)
6h=7h or 7nt?
2c=adjusted 4 loser hand with long major+ more
3c=passed hand max with good clubs
#17
Posted 2011-January-24, 16:09
2D(3 hearts, limit raise in H) 3H(slam interest, 6+ H, balanced)
4C(cuebid) 4D(last train)
4S(RKC) 4N(1 or 4)
5S(no side king, but we have all KCs) 6C(CK)
7NT