[Echognome]

Scoring: IMP

(1♦) - X - (1♠) - 2♣
(P) - ?

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What is your plan in the bidding from here? Is it time to blast 5 (or 6?) clubs or do you want to involve partner in the decision? If the latter, how do you plan to get that information from p?

[mike777]

Echognome, on Jul 2 2005, 10:16 PM, said:

Dealer: East Vul: None Scoring: IMP

♠ K74 ♥ AQJ4 ♦   ♣ A97642

(1♦) - X - (1♠) - 2♣ (P) - ?

What is your plan in the bidding from here?  Is it time to blast 5 (or 6?) clubs or do you want to involve partner in the decision?  If the latter, how do you plan to get that information from p?

2SPADES

Let's see if partner can show a partial spade stopper so we can bid 5clubs.

let's give partner
QXX
XXX
XXX
KQXX

[flytoox]

I like 3D. 2D shows a strong balanced hand, 3D should be splinter. And pd will know what to do. If he bids 3N, I think I will pass.

[whereagles]

3♦ seems fine to me (although it has the problem of allowing LHO a cheap double). If there's a chance this particular pard won't understand 3♦, then I'll try a shot at 5♣.

[FrancesHinden]

I also like 3D. Or possibly 4D, showing a void and slam ambition (after all, xx xxx xxxx Kxxx makes slam a just about OK contract).

I don't like 2S which I think should possibly be natural.

[Echognome]

I dropped the ball a bit on this one and made the uninspired call of 2♦ later blasting 5♣ which made on the nose, although an overtrick was there for the taking.

Partner held:

♠ ---
♥ 10xx
♦ KJxxxx
♣ Q10xx

Why he made a free bid of 2♣ I'm not sure. RHO did compete to 3♠, but my 5♣ ended the auction.

[MickyB]

FrancesHinden, on Jul 3 2005, 05:13 PM, said:

I don't like 2S which I think should possibly be natural.

Welcome back Frances.

Yup, 2♠ on this sequence sounds natural.

[luke warm]

3d... 2s sounds to me like "i doubled and lefty psyched"