S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
Sometimes a hand that comes up that's so unusual it's hard to know where
to start.
At matchpoints, both sides vulnerable, my hand was:
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
That's a pretty weird hand to start with, but what made this even
weirder was that my partner, as dealer, opened 1H! This was a natural
bid in a 4-card major system, and thus showed one of two hand types:
- 5+ hearts, 12-19 HCP
- 4+ hearts, balanced, 15-19 HCP, usually no 4-card minor
(The first hand type is much more common, although looking at my own
hand skewed the odds a bit.)
RHO passed, so it was up to me to find a bid.
This isn't an ATB (I'm happy with the result we obtained at the table),
but more a "how do you even approach a hand like this after an opening
like that?" question. I assume it's really easy in a relay system, but
we didn't have anything like that available, so I felt like I was
guessing all the way through. Other than relays, what sort of tools do
you have for bidding something like this, and what's your plan?
ais523 skrev:
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
Side comment:
I find such a line quite confusing to read. My being a Dane
doesn't make it easier because Q in Danish is D (for Dame). I
wish people would use this format:
A764 AKT9853 T3 -
to start.
At matchpoints, both sides vulnerable, my hand was:
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
That's a pretty weird hand to start with, but what made this even
weirder was that my partner, as dealer, opened 1H! This was a natural
bid in a 4-card major system, and thus showed one of two hand types:
- 5+ hearts, 12-19 HCP
- 4+ hearts, balanced, 15-19 HCP, usually no 4-card minor
(The first hand type is much more common, although looking at my own
hand skewed the odds a bit.)
RHO passed, so it was up to me to find a bid.
I think that what I would try to do is make the auction sound stupid,
so that when we eventually reach 6H, we attract a double.
Sometimes a hand that comes up that's so unusual it's hard to know where
to start.
At matchpoints, both sides vulnerable, my hand was:
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
That's a pretty weird hand to start with, but what made this even
weirder was that my partner, as dealer, opened 1H! This was a natural
bid in a 4-card major system, and thus showed one of two hand types:
- 5+ hearts, 12-19 HCP
- 4+ hearts, balanced, 15-19 HCP, usually no 4-card minor
(The first hand type is much more common, although looking at my own
hand skewed the odds a bit.)
RHO passed, so it was up to me to find a bid.
This isn't an ATB (I'm happy with the result we obtained at the table),
but more a "how do you even approach a hand like this after an opening
like that?" question. I assume it's really easy in a relay system, but
we didn't have anything like that available, so I felt like I was
guessing all the way through. Other than relays, what sort of tools do
you have for bidding something like this, and what's your plan?
--
ais523
In article <r24qfb$458$1@dont-email.me>, ais523 <ais523@nethack4.org> wrote:[snip]
[snip]At matchpoints, both sides vulnerable, my hand was:
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
That's a pretty weird hand to start with, but what made this even
weirder was that my partner, as dealer, opened 1H! This was a natural
bid in a 4-card major system, and thus showed one of two hand types:
- 5+ hearts, 12-19 HCP
- 4+ hearts, balanced, 15-19 HCP, usually no 4-card minor
(The first hand type is much more common, although looking at my own
hand skewed the odds a bit.)
RHO passed, so it was up to me to find a bid.
But, IRL, and since we are playing matchpoints, maybe a better target is 6Hx.
I think that what I would try to do is make the auction sound stupid, so
that when we eventually reach 6H, we attract a double.
At matchpoints, both sides vulnerable, my hand was:[snip]
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
That's a pretty weird hand to start with, but what made this even
weirder was that my partner, as dealer, opened 1H!
RHO passed, so it was up to me to find a bid.
Do I have a forcing bid agreeing hearts available? I play Acol, but
since there's never any need on the first round to respond 2NT to show a balanced 11-12 (as in traditional Acol), I like to play the Jacoby 2NT response. (I might not have as many HCP points as normal, but that's
hardly a worry here. Whatever partner's rebid, with hearts agreed I can
start cue-bidding. I hope to find out that partner has both the Ace of diamonds and the King of spades, in which case I'll bid 7H, as it would
be unlucky to have a third-round loser in spades. Otherwise I'll settle
for 6.
My fantasy auction(s) would be 1H-1S, 2S-3C(control), 3D(control)-5C(Exclusion Blackwood) or 3D-5NT(Grand Slam Force in spades).
Anyway, at the table few people actually reached 6H (only about aThis was a mis-memory; I rechecked and it was actually a little over
quarter of the field).
ais523 wrote:<snip>
At matchpoints, both sides vulnerable, my hand was:[snip]
S A764 H AKT9853 D T3 C void
That's a pretty weird hand to start with, but what made this even
weirder was that my partner, as dealer, opened 1H!
RHO passed, so it was up to me to find a bid.
There have been a few suggestions in this newsgroup, so it's time to
see how they would have gone. (I'm omitting the "make the auction sound >stupid" suggestion because it's too nonspecific for me to figure out
what the auction would have been, and the actual result would likely
depend a lot on the details of the opponents.)
John Hall wrote:
Do I have a forcing bid agreeing hearts available? I play Acol, but
since there's never any need on the first round to respond 2NT to show a
balanced 11-12 (as in traditional Acol), I like to play the Jacoby 2NT
response. (I might not have as many HCP points as normal, but that's
hardly a worry here. Whatever partner's rebid, with hearts agreed I can
start cue-bidding. I hope to find out that partner has both the Ace of
diamonds and the King of spades, in which case I'll bid 7H, as it would
be unlucky to have a third-round loser in spades. Otherwise I'll settle
for 6.
I wasn't playing one, but I'm mostly interested in other people's
methods. Assuming the version of Jacoby 2NT from SAYC (which I happen
to have handy), we get the following auction:
1H 2NT! (heart opening; Jacoby 2NT)
3NT 4C (15-17 points, no shortage; club cue-bid) 4H 6H (no >first-round control of diamonds; signoff in slam)
I'd be pretty worried about losing two fast diamond tricks here (as I
was at the table), especially as we've told the opponents which suit to
lead! I think the better continuation would probably be 4S, a serious
slam try with first-round control of spades; partner responds 5C to
show the King of Clubs (or a singleton, which is unlikely from
context!), we respond 5H to show worry about diamonds, and partner
(having the King of Diamonds) raises to 6, so we end up in the same
place. (Partner would pass without a second-round diamond control.)
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