Your call

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Jan 22, 2013, 8:32:11 AM1/22/13

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Matchpoint pairs, vul none

5 65 62 AQJT7432

North opens 1C (18+, could be a strong acol-type hand with fewer than 18 HCP.)
YOu responded a natural and gameforcing 2C.
Partner bid 2S, showing 5+ spades
You rebid your clubs with 3C and partner now bid 3N.

Your call?

Dave Flower

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Jan 22, 2013, 9:03:27 AM1/22/13

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On Tuesday, 22 January 2013 13:32:11 UTC, bhmwe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Matchpoint pairs, vul none 5 65 62 AQJT7432 North opens 1C (18+, could be a strong acol-type hand with fewer than 18 HCP.) YOu responded a natural and gameforcing 2C. Partner bid 2S, showing 5+ spades You rebid your clubs with 3C and partner now bid 3N. Your call?

Is 1C natural ?

Dave Flower

dake50

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Jan 22, 2013, 9:17:02 AM1/22/13

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8-suit is trumps. 5C.

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Jan 22, 2013, 9:47:46 AM1/22/13

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No, it's strong, showing either 18+ hcp any distribution (except 20-21 NT) or a strong acol-type hand with any suit.

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Jan 22, 2013, 9:50:01 AM1/22/13

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4 club slam try, its easy to construct hands where 6c makes and 3NT goes down

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Jan 22, 2013, 11:13:15 AM1/22/13

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Den tisdagen den 22:e januari 2013 kl. 15:50:01 UTC+1 skrev fluf...@gmail.com:
> 4 club slam try, its easy to construct hands where 6c makes and 3NT goes down

I agree completely. However, I am curious about how to proceed after 4C. Is 4 NT from partner Blackwood or to play? If it is to play, will we bid 5C or pass or something else? What do we do if partner bids (say) 4D? Or should partner bid 6C on 4C if he has the right cards? What cards?

I do believe your call is a very good one. I am just curious about the continuation...

Incidentally, partner's hand (so a continued bidding may be discussed) was:

AT963 A92 AK54 K

Myself, I took the shot at 6C on 3N, mainly because it was a pairs tournemat and 5C doesn't seem likely to beat 3N. As was the situation 6C made +1 and 6N makes (due to a spade/diaomnd squeeze)

Lorne

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Jan 22, 2013, 11:40:28 AM1/22/13

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On 22/01/2013 16:13, bhmwe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Den tisdagen den 22:e januari 2013 kl. 15:50:01 UTC+1 skrev fluf...@gmail.com:
>> 4 club slam try, its easy to construct hands where 6c makes and 3NT goes down
>
> I agree completely. However, I am curious about how to proceed after 4C. Is 4 NT from partner Blackwood or to play?

4N must be to play else there is no way to stop and your slam try has
become a slam force.

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Jan 22, 2013, 1:58:04 PM1/22/13

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What is opener to do with a club void if 4NT is not retrograde?

Good rule, by the way: A player who has bid 3NT nonforcing cannot then ask for aces in any way.

Carl

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Jan 22, 2013, 2:07:02 PM1/22/13

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Does anyone think 3NT is a good bid with that hand?

Carl

Nick France

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Jan 22, 2013, 6:14:16 PM1/22/13

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I may be missing something but 6NT is cold. Did you mean 6NT made +1?

Nick France

HoneyMonster

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Jan 22, 2013, 8:02:37 PM1/22/13

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I don't like the system but I can contribute a lot of tricks.

Since it's pairs, Im bidding 6NT. At teams, I would bid the slightly more
conservative 6C.

Charles Brenner

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Jan 22, 2013, 11:42:25 PM1/22/13

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4C. If I had to choose a contract it would be 5C. Must be a shade
better to give partner a chance to foolishly insist on 4NT instead.

Charles

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Jan 23, 2013, 3:29:29 AM1/23/13

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Amendment: Of course 6N makes without any squeeze (you have 12 from top), but 7N makes on a spade/diamond squeeze, except with a club lead.

lowerline

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Jan 23, 2013, 8:43:05 AM1/23/13

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Op woensdag 23 januari 2013 09:29:29 UTC+1 schreef bhmwe...@gmail.com het volgende:

A spade/diamond squeeze? Only if your LHO is holding 5 diamonds and KQJ of spades... 7C is more likely (requires only spades 4-3).

Steven

Paul Hightower

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Jan 23, 2013, 9:05:17 AM1/23/13

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I would bid the same way up to this point with two fewer clubs, so I think I
owe partner a slam try. 4C should be taken as slammish, not an attempt to
play a part-score rather than game. I'll trust partner to drive to slam with
three key cards and control of both red suits. Biggest matchpoint risk is
that we probably can't stop at 4NT when partner has the King of clubs but
lacks the controls for slam, but passing 3NT could be wrong if partner has a
single small club.

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Jan 23, 2013, 10:00:30 AM1/23/13

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Yes, which actually was the case.
However, nobody who played 3 NT made more than +3...

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Jan 23, 2013, 10:02:50 AM1/23/13

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Den onsdagen den 23:e januari 2013 kl. 15:05:17 UTC+1 skrev Paul Hightower:
> but passing 3NT could be wrong if partner has a
>
> single small club.

If partner indeed does have a single small club, isn't 3 NT a horrible contract? You might make exactly zero tricks on your hand then...