interesting bidding problem

[Paul R Markowitz]

Here is an interesting bidding problem that my computer program to generate
bridge hands generated. You can be playing matchpoints or imps or even
(gasp) rubber bridge, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that you are
vulnerable. East is dealer and there is no competition in the bidding.
The object of the game is to devise a reasonable and justifiable bidding
sequence that gets you to a reasonable 7D slam given these two hands:

North

S: 6
H: AK762
D: 9632
C: J52

South

S: AKT73
H: Q43
D: AKQT7
C:

Good luck and may you see more difficult hands in tournaments.

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Paul Markowitz

"A pessimist is someone who won't call on G-d because he is certain he will
get an answering machine."
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[M. A. Upmalis]

In article <18...@jhunix.UUCP> ins_...@jhunix.UUCP (Paul R Markowitz) writes:
>
> North
>
> S: 6
> H: AK762
> D: 9632
> C: J52
>
> South
>
> S: AKT73
> H: Q43
> D: AKQT7
> C:
>

South West North East
1S [1] PASS 1NT PASS
3D [2] PASS 4D [3] PASS
5C [4] PASS 5H [5] PASS
6D [6] PASS PASS PASS

1 Prepared opening to allow 3d rebid. Proves I got at least five spades
which can be useful in a preempt situation.
2 Follows the spade opening, forcing is a bit rich, but I will do it
against many except perhaps Kehala and Murray.
3 Any partner that bids hearts is no partner of mine. I woud never jump
with three suits covered and he still might get a chance to bid hearts.
4 This is a why not bid, with partner sounding so week, it is not likely
to happen normally, but the slam needs one of the partners to be
agressive.
5 The hand is golden now, and is worth a bit more vigour.
6 6 diamonds is enough, with two suits in danger of a loser, a grand is
probably 75%, exuberance is touched with caution.

--
Mike Upmalis (mupmalis@watarts)<University of Waterloo>

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[Steven K. Zoltan Brust]

>
> North
>
> S: 6
> H: AK762
> D: 9632
> C: J52
>
> South
>
> S: AKT73
> H: Q43
> D: AKQT7
> C:
>

This is actually from friend Martin Schafer, not me:

South West North East
1c[1] Pass 1h[2] Pass
1s pass 1nt pass
2d pass 3d pass
3s[3] pass 4h[4] pass
4s[5] pass 5h[6] pass
7d[7] pass pass pass

1 17+ HCP
2 Positive response, natural
3 Agreeing on suit, showing ace of spades
4 Showing ace of hearts
5 Showing king of spades
6 Showing king of hearts
7 With the heart suit running and partner probably having
four diamonds, it is very unlikely that we have any spade
losers and most possible hands should have a play for seven.

The tricky part is: partnership agreement must be that the
2d 3d sequence, after the strong club with a positive response,
DOES delclare suit. This is not too unreasonable.

-- Martin Schafer

[gra...@convex.uucp]

> The object of the game is to devise a reasonable and justifiable bidding
> sequence that gets you to a reasonable 7D slam given these two hands:
>
> North
>
> S: 6
> H: AK762
> D: 9632
> C: J52
>
> South
>
> S: AKT73
> H: Q43
> D: AKQT7
> C:

How about this Romex sequence:
2C [1] pass 2S [2] pass
3D [3] pass 4S [4] pass
5C [5] pass 5D [6] pass
7D [7] pass pass pass

1. Hand with less than 4 losers and 5 or more controls
2. Control showing response: 3 controls
3. first natural bid: diamond suit
4. splinter: fixing diamonds as trumps
5. control asking bid
6. answer: none in clubs
7. you have exactly the right 3 controls