Re: What would you bid?

"Bud H" <budh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> "Bob Lipton" <boblipton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OtODf.6833$yE4.6594@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> DM wrote:
>>>>Well, partner has not bothered to support spades, so unless you usually
>>>>rebid 2S with five of them, partner has spade shortage..... and you have
>>>>aces and spaces, except for the DQ. So my call is 4D.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At Matchpoints Hamman's Rule endlays me into 3NT, but I'm not happy with
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> Rightly or wrongly, you're probably the only one that makes a top. Or are
>>> you?
>>>
>>> North's hand is:
>>>
>>> S 6 2
>>> H A K Q J 10
>>> D A K 10 5 3
>>> C 6
>>>
>>> Do you all agree with North's bidding so far? One former international I
>>> put this to preferred 3H at first call.
>>>
>>> 7NT is laydown, but two current internationals I spoke to reckon it's
>>> unbiddable, 6D being the most reachable spot, in their view.
>>>
>>> I tried it with both GIB and Jack 3.0. Both programs bid 2H first time.
>>> Thereafter...........
>>>
>>> GIB: When I bid 4D (over 3D) GIB sails into 7D via Blackwood. When I bid
>>> 3NT (over 3D) GIB bids 6H straight off. A perfectly reasonable shot, in
>>> my view. After all, I am sort of promising 2 hearts and, in any case, he
>>> hardly has a heart loser! Of course, if I'm void and the defence can
>>> force.........that's another story.
>>>
>>> JACK: Did not fare so well. It passes 3NT and will not bid a slam if I
>>> bid diamonds.
>>>
>>> Personally, I like 4D over 3D.
>>>
>>> But, I also like the sequence 1S 2H: 2S 3D: 3NT 4D. Now, 4S is natural,
>>> in my view. 4NT is "This is our best spot", while (with South's given
>>> holding) 6D straight off should be reasonable.
>>>
>>> A fascinating hand.
>>
>>
>> Over 2S I bid Blackwood and then call 6D. I also like 3H first if you
>> are playing strong jump shifts, then 4D over partner's 3S. I don't get to
>> 7D, but I do get to the right small slam.
>>
>> Bob
>
> However, if you are playing Soloway strong jumpshifts (a fairly common
> treatment), then a strong jumpshift by responder would have
>
> 1. very strong balanced hand
> 2. single suited hand
> 3. support for opener's first suit
>
> and therefore with two suited hands you would not jumpshift.

Despite being 5-5, this *is* a single-suited hand IMO.

If partner has a stiff heart, and Qxx in diamonds, which trump suit is
more likely to have a loser? You are unlikely to ruff any
non-diamonds in partner's hand. It is hard to come up with hands that
play better in diamonds, and easy to come up with hands that play
worse in diamonds where partner would have a clear preference for
diamonds. Why offer partner a choice s/he is likely to get wrong?


Eddie
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