Re: ACBL Charity Game - board 12

On Mar 18, 1:35 am, Bud H <budh9...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Q97632 A8
K95 A3
J AK87
AK9 Q8653

1S 2C
2S ?

Playing 2/1 game force, how do you think the auction should proceed at
matchpoints?

Bud H



Well, I'm feeling a tad slammish on this hand as responder, and when
partner bids clubs, I feel pretty good as opener. Three clubs to
the AK? A sidesuit stiff? Among my weird ideas is "support with
support. I'm just barely not up to splintering... or maybe I am.

1S 2C
3D 3H
4H 4S
6C P

3D is a splinter, you get cubeids, including a mixed-cuebid-offer-to-
play in 4 Spades, at which point opener shoots 6 clubs.

If you are stiodgy and want to be in your magnificent 6-card spade
suit against, say, Jx, you may rebid them. This would lead to a
rather more convoluted auction that either dies or goes off the rails.

1S 2C
2S 3D
3H 3S
4C 4NT
5H ??


And now what? 3 Hearts followed by 4 clubs establishes a force.

All of this means simply this: support with support.

Bob


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