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Posted 2012-March-27, 05:55


dealer nord
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Posted 2012-March-27, 06:07

1. You do not need to bid this slam. It mades because a finesse is working.
2. You really do not need to bid this slam: you have ZERO points which are not working- okay you may spare the jack of diamonds...

There are ways to find out everything you want to know, but I would need to bid the slam in a quite silly way (like 1 4 NT) or in a way which includes inverted minors and some other stuff, which is not approbiate for this forum.
(Just my opinion of course)
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Posted 2012-March-27, 06:45

Bidding slams like this is the preserve of the truly expert. Even removing the diamond J or T and replacing it with a small card makes this a truly marginal slam. Worse, its crucially dependent on souths shape. If he is 3-2-5-3 with the same cards it has very little play, as the south hand cannot get enough ruffs without the ace of clubs onside to discard a spade from dummy. Such small margins are extremely difficult to find. I would happily play in 3N on this board.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 06:58

View PostCodo, on 2012-March-27, 06:07, said:

1. You do not need to bid this slam. It mades because a finesse is working.


yes but you have 2 finesses to take or a spade lead so it's very good.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 07:07

View Postwank, on 2012-March-27, 06:58, said:

yes but you have 2 finesses to take or a spade lead so it's very good.


2 Finesses? Which two?
It is a very good slam because it makes, else it is a little below 50 %, so no good at all- especially as you will least often get a spade lead after declarer announced the spade control.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 07:22

If W preempts in spades it seems like a pretty good slam.

1-(2)-X
3-3NT

is still probably a much more practical auction. Only way to slam at this point is if N makes a move over 3NT, which seems anti-percentage, despite the high probability (100%?) of a diamond fit.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 08:12

View Postpatroclo, on 2012-March-27, 05:55, said:


dealer nord

Put in other way. How to bid this hand
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Posted 2012-March-27, 08:35

depends on agreements

my bidding for inverted minors

1-2 (10+ forcing, denies 4c major)
2NT-3NT (2NT 12-13 balanced, not forcing, Now south knows he has 28-29 combined balanced, wich can never produce a good slam)


My bidding if I don't play inverted minors:

1-2
2NT-3 (3 now is forcing, with 10-11 would had bid 3 previous round)
3NT

And again south is worth no more, he is facing 12-14 balanced, now maybe up to 30 combined wich again is not enough when nobody as a shortness. But if you add a bit to south, something like a queen or maybe a jack, he can try 4NT over 3NT wich is quantitative. North will quickly pass with minimum (12 in a 12-14 context) hand.

The reason why 4NT is quantitative and not blackwood is because south can bid a very strong 4 instead of 4NT, pulling 3NT to 4m shows a very strong slam interest and almost forces partner to cuebid any major in wich he has a control (Ace, King or shortness). 4 would be the correct bid if south had A instead of the queen.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 09:02

I could almost guarantee that the most popular auction in most English clubs would be: 1NT - 3NT.
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Posted 2012-March-27, 12:43

View Postwank, on 2012-March-27, 06:58, said:

yes but you have 2 finesses to take or a spade lead so it's very good.

You have one finesse, plus the possibility of dropping J9 doubleton or tripleton with the A onside. (A winning club finesse does not parry a spade loser.)

The slam is about 50% and the difference between 6 and 3NT/5 is marginal.
There is a big difference between a good decision and a good result. Let's keep our posts about good decisions rather than "gotcha" results!
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