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Posted 2014-August-22, 04:30

AQxxz
KJxx
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Qxxx


1-4-(double)
pass-redouble (redouble = first round control)
4NT-??


Now change Q by A and bid the same hand.


Next one;

1-2
2NT-3 (short)
4-4
4NT-??

KQx
A
QJx
Kxxxxx
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Posted 2014-August-22, 05:37

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-22, 04:30, said:

AQxxz
KJxx
-
Qxxx


1-4-(double)
pass-redouble
4NT-??


Now change Q by A and bid the same hand.




I'm not sure I understand the bidding, did I splinter 4 in this auction:
1 - (pass) - 4 - (dbl)
pass - (pass) - rdbl - (pass)
4NT - (pass) - ??

then I bid 5 now, 1 (3) keycard and a void.
Edit: I bid 6 now, 1 (3) keycard and a void.
5 was a typo, I don't bid so sophisticated that I would assume the void to be know already.

With Q changed to A I would have bid a game forcing 2NT, treating it as balanced, becasue I don't want to splinter an ace.

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Posted 2014-August-22, 05:42

On the first one, partner would have redoubled with A. Hence we should show the void, if there's a way to do it.

Without the double we wouldn't have that inference, so we'd have to guess whether to show the void or not. Here are two ways to avoid such problems:
- Agree that you don't splinter with a singleton ace.
- Agree that a direct raise of a splinter is void-inclusion Keycard. Then 4NT tells you not to show the void. (This is the only useful thing I got from a 30-page system file that Lamford made me read before a club pairs game in 1997. Unfortunately since then I haven't found anyone who's willing to play it.)
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2014-August-22, 05:52

On the second one, isn't it just a question of what 4NT means? If it's a signoff I pass, because we're missing the top diamonds, or possibly just short of aces. If it's discouraging, I bid 5 for the same reasons (though 4NT could be safer). If it's encouraging I bid a slam. If it's Keycard I tell him how many I've got. If it's Turbo I wish I hadn't agreed to play a method I don't understand.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2014-August-22, 06:52

All of those are keycard askings, the simple problm is do you show the stiff ace as an ace or is 4NT exclusion blackwood after you redoubled your splinter or rebid the splinter?
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Posted 2014-August-22, 08:05

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-22, 04:30, said:

AQxxx
KJxx
-
Qxxx

1-4-(double)
pass-redouble (redouble = first round control)
4NT-??

I'd bid 5 - to show one key card.

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Now change Q by A and bid the same hand.

After 1 4 (dbl); pass, I would probably take the cautious view and bid 4.
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Posted 2014-August-22, 08:24

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-22, 06:52, said:

All of those are keycard askings, the simple problm is do you show the stiff ace as an ace or is 4NT exclusion blackwood after you redoubled your splinter or rebid the splinter?

Our agreement is to show keycards, including the stiff ace. Either way it sucks, because a splinter has a narrow HCP range to begin with, and Opener probably would like to know whether 4 of our HCP (seven of our total support points) are all balled up into the Diamond suit.

However, our redouble was specifically a void for much the same reasons...so that problem is out of the way.
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Posted 2014-August-22, 11:30

View Postaguahombre, on 2014-August-22, 08:24, said:

Our agreement is to show keycards, including the stiff ace. Either way it sucks, because a splinter has a narrow HCP range to begin with, and Opener probably would like to know whether 4 of our HCP (seven of our total support points) are all balled up into the Diamond suit.

However, our redouble was specifically a void for much the same reasons...so that problem is out of the way.


This is really true? Is there any wide spread agreement as to what that range is?

Also I like splinters to show a singleton only, never a void. I like 3(9 cards in two suits) with that hand. Fit showing jump shifts both in and out of competition.
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Posted 2014-August-22, 16:42

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-22, 06:52, said:

All of those are keycard askings, the simple problm is do you show the stiff ace as an ace or is 4NT exclusion blackwood after you redoubled your splinter or rebid the splinter?


Ah, I'd completely missed the point. That's an interesting idea. It would need advance agreement, obviously, but it seems workable to assume that the splinterer has a void, so you don't count the singleton ace as an ace.



... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2014-August-22, 17:53

View Postjogs, on 2014-August-22, 11:30, said:

This is really true? Is there any wide spread agreement as to what that range is?


When I mention that our agreements are such and such: yes, it is really true. However, I believe that a narrow range for space-consuming splinters is fairly common even though I didn't claim that idea to be universal.
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Posted 2014-August-24, 06:06

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-22, 04:30, said:

1-2
2NT-3 (short)
4-4
4NT-??

KQx
A
QJx
Kxxxxx

With a heart void you bid 3 instead of 2.
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Posted 2014-August-24, 06:19

Lol people are avoiding the main question with excuses and custom agreements.

Ok lets see this one:

KQ10xx
-
AQxx
Kxxx

vs


KQ10xx
A
AQxx
xxx


1 - - (2 ) - - 4 - (double)
pass-(pass)-redouble-(pass)
4 NT -(pass) - ???
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Posted 2014-August-25, 07:08

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-24, 06:19, said:

1 - - (2 ) - - 4 - (double)
pass-(pass)-redouble-(pass)
4 NT -(pass) - ???

This one is interesting but not for the reason you want. Playing normal methods South would have redoubled to show the ace, no? But the double provides an interesting possibility for reclaiming the lost minor suit cues. We could potentially use a pass to ask for (or show) a club control and a redouble to ask for (or show) a diamond control.
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Posted 2014-August-27, 08:15

View PostFluffy, on 2014-August-22, 04:30, said:

1.
AQxxz
KJxx
-
Qxxx

1a. 1-4-(double)
pass-redouble (redouble = first round control)
4NT-??

1b. Now change Q by A and bid the same hand.


2.
KQx
A
QJx
Kxxxxx

1-2
2NT-3 (short)
4-4
4NT-??



1a. 6: odd number of keycards + useful void
1b. 5: the usual "2 keys + queen" stuff

2. 5 (pard probably has 4+ clubs)
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Posted 2014-August-27, 09:32

View Postwhereagles, on 2014-August-27, 08:15, said:

1a. 6: odd number of keycards + useful void

I am never going to understand the logic of this. Partner already knows our shortage so why not use 6 for this instead? Or better still use the different 6 level calls to show/deny the trump queen and side kings.
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Posted 2014-August-27, 12:26

View PostZelandakh, on 2014-August-27, 09:32, said:

I am never going to understand the logic of this. Partner already knows our shortage so why not use 6 for this instead? Or better still use the different 6 level calls to show/deny the trump queen and side kings.


Well, 6 confirms the void, while 5 shows that the splinter was made with a singleton ace.

Agree it's not optimal, but it's mnemonic to usual agreements. There's nothing more to it.

By the way, under these agreements 6 would show a dbl void (as in 6700 or 5800 shape... lol).
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Posted 2014-August-27, 17:52

Its simple after a XX You never count the A of D. Doesnt matter if its void or stiff A or A of D you simply never count it. Also there is no need to show a void.
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Posted 2014-August-28, 02:01

I'm not sure if it's that that simple.. what if the singleton ace was taken into the HCP count for the splinter?

Well, you can always agree this sort of stuff with pard, but without much discussion it's not clear-cut.
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Posted 2014-August-28, 09:51

Ive never saw it backfire. Try to find an example where it could backfire.

Splinter with a stiff A is always a gamble because partner may have KQx in the suit (useful rather than wasted values) but if its in ennemy suits its ok.


1S-(2D)-4D-(X)
XX------4NT

You dont count the A of D counting it is dumb because responder could have a void. Its totally normal to bid 4NT with a D void here.

1S-(2D)-4D-(X)
P-------XX---
4NT

Again its irrelevant if you have a D void or stiff ace of D you simply dont count it.

Again im really surprised that most players didnt know this its something ive already considered standard and fairly obvious.IIRC its well explained in one of the Rosenkraz books.
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Posted 2014-August-28, 09:55

1S--4C--(X)
XX

its the same thing

1S---4C--(X)
P----XX

here it should be a void since splinter with stiff ace is weird, but it doesnt matter the principle stay the same dont count the A in the XX suit and there is never a need to show the void.
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For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
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Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
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