What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for April 2011Edmund made the best submission for the month of April. Hand: Dealer North, NS Vulnerable.
Comments: It was an easy 13 tricks on any lead by the opponents. How
should this partnership have reached 7 Kieran's Reply: I'd be a little impressed with any pair who found 7
The beginning was poor. The gist of a preempt is that you have a poor hand
(albeit one with playing strength) and with two aces, that's a poor
description. For me, this is definitely good enough for a 1
Responder had it tough facing a 3
After a 1
1 With void-showing responses, opener might be emboldened to try seven, but you'd need to locate an extra king to be sure. Or, using an artificial forcing raise, like Jacoby:
1
After opener shows a singleton diamond, club control, NO HEART CONTROL (else
cue 4
Voidwood (aka Exclusion Keycard, or Exclusion for short) can also be used here.
1 Without all of this whiz-bang science, you need good judgement. Playing very old-school methods, you might be able to bid something like
1 Now responder will have to take his best guess, but it would be absurdly meek to not bid a slam when your partner has missed two chances to bid notrumps if he had hearts stopped, so it sounds like you're opposite a good-fitting hand without heart cards. Kieran |