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What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for August 2005 The best submission for the month of August was made by Jacqui Lund. Hand: Dealer is North and all are vulnerable. Sitting East I held:
(a) transfer to clubs Comments: Playing
Acol, 12-14NT, should I have bid 5 Partner held:
And Peter’s Response: Hi Jacqui, Bidding over 1NT with a two suited hand is a difficult area of bidding, and one not understood by most players. Partnerships need to appreciate the differences between various sequences. e.g. Take these two sequences -
Both sequences show six plus clubs and five plus hearts in responder's hand. Clubs are necessarily longer than hearts and the hand good enough to play in game or higher in one of the suits. But what is the difference? One discloses slam interest, the other merely requests partner to choose between the two suits at game level. A partnership could agree to utilise either sequence for either purpose. Normal expert practice is to utilise the slow route to show the stronger hand. Assuming partner intended the sequence to be a slam try, I would be very keen to be in a club slam with opener's cards. The red kings are golden, as is my ace. The doubleton heart takes care of deep losers in that suit. My expectancy is that partner is 1-1 in the pointed suits. I would probably bid 6 On the deal neither 6 Responder could have bid this better once the 2NT bid came. A
continuation of 3 If that bid is thought to be too risky, responder could consider
bidding 4 Over 4 Regards |