This is off topic, but could you do a session on Losing Trick Count one day? Someone recently told me about this, and I am finding it quite useful. Keep up the good work, you lot.
2 spades is weak in our system, but I'd bid 2NT (Jacoby) here just to game force and be able to ask for keycards, partner bids 3 diamonds showing singleton or void. Then I bid 4NT asking for RKCB, when I get 5S i bid 7 NT.
You can't bid Jacoby 2NT without 4-cars support to your partner's hand. You can, however, conventionally, bid, after 1H- 1S- Hearts again- a conventional 3rd suit, so that you can game force.
Interesting question - after North's bid of 6D, you can count 13 tricks so 7NT is laydown. However, you could go for higher score by bidding 7S since you happen to have 150 honors. The risk, of course, is that if East has a void and West leads it, you get ruffed on the opening lead and go down, while you have absolutely 0 risk in 7NT. What would the calculus be for deciding between the two grand slams on that basis?
I would think 2S is a weak takeout. I would have bid 1S, then 4NT over 4H. RKC is so much better than basic Blackwood here since the presence of the king with 5D (0-3 in 1430), you can then bid 7NT fairly happily.
Because opponents may have a void in your long suit which is not trump, and you risk getting ruffed on trick 1. With 9 spades + 3 aces + 1 king you are guaranteed 13 tricks anyway, NT is actually safe.
This is off topic, but could you do a session on Losing Trick Count one day? Someone recently told me about this, and I am finding it quite useful. Keep up the good work, you lot.
2 spades is weak in our system, but I'd bid 2NT (Jacoby) here just to game force and be able to ask for keycards, partner bids 3 diamonds showing singleton or void. Then I bid 4NT asking for RKCB, when I get 5S i bid 7 NT.
You can't bid Jacoby 2NT without 4-cars support to your partner's hand.
You can, however, conventionally, bid, after 1H- 1S- Hearts again- a conventional 3rd suit, so that you can game force.
@@4dotaonly sure you can. You can bid whatever you want to get the information you need.
Interesting question - after North's bid of 6D, you can count 13 tricks so 7NT is laydown. However, you could go for higher score by bidding 7S since you happen to have 150 honors. The risk, of course, is that if East has a void and West leads it, you get ruffed on the opening lead and go down, while you have absolutely 0 risk in 7NT. What would the calculus be for deciding between the two grand slams on that basis?
over 4nt RKCB - north should respond 6D showing 1/3 keycards with a void in that suit
You have to bid 1 spade if the jumps are weak.
I would think 2S is a weak takeout. I would have bid 1S, then 4NT over 4H. RKC is so much better than basic Blackwood here since the presence of the king with 5D (0-3 in 1430), you can then bid 7NT fairly happily.
I thought NT was slightly more risky than spades or hearts. Why was NT preferable?
Because opponents may have a void in your long suit which is not trump, and you risk getting ruffed on trick 1.
With 9 spades + 3 aces + 1 king you are guaranteed 13 tricks anyway, NT is actually safe.
7NT scores more - so it's a better score - it is also safer.
4 NT
7nt and partnern had no spades and none diamonds, brilliant bid😂
Would 1 spade work forcing ?
partner cannot pass it for sure.
I’d bid 7 NT. After finding 2 Aces and a King.
Why wouldn't you bid 4 NT? Asking 1430
3 Spades. With 13-15 HCP's, bid any 4 card biddable suit at the 3 level.
Be still my heart! If my partner and I got hands like this, they'd have to fetch the defibrillator for at least one of us!!!
2S or 3s is weak. 4s is a shut off. 2NT is ideal Jacoby = GF than RKC
4NT
4 nt
2S is a weak 6+ Sp drop dead bid in our system
6 dpades
1 sp ade
1S
6 S
1 sp
4 clubs