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Posted 2012-April-14, 22:50
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Posted 2012-April-14, 23:43
4S is a hopeless bid. The north hand is not bad at all. AK of clubs is not bad, it's two tricks. On top of that, you have the trump queen and an ace and a doubleton. North could have KQxx of clubs and the same hand (or add a jack if you open light). Think about how much worse that would be. 4S really shows the worst hand ever.
That being said, after bidding 4S, south STILL BID. If you think 4S is a reasonable bid from north, a huge warning, which it isn't at all reasonable with that hand, but if you think it is, north must have the best hand possible for that bidding. Bidding is contextual. Not only that, north knows south is bidding with the DK and without a C void, so his hand must be really good. North has a slam force/grand slam try from that point of view. And north bids FIVE SPADES??????????? Are you kidding me?? He doesn't even try 5D, he bids FIVE...SPADES. WOW.
It is a well known rule, don't bid the same values twice. By the same token, you cannot downgrade the same values twice. How much worse can the north hand be in context of a 4S bid? To not even bid 5D is criminal, I mean wow.
That being said, after bidding 4S, south STILL BID. If you think 4S is a reasonable bid from north, a huge warning, which it isn't at all reasonable with that hand, but if you think it is, north must have the best hand possible for that bidding. Bidding is contextual. Not only that, north knows south is bidding with the DK and without a C void, so his hand must be really good. North has a slam force/grand slam try from that point of view. And north bids FIVE SPADES??????????? Are you kidding me?? He doesn't even try 5D, he bids FIVE...SPADES. WOW.
It is a well known rule, don't bid the same values twice. By the same token, you cannot downgrade the same values twice. How much worse can the north hand be in context of a 4S bid? To not even bid 5D is criminal, I mean wow.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 23:46
North. 100%. What could south be cueing 5D with.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 13:55
North's 4♠ is extremely bad as he has far more than a min on this auction with prime cards and a likely ♦ ruff. On a lucky day the ♣ hook could work to give two pitches if needed for slam. The Q♠ may be all that is needed to shore up trumps vs a bad break. North should cue 3♦ instead.
After 5♦ does North really thing that after he's shown a dead min that South would make a slam try without ♥ controlled?
North severely downgraded the same values twice. AKJx isn't all that bad opposite a stiff.
100% blame to North..seriously how can North hold a hand that has a useful K more than a hand that would respond 5♠ to RKCB and s/off in 4♠ directly?
Some may say that South should just have tried RKCB rather than 5♦ but 5♦ should get them to slam.
After 5♦ does North really thing that after he's shown a dead min that South would make a slam try without ♥ controlled?
North severely downgraded the same values twice. AKJx isn't all that bad opposite a stiff.
100% blame to North..seriously how can North hold a hand that has a useful K more than a hand that would respond 5♠ to RKCB and s/off in 4♠ directly?
Some may say that South should just have tried RKCB rather than 5♦ but 5♦ should get them to slam.
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