[hrothgar]

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And it wasn't even a Ghoulash

[Cyberyeti]

4N opener ?

[The_Badger]

Oh come on it's only 23 HCPs, Hrothgar

(29.70 on K&R though)

[hrothgar]

Cyberyeti, on 2018-December-09, 06:01, said:

4N opener ?

I was playing in a bot tournament, so i opened what felt like a practical 6!H

[pescetom]

Cyberyeti, on 2018-December-09, 06:01, said:

4N opener ?

That's the only bit of ACOL that we adopt! Would do the trick here, except in the unlikely event that partner has a ♣ void. Opening 2♣ - 2♦; 3♥ would pick that possibility up, but is exposed to interference in the minors, so 4NT is probably better.

[TylerE]

Hah.

I got dealt

♠AKQJTxxxx ♥- ♦- ♣AKJxx once. Small club game. Hand dealt.

(Yeah, I couldn't resist, and opened 7♠. Q♣ came down doubleton.)

[PeterAlan]

That is a nice hand Hrothgar, particularly the depth of honours. Probably the best hand I've held was ♠- ♥AKQ1084 ♦AKQ109 ♣AK, but it's missing the Js. I've also been dealt one 30-point hand, which I haven't got immediately available, but that wasn't 0-loser.

Your ♥s remind me of a hand where I opened 1♥ on four to the 8, and partner's support was ♥AKQJ1097.

[Cyberyeti]

PeterAlan, on 2018-December-09, 19:22, said:

That is a nice hand Hrothgar, particularly the depth of honours. Probably the best hand I've held was ♠- ♥AKQ1084 ♦AKQ109 ♣AK, but it's missing the Js. I've also been dealt one 30-point hand, which I haven't got immediately available, but that wasn't 0-loser.

Your ♥s remind me of a hand where I opened 1♥ on four to the 8, and partner's support was ♥AKQJ1097.

My favourite was a hand where partner picked up a 27-29 count (I forget exactly how big) with ♦AKQJxx and heard me open a weak 2♦.

I don't think I've had more than 11 winners, 10 solid clubs, Ax, x.

I have played 2♣x with a trump suit of Qxxx in my hand, AKJxxxxx on the table.

[neilkaz]

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I had the above hand in a Gold Rush Pairs event a few years ago (U750 Masterpoints) with a rather new PD whose bidding wasn't at all sophisticated, but whose card play was great for this level. Since it was MP I decided to see if he could hold the ace of D for 7NT.

I opened 2C he bid the usual 2D and I jumped to 3H showing an amazing suit and setting trump for RKC later (unless we stop in game) as we'd discussed. Next round I bid 4NT as RKCB and he passed stating that he had nothing after the opps passed! At least no D was lead so I just tabled my hand claiming 13. I then explained, again, that the RKCB bidding is captain and that someone bidding like I am knows what he's doing. He replied that we should play 2H = double negative bust hand. We would've but I didn't think he knew that so I never mentioned it.


So imagine your PD's shock when the bidding goes 2C-2H(bust)-7H and he gets to play a grand with a trump void.

[sfi]

Many years ago I was playing in a regional in San Antonio. We had thrown a team together and entered the flight A Swiss event. Amazingly, us and another team were pulling away from the field when we played each other in round 6 (of 8). Early on in the match I pick up the following South hand.

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What makes this hand noteworthy is the opponents - Paul Soloway was West and Bobby Goldman was East. Soloway had Jxxx in both red suits, so 6H was untouchable. After the hand, he somewhat grumpily said "bet it won't be bid that way at the other table."

True enough. Mark Lair held the North cards and by the time this board came to their table he had already gotten into the head of one of my teammates. So he opened 4S! Mike Passell considered this for a while and thought about bidding 5H (to ask for a control in hearts). If Lair showed a singleton he could then try 7D in hopes that North was 1-3 in the reds or 1-2 in the reds and things broke moderately well. Eventually though, he settled for a simple 6H call - just another push board.

Sadly the rest of the match didn't go so well. They beat us handily and went on to win the event (we were a creditable third). But I did manage to pick up a zero-loser hand against world champions.

I held another zero-loser hand years later. Curiously enough, I can't remember a thing about it.

[manudude03]

1st weekend of the 2018 Camrose North picked up

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Everyone got to 7S one way or another, down 1 on a club ruff.

I also once picked up

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Punting 7S once partner showed a fit.

[eagles123]

- akqx - akjxxxxx was the best i ever had, seems like a positively boring hand compared with some of those mentioned above lol

[ggwhiz]

Many years ago a Canadian expert held something like ♠AKQJxxxxx, ♥AQJx and his rho opened 1♦

He overcalled 1♥ intending to bid 5nt (graded gsf) next to find the ♥K and played it there, down a couple.

[Tramticket]

Most points I encountered was ♠AK3 ♥AK5 ♦AKQJ ♣AKT.

No slams are available after dummy tables ♠J652 ♥T42 ♦53 ♣9643 ...

... Unfortunately, when we were defending and our opponents held this hand they had a bidding misunderstanding and stopped in 2NT!

[neilkaz]

I had 31 HCP on BBO a year or so back in MBC. With an unsophisticated and silent pickup PD I just opened 6NT. He put down only a jack and I was supposed to go one off, but the opps slipped late in their defense and let me make it.

OTB I've had 29 a couple of times.

[PhilG007]

A perfect hand for that very rare bid a 4NT opening asking partner to cue bid any Aces he may hold If.by some miracle he responds 6♣ showing the A♣ it's a toss up which major grand slam you bid(!)

[pescetom]

PhilG007, on 2018-December-10, 14:32, said:

A perfect hand for that very rare bid a 4NT opening asking partner to cue bid any Aces he may hold If.by some miracle he responds 6♣ showing the A♣ it's a toss up which major grand slam you bid(!)

We tweaked the old Acol convention so that 5♣ shows either no Ace or A♣ and 5NT upwards shows 2 Aces plus any specific King, so here he could show both missing Aces and also K♦ if he held it... you never know

[alansc]

My wife had
♠AKQ543
♥AKQJT63
♦---
♣---

RHO opened 2♦
She bid 7H. The auction should have gone P P X. Then she would have to find a 7♠ bid
as I had.
♠xxxxx
♥----
♦xxxx
♣xxxx

[PhilG007]

alansc, on 2018-December-10, 17:55, said:

My wife had
♠AKQ543
♥AKQJT63
♦---
♣---

RHO opened 2♦
She bid 7H. The auction should have gone P P X. Then she would have to find a 7♠ bid
as I had.
♠xxxxx
♥----
♦xxxx
♣xxxx

In this situation,you should use the enemy suit A cue bid of 3♦ shows a very powerful hand with emphasis on the
majors and slam ambitions. The bid is 100% forcing and partner may not pass until at least a game contract is reached