That's a lot of clubs

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That's a lot of clubs

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Here's board 5 from today's club game. Matchpoints, NS vulnerable.

♠ KQJ104
AQ82
Q7
♣ 82

♠ A9652
K104
K853
♣ 6
♠ 73
J9763
J10964
♣ 5

♠ 8
5
A2
♣ AKQJ109743


I was treated to the South hand and my partner opened 1♠. We are playing 2/1 game force, weak jump shifts and Roman Keycard Blackwood (1430). What would your bidding plan be?
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Re: That's a lot of clubs

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I bid a mundane 2♣ (game forcing) and partner rebid 2.

Key-card Blackwood is not very useful here as I had no interest in Partner's major suit Kings. 3♣ would only muddy the waters.

It's matchpoints and this is the kind of hand that will likely take as many tricks in notrump as in clubs. I ended the auction with 6NT. This is clearly the best spot, though with a different lie of the cards could have gone down.

Do your methods have a better way to get there?
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