Bidding Conundrum
Posted: 27 Aug 2022, 10:44
This is from a recent club game. Playing matchpoints, white vs. red, you pick up:
♠ AQJ63
♥ AQ6
♦ 10
♣ 9632
Partner opens 1♣, you respond 1♠, partner rebids 2♣.
Playing splinter bids you might try 4♦. This seems reasonable but gives up on the spade suit; remember it's matchpoints. Furthermore Blackwood does not work as well when clubs are trump.
I would try a 2♥ call here. It's a small lie but is forcing and will find out if partner has spade support. If that elicits 2♠ from partner then 4♦ is likely to find slam when it's right.
Your partner's hand (the one I held) was:
♠ K7
♥ 1032
♦ J2
♣ AKQ754
How would you and your partner bid this? At our table my partner just bid 5♣ over 2♣, which worked out OK because the opposing spades split 5-1 and nobody found slam.
♠ AQJ63
♥ AQ6
♦ 10
♣ 9632
Partner opens 1♣, you respond 1♠, partner rebids 2♣.
Playing splinter bids you might try 4♦. This seems reasonable but gives up on the spade suit; remember it's matchpoints. Furthermore Blackwood does not work as well when clubs are trump.
I would try a 2♥ call here. It's a small lie but is forcing and will find out if partner has spade support. If that elicits 2♠ from partner then 4♦ is likely to find slam when it's right.
Your partner's hand (the one I held) was:
♠ K7
♥ 1032
♦ J2
♣ AKQ754
How would you and your partner bid this? At our table my partner just bid 5♣ over 2♣, which worked out OK because the opposing spades split 5-1 and nobody found slam.