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Surely 5♥ shows all 3 side suit first round controls. I do not see how he can bid that opposite a partner who may have been pressured into bidding 4♠ with no sensible cue in a minor. I would have bid 7♠ last round. And with the hand others have suggested for opener missing three aces I would have bid 5♣, not 5♥.
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Posted 2013-December-13, 13:32
Chris and i seem to be on same page in most topics as well as this one.(at least that's what i think and i am not sure if Chris takes this as compliment or an insult 
) Weird though, i agree with Kenrexford too on this one, perhaps it's time for me to go see my dr. (joke Ken)
-I can not bid 5♠ and sign off when the problem is given to me at 6♣ level, so i will not debate for something that is too late anyway. Because then we will get into cue bid styles at 5 level and all that *****... So let's assume that 5♥ did not deny minor aces, there is nothing we can do if otherwise.
-In this context, My previous bid 5 NT, told my pd that i accept slam, and have extras, obviously not first round control, so i bail out now and bid 6 ♠
-I also agree with Broze about the info when Wyman introduces us the problem, Tbh until i reread the replies, i just found out that we are the responder. I was avoiding this topic, thinking that we are opener and already grossly overbid our hand and looking for grandslam now is.......
-5 NT showed king of hearts ? Where did this come from ? And even if it did, out of insanity, which part of it did you find "fine" ? I saw a lot of interesting/weird stuff in BBF but, you know it must be really weird if Ken is calling it
) Weird though, i agree with Kenrexford too on this one, perhaps it's time for me to go see my dr. (joke Ken)-I can not bid 5♠ and sign off when the problem is given to me at 6♣ level, so i will not debate for something that is too late anyway. Because then we will get into cue bid styles at 5 level and all that *****... So let's assume that 5♥ did not deny minor aces, there is nothing we can do if otherwise.
-In this context, My previous bid 5 NT, told my pd that i accept slam, and have extras, obviously not first round control, so i bail out now and bid 6 ♠
-I also agree with Broze about the info when Wyman introduces us the problem, Tbh until i reread the replies, i just found out that we are the responder. I was avoiding this topic, thinking that we are opener and already grossly overbid our hand and looking for grandslam now is.......
Hanoi5, on 2013-December-09, 20:13, said:
(1) 5N to show the Heart King? I guess it's fine, 6♣ probably sounds like the Ace.
(2) 6N
(2) 6N
-5 NT showed king of hearts ? Where did this come from ? And even if it did, out of insanity, which part of it did you find "fine" ? I saw a lot of interesting/weird stuff in BBF but, you know it must be really weird if Ken is calling it
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Posted 2013-December-13, 18:46
quiddity, on 2013-December-10, 13:10, said:
If you had a first-round control you could have Q'd it over 5♥.
I understand what you are saying, and I don't disagree. At the same time, that's one of those things that lets you win the postmortem after you get to 7♠ down 1 - partner should have been able to figure out your brilliant sequence. Maybe I err on the side of caution in murky cue-bidding situations too much, but I don't want to put that much pressure on partner. I make my one grand slam try and sign off.
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Posted 2013-December-13, 18:48
MrAce, on 2013-December-13, 13:32, said:
Chris and i seem to be on same page in most topics as well as this one.(at least that's what i think and i am not sure if Chris takes this as compliment or an insult [img]
Hey Timo, I respect your opinions, especially when you agree with me
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Posted 2013-December-14, 10:26
Partner cannot lack ♣A+♦A, so he has heart void and wanted to show it.
IMO 5NT is (exclusion) blackwood, and partner has shown what? 3 or 1?, I really hope 3, then I'd bid grand.
IMO 5NT is (exclusion) blackwood, and partner has shown what? 3 or 1?, I really hope 3, then I'd bid grand.