Particular bid
Recent club night playing Chicago.
My hand was 7 Spades A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 6,
3 Hearts A, , 9, 7
2 Clubs K, 7
1 Diamond 9
8 top tricks but 17 points.
Should I have bid 1 S, 4 S, 2 C or 2 NT , please ?
Thank you, Martyn
Comments
I think I would open 1S sometimes and possibly 4S or 2C depending on an absolutely random decision.
Alan
Recent club night playing Chicago.
My hand was 7 Spades A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 6,
3 Hearts A, , 9, 7
2 Clubs K, 7
1 Diamond 9
8 top tricks but 17 points.
Should I have bid 1 S, 4 S, 2 C or 2 NT , please ?
Thank you, Martyn> @16248 said:
Thank you that has made me feel a little better !
I was opener and felt that 1 S might not get a response,
2 NT could ask for trouble so I dropped my choice to 4 S or 2 C. 2 C worried me as I only had 17 points.
I opted for 4 S. I made 12 tricks as my partner had a singleton S, singleton H, A Q J D + 2, A C + 5. 11 points !
Diamond lead to A. Singleton H to A. H to singleton S ! (the 2) gave 3. C to my K gave 4 tricks ran 7 spades gave 11. Club to partner's A gave 12 !
Our conclusion was that 2 C guaranteed a response and bidding with these points in partners hand would have reached the slam. It always left 4 S as an easy opt out !
I felt a little annoyed with myself for not having the courage to fib about my point holding.
D'Oh ! Martyn
Anyway, I'm never sure about bidding with hindsight.
What might have worked that time wouldn't have worked if your partner had a different hand
;)
Alan
Thank you.
I understand your point but even if my partner's response had been 2D I still had the option to take the plunge to the 4S that I actually bid.
I like the 2C option as it would have kept the door open and as a potential slam bid doesn't arise to often I was annoyed with myself that we had that opportunity but I had closed the door with my opener !