Hi all
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Here’s another deal from the BBQ Swiss in El Cerrito, a 13 IMP pickup.
1
21. Strong
2. Waiting
Partner took the slow route (4 instead of jumping to 5) but was unable to make a cuebid. At the table I assumed Antony was holding a couple of possible useful Queens in addition to genuine support. 6 looked to be reasonable safe and on a finesse at worst. Funny to see that partner couldn’t cuebid the suit he controlled because I was ahead of him.
Viking style. With a boatload of points and finding out about a fit with a lot of room to spare is like duck soup. A breeze. Easy as pie. Like taking candy from a baby. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Simple as ABC.
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3457
891011131. Big
2. 0-7 HCP
3. Bigger, 20+
4. 5-7 balanced
5. Relay
6. No 4 card Major, no 5 card minor
7. Relay
8. 3-2-4-4
9. Aces?
10. One
11. Do you have the magic King?
12. No
13. Like a hot knife through butter
Hi,
over 3
; this should implicitly agree the 
fit and show a 
control. Thus 2
-2
-3
-4
-4
-5
should then show a couple of queens and no control.
Looking again at this auction I am now thinking that I may directly jump to 4
What do you think about this?
Antony
I don’t know, I’m pretty reluctant towards (fitshowing/cue-showing) jump responses after partner has shown a big hand. Slow and fast arrival principles come to mind, as well as splinters. But maybe there’s some unexplored terrain there.
There is one other thought, though. With just a couple of Queens you wouldn’t have ventured with 4
, you would have entered a 2nd negative or jumped to game. Possibly I could have worked things out had I paid a little bit more attention.
I don’t like to confess, but having to sign off in 5
while holding a fat 26-count was difficult as well. My 6
was a bit… undisciplined.