GRAND SLAM BIDDING - HASTING TEAMS
At the Hasting teams last weekend there were 4 opportunities to bid Grand Slams, although 2 relied on finesses to make. With the 64 opportunities pairs had to bid them only 4 Grand Slams were bid by the field with only 3 making.
At teams bidding and making Grand Slams provides a much greater reward for the risk than at pairs but also much greater potential penalty if unsuccessful.
Board 23 round 6 was one such opportunity and could have been influential on the final placing with neither of the top 2 finishers or their opponent’s bidding a Grand Slam; indeed no pair bid and made a Grand Slam on this board.
Board 23 Dealer S All Vulnerable
KJ5
AJ652
AKT52
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T764. Q9
94. T7
J96. 73
T864. KQJ9532
A832
KQ83
Q84
A7
How can NS bid 7NT for this board with no opposition bidding?
a). Playing Acol?
b) Playing Precision?
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- Brad Johnston28 Mar 2019 at 01:30PM
Surely the target should be 7H, as some of the time you may need to ruff a diamond if they break 4-1.
With South as the dealer, there isn't much difference in playing acol vs playing a precision system with a weak(-ish) NT; as the S hand shouldn't qualify for a precision 1C opener. The other main considerations are that precision players are somewhat more likely to include some GF relay to figure out what one hand has exactly - but barring that I could see any of the following sequences having chances:
1H p 2NT! p; GF H raise
3D p 3S p; Balanced extras // Strong C splinter3N p 4C p; S-cue bid // C cue (confirming void)
4D p 4N p; Last train // keycard5D p 5S p; 3 keys, Q ask
5N p 6D p; Q no Ks // 3rd round control ask6N p (7H/7N); The QD, N's choice of contract.
And if South opens a 14-16 or 15-17 NT:
1N p 2D p;
3H p 3N p; Super-accept // Slam try with S control4C p 4N p; C control // Keycard
5D p 5S ...; This all follows on from above
Or not playing a method where you'd super-accept on this hand:
1N p 2D p;
2H p 3D p; gf 5+/4+
3H p 3N p; 3 Hs/ Slam try with S control ...
4C p 4N ...
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