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Bidding a Spade Slam
Hi Bernard, A couple of weeks ago at Buckland, I picked up the South hand, and I am wondering how you bid the slam. I was playing with a new partner and the bidding went 2D-3D-4S-pass, which was not great. I suggest maybe: 2D 2H 2D=forcing to game, 2H=negative 3S 4D 3S=establishes the suit, 4D=cue bid with King/singleton/void 5C 5H 5C=cue bid, 5H=cue bid 6S Not easy, and not much chance of getting that right at a club like Buckland. What do you think? Using by own Acol A5 bidding system, it is much easier: 2C 2D 3S 4C 3S establishes the suit, 4C=6+ pts & no Aces 4NT then asks for Kings Not a minor suit slam, but at least it is Slam May.
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Forum Question to Julian Pottage
What is Opener’s rebid?
Playing 5-card majors, what is opener’s rebid. Opener Responder Spades – void S – AJ2 Hearts – AQ62 H – K853 Diamonds – J9632 D – K75 Clubs – AJ84 C – K65 Bid = I diamond Bid = 1 heart What is the rebid?
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THE BRIDGE GLOSSARY
Unauthorised Information
Information available to a player that he is ethically bound to ignore. For example, an inference drawn from a hesitation by partner is ‘unauthorised information’, although, of course, it is legal to act upon an inference drawn from a hesitation by an opponent.
In the first sequence, whatever the partnership agreement, if West does not actually hold both majors, he has a duty to ignore East’s explanation.
In the second sequence, the slow pass suggests that East was thinking of bidding 4❤️. West should bid 4❤️ only if it is a clear-cut action (unlikely in this particular example).
