W has 17 hcp and opens 1D, responder has 18 hcp bids a
jump-shift to 2S. W sensing slam looks for aces and kings and bids 6S. E had
difficulty with this hand and went down 2. Would it have been better in 6NT
played from the W? And who takes it there, W or E ?
Glenna:
Opener
Open can jump shift into a 4-card suit BECAUSE he has already bid his best suit.
Responder
I repeat myself many times and I still can’t make people understand, but I will
try again. We go SLOWLY with GOOD HANDS and we go FAST with bad hands. How
anyone can bypass a beautiful 5-card minor and JUMP to show a 4-card
Major is beyond me. With that kind of bidding you will never achieve good
results. 1st of all, don’t jump at your 1st bid as you are taking up valuable
bidding room and to jump to a 4-card suit is terrible. Jumps should always be
5, 6 or 7 cards!
When partner opens 1 ♦️ and you have a beautiful
hand, you instantly know game is available but is there a slam. So you simply
bid 2 ♣️ which shows 5 ♣️ and at least 11 points and is 1,000% forcing! Partner will
bid 2 NT and you know bid 3 ♠️. He will bid 4 and you will
ask for Ace’s. Now you can decide to bid a safe 6 ♠️ or an aggressive 6NT. 6 NT scores the better, BUT you don’t
know yet how solid partner’s red suits are and might go down on the opening
lead. I would bid 6 ♠️ and make it.
Please stop showing the wrong shape for your hands. Bridge is difficult enough
when you bid correctly. Good Luck and hope this helps.
Glenna
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