Having mastered the martial arts, a Langshan rooster turns to mastering the essence of Contract Bridge...

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

We sank our Battleship!

Just posted this hand in the BBO Forums... I was East:
♠AQT93
♥
♦A7
♣KT8763
♠J8754
♥AQ87
♦98
♣AJ

WestNorthEastSouth
1♠p2NT*p
3♠p4♣p
4♦p4♥p
4NTp5♥p
5♠ppp

Over there, I'm asking three main questions:
  • Should I have pushed to 6♠ over pard's signoff?
  • Was cuebidding ♥s a good call? I could've taken the RKC call instead.
  • Should I have just blasted to slam at some point, knowing that we had a big fit and a couple strong hands.
What I didn't do, but will do here, is point out that partner was an idiot anyway. We play 2NT as 'Jacoby-esque' - essentially a GF major raise that promises only 3 card trump support. The clearly defining characteristic of his hand is the ♥ void, so a 3♥ bid would've been helpful. Oh well.

Anyway, back to my issue. How would you bid the East hand?

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