On 4/25/2008 2:36 PM, Hans Georg Schaathun wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:55:58 -0700 (PDT), Henry Lockwood
> <henry.lockwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> : > AKJxxxx
> : > Q
> : > -
> : > KTxxx
> :
> : xx
> : Axxx
> : QJx
> : AQxx
> :
> : (or some such; the im****tant factors are the two aces and the small
> : doubleton spade!)
>
> Really? Would you not say that also the CQ is a key card?
>
> I can't see that the grand would ever be worth bidding unless
> opener has at least six black cards, and third round control
> in club, as well as the two aces. That's quite a bit of
> information to extract.
>
> However, I may miss something. Are there other good layouts?
>
>
Well, he could have five clubs to the ace. Not strictly "third round
control", but quite good enough for your purposes. It's also reasonable
with only four black cards, if partner has opened a bit off-shape:
QT
Axxxx
QJxx
Ax
And with the right 5 black cards, all you need is clubs 4-2 or better:
QTx
Axxx
QJxx
Ax
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Cheers,
Alan (San Jose, California, USA)
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