stew@harvard.ARPA (Stew Rubenstein) (04/09/85)
This came up in a club game the other night. Match points, not vul vs. vul, S deals, opponents pass throughout: S: A K 9 2 H: K 10 6 D: 8 2 C: A K Q 4 S: Q J 5 H: A 7 3 2 D: C: J 10 9 8 5 3 Anyone who can show me how get to the odds-on 7S contract intelligently? My partner and I play 2/1 Game Force (Hardy style), but I'd like to hear what other systems do with this... -- ----------------------- Stew Rubenstein UUCP: ihnp4!harvard!stew Harvard Chemistry ARPA: stew@harvard
halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE) (04/11/85)
Probably the only sane way is with a relay system. The auction would probably go something like: 1C-1D, 1H-1S, 1N-2C, ..., 7S. These systems can get to amazing perfect fits, but are extremely complex. BTW, the slam is not necessarily that odds on. The chance of an opening club ruff is fairly high. An opening heart ruff is possible. And even a diamond opening can give trouble. It is probably closer to 50% than to the 86% of the spades behaving.