In correspondance with an ex-partner, he related a hand that opened fairly light with good results, and he reminded me of this gem from a few years back in a club game where I opened a one bid on 7hcp! And at my second turn bid a Grand Slam! At the Pattaya Bridge Club this would probably be classified a "psyche", but anyway the auction was:
1S, holding K109xxxxxx, void, Axxx, void. Somehow with a nine-bagger headed by K109, two voids, and an ace fourth on the side it looked too good for any kind of preempt. And I didn't intend to be out-bid.
Next hand doubled, partner bid 2NT (Jordan) showing 4 card support (!!) and a limit raise or better and the next hand bid 3D. The opponents were competent and could be counted upon to have their bids so I rightly assumed partner to be short in D, and with a bit less than a splinter. My next call was SEVEN SPADES, resoundingly doubled, and equally resoundingly redoubled by me. In for a penny, in for a pound! Len was turning green.
The club ace was led and Len hit with AQJx, Qxxx, x, xxxx! Tear up the heart Q, 13 tricks were easy. LHO held void, AKxxx, Kxx, AK10xx and RHO void, Jxxx, QJ10xx, QJxx.
Hands like this happen once in a lifetime but when they do they're a lot of fun.
What WOULD the PBC consider the 1S bid as?
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Interesting hand Paul.
ReplyDeleteThe Pattaya bridge club defines a psyche as a gross mis-information of points, bidding a non-existent suit or bidding a non-existent control - although I believe that the WBF and ACBL etc. have for some strange reason discarded the latter.
This hand is clearly not a psyche. It has spades and complies with the rule of 20.