With nobody weak, I dealt and opened two golf equipment (sturdy) with ♠AKQ9 ♡AKJ87 ♢82 ♣ A8. I counted 8.5 tips however had solely 21 excessive card factors.
Companion raised to three golf equipment (optimistic). I bid my swimsuit, three hearts, companion raised to 4, and I handed, not making an attempt for slam, as a result of I had opened “mild.” This was reverse a companion who as soon as declared, “I might by no means open 2 golf equipment with lower than 23 excessive card factors except I had six playing cards in my fundamental [heart} suit.” Dummy came down with the 8 high card points that I expected (giving us a total of 29). At this point, I felt good about my decision because most slams require over 30 high card points.
But we made six because partner’s distribution was the following: â™ 52 ♡T52 ♢A ♣ KJ95432. I had expected something more like â™ 52 ♡T52 ♢A43 ♣ KJ952. The pairs like us that bid four hearts and made six shared a “top” but any pair that had bid six could have soloed. Partner wondered aloud why I didn’t go further.
I held back to 4 hearts because 1) generally, because I couldn’t envision partner’s favorable distribution or 2) specifically in light of my partner’s previous remarks that indicated that my opening hand would have been a disappointment to him. Was there a way for either partner or myself to determine whether we had enough “extra” (over 29 points) to try for slam?
Note: This question been edited to ask “how to determine what to do,” which is less subjective than “what to do.”
