I am outraged by this. What does it take to move this to another venue? Is money needed? I will volunteer to make the first contribution. How about if all the American teams withdraw and offer to contribute the difference in airfare to Bali and airfare to the new location ...
I bid 7C to give partner a choice between 7D and 7NT. I think he'll know to value hearts. If he thinks I'm offering a choice between 7D and 7H, that's ok, I'll bid 7NT over 7H.
Yes, I apologize if i gave the impression I was criticizing Brad's line. I was only thinking what i would play if i had the inference of a bad ♣ break from the bidding.
I plan to bid diamonds at my next opportunity, so partner will play me for either 5134, 5125 or 6124. I need him to evaluate his hand and jumping to 4♥ just takes away too much room.
I play LHO for Kx(xxx) of Diamonds and 4 clubs or QJ10(x) of clubs. So I win the club K, enter hand with the heart Q, finesse the heart J if necessary, then back to hand in clubs to finesse the diamond. On the run of the hearts ...