Monday, May 26, 2003
2:55 AM
KCB - Voids
PITBULLS:
Nick & Klimo had a good auction to get to 7♥ that involved the responder holding an unannounced
void . How is this handled ? Here
are Kantars views from his site . Essentially a jump shows a void in that suit and (1 or 3 ) . A 5NT
response shows a void somewhere and ( 0 or 2 ) controls . 6♣ asks for the void suit. This is
assuming a major suit
agreement on trump. No such thing as showing voids with minors agreed. With spades trump , asking for the void is
simple after 5NT. 6♣ asks and you just bid your void and a return to the trump
suit shows a club void. With hearts agreed , you are more restricted ,
so 6♦ says you have a lower ranking void and the trump
suit a higher ranking void.
A
tormentee held this hand xx AKQxx Ax QJ10x
and I opened 1♦ and she replied 1♥. I jumped to 4♠ which is my “Ghoulie style” bidding. She read me for
6-6 or 7-5 or 7-6 in my two suits.
Therefore being off two fast club losers is impossible. She bids 4NT and I bid
5NT showing two Aces and a void. KCB is off the last bid suit, so I have the AK of spades. She now
bids 6♣ asking me for the void and I bid 6♠ saying my void was in clubs . Now what ? She bids 7♦ as a choice of contracts bid and I convert to 7♠. My hand was AKQJxx
x KQ1098x void .
Here
is a hand from the Spingold. ♠AKQJ109x
♥Qx ♦void ♣KQJ9
and they opened 2♣. Partner has ♠xx ♥AKJxx ♦xx ♣Axxx and bids 2♦. Partner bids 4♠ showing a trick taking type of 2♣ opener. Partner
bids 4NT and gets a 5NT reply. You bid 6♣ and get a 6♦ reply to that question. You now bid 7♠ and you have
16 top tricks.
RESPONDING
TO RKB WITH A VOID.
When you play EKB
the asker is the one with the void. But what if the responder
to RKB (not EKB) has a void? What is the best way to
show it? Assuming MAJOR suit agreement, this is reasonable:
WHEN
HEARTS IS THE AGREED SUIT AND RESPONDER HAS A VOID:
Asker
Responder
4NT 6C,
6D (1)
(1) A jump to a
side suit at the six level shows 1 or 3 keycards with a void in the bid
suit.
The asker is supposed to know from the previous bidding how many keycards
responder has.
4NT
6H 1 or
3 keycards with a spade void.
4NT
5NT 0 or 2
keycards with an unknown void.
A follow-up bid of 6C
after a 5NT response asks for the void. Responses
are:
4NT
5NT
6C 6D Void in
a lower ranking suit
6H Void in a higher ranking suit.
That's the best you
can do without committing the hand to a grand. Hopefully, the
asker will have a clue from the bidding. It is much easier to locate the void
after spade agreement.
WHEN
SPADES IS THE AGREED SUIT AND THE RESPONDER HAS A VOID:
Asker
Responder
4NT
6C, 6D, 6H 1 or 3 plus a void in the bid suit.
4NT
5NT 0
or 2 with an unknown void.
When the response
is 5NT, 6C by the RKB bidder asks for the void. Responses are:
6D,
6H Void in the bid suit. 6S
= Club void.
THE
QUEEN-ASK
After a 1 or 3
keycard void showing response to RKB, the next ranking suit, if not the agreed
suit, is the queen-ask. (After a 0 or 2 keycard response to RKB of
5NT, the next ranking suit, 6C asks for the void and is not a
queen-ask)
Opener
Responder
S.
AK10xxx
S. xxx
H.
KQx
H.
Axxx
D.
AKJ
D.
-
C.
A
C.
xxxxxx
Opener
Responder
2C
2D
2S
3S
4NT
6D
(1)
6H
(2)
6S
(3)
All Pass
(1) 1 or 3
with a diamond void
(2) Spade queen?
(3) Negative
HAVING THE RIGHT HAND!
Opener
Responder
S. AKxxxx S.
Jxxxx
H.
Kxxx
H. -
D.
AK
D. xxxx
C.
x
C. Axxx
Opener
Responder
1S
4S
4NT
6H (1)
7S
Pass
(1) 1 or 3
with a heart void (must be the CA)
Opener knows of at
least 10 combined trump and there is an excellent chance of 11.
HAVING
THE WRONG HAND
Opener
Responder
S.
Axxx
S. KQxxxx
H.
J10xx
H. KQx
D.
-
D.
AKx
C.
AQxxx C.
x
Opener
Responder
1C
1S
(or 2S)
2S
4NT
5NT
(1)
6C (2)
6D
(3)
6S (4)
Pass
(1) 0 or 2
with a side suit void
(2) And just where is that void?
(3) In diamonds, sire
(4) Not the right place, I needed it to be in
hearts.