The Question after that ...

Vil thanks everyone that responded to his Next Question article. As many suspected, 6C is a very good end result. After his opening 1C, partner actually held:

Axxx

AKQJ

x

Txxx

KQ2

T3

A53

AQJ52

and 6C was a breeze despite a club loser to the king offside.

But the real problem was how to get there if you are playing very basic Acol. I know an immediate 2NT as a game force agreeing clubs would make the auction very easy but my 'improvers' have no tools that would help and in fact found it difficult to find a response in the first place much less a way to conduct a bridge conversation. All responders had no trouble at all, a simple bid of 1D would be the start of a meaningful conversation leading to a very good 6C which was not found by any pair in the session in question. One pair did bid a 6NT slam but got what they deserved when the club finesse lost. I daresay most of you would have ended up in 6C, but how will I be able to persuade my improvers that they should bid 1D when they have been taught NOT to bid a three card suit at the one level?

Thanks again!

What do you bid and why, holding

KQ2

T3

A53

AQJ52

Answers to villyn@xtra.co.nz please