tennis, life and a few things in between

Bidding starts bridge game. It communicates between two partners, as  what kind of hand you’ve. It often needs various conventions to nail down the contract, but it’s NOT convention.

Two slam bidding convention:

1. Blackwood @ 4NT bid
2. Gerber @ 4C

^{A few slams that are bid & won}

1. bid 6N, won 7: 36 hcp
2. 6N, 32 total hcp
3. 2025 21 hcp, 32 total
4. my first small slam bid & won, 2023

^{A few unbid slams} 

1. 2nd first hand gs
2. two grand slams night 21 hcp @ 4♥️
3. a grand slam with 3 aces
4. a grand slam: 30 total hcp, bid 3♦️
5. grand slam, 34 total hcp, bid 4♥️
6. grand slam fm 5D, 30 hcp & void ⇓
7. bid 3NT won a grand slam
8. won my 2nd slam on the first hand
9. won my 2nd grand slam ^{bid 2NT} asking for aces
10. won my 1st grand slam ^{bid 4♥️}
11. Won my first slam
12. my first slam

Blackwood convention: at 4NT bid, you’re asking your partner for Aces; the response of:

• 5 ♣️ = none of all 4 aces
• 5♦️ = 1 ace
• 5 ♥️ = 2 aces
• 5 ♠️ = 3 aces

At 5N, P response with the following:

• 6 ♣️ = none of all 4 aces
• 6♦️ = 1 ace
• 6 ♥️ = 2 aces
• 6 ♠️ = 3 aces

HCP needed in a slams and the bonus when it comes to scoring:

… the hcp needed to win a slam, really depends. The following hand, we’ve 30 hcp but our hands fit perfectly, and won a grand slam.

Bidding slam with a void:

My hand: 19 hcp, with a void.
My partner: 11 hcp, 6 diamonds

I opened it with 1N, which is wrong. (Control bid or cue bid?)

~ p, 1N, p, 2♦️
~ p, 3♦️, p, 4♦️
~ p, 5♦️, ppp

I didn’t ask for A or K … because I wanted to be the dummy to watch the Australian Open … unfortunately, Coco Gauff didn’t do well, defeat by Paula Badosa (7-5, 6-4), out of Aussie Open in the quarter final.