{"id":3119,"date":"2012-10-26T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T21:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2020-06-05T08:58:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:58:04","slug":"polling-you-80-strong-jump-shifts-with-6-5-suit-quality-self-sustaining-suits-ltc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=3119","title":{"rendered":"Polling You # 80: Strong Jump Shifts with 6-5: Suit Quality, Self-Sustaining Suits, LTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Strong Jump Shifts with 6-5: Suit Quality, Self-Sustaining Suits, Losing Trick Count<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http:\/\/survey.constantcontact.com\/poll\/a07e6k97brth8rtal5k\/start.js?v=1&amp;w=300\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript>JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work.<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.constantcontact.com\/survey\/index.jsp?cc=ViraWidPOL'>Online Surveys<\/a> by Constant Contact.<br \/>\n<\/noscript><noscript><\/noscript><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/survey.constantcontact.com\/poll\/a07e6k97brth8rtal5k\/start.html\">Click here if you experience problems responding to the poll<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Greetings Bridge Friends<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to <strong><em>BridgeHands<\/em><\/strong> lesson #80 where you will again have an opportunity to demonstrate your Strong Jump Shift bidding skills as well as some play skills from our prior lessons.<\/p>\n<p>In these exercises, South will hold very distributional hands with a 6-5 shape in the major suits.&nbsp; As the Bridge clich\u00e9 goes, when holding six-five, \u201ccome alive.\u201d&nbsp; True, some would rather not spend much time thinking about \u201cfreak hands\u201d considering that the six-five combinations only come up 1.4 percent of the time (6-5-1-1 and 6-5-2-0 are each .7 percent). Yet as we\u2019ve seen in our prior lessons, even with so-called freak hands, wise players always consider Suit Quality, Self or Semi Self-Sustaining-Suits, Losing Trick Count and partner\u2019s receptivity considering fit, Cover Cards and honors.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact, in our next lesson we will give special consideration when both our long suits are in the minors where we must choose between an 11 trick minor suit game, slam or risking a 3 Notrump game contract.&nbsp; But for now, let\u2019s focus on 6-5 hand in the major suit.&nbsp; In both lessons we will evaluate the worth of singleton honors, a side suit doubleton with a primary honor as well as a worthless doubleton.&nbsp; And as always, we will move around a card here and there, measuring the impact on the bidding, line of declarer play and available tricks. &nbsp;In fact, most of these hands will require careful declarer and defender play to find the best contract so be forewarned, alert and put on your thinking cap! &nbsp;Finally, be sure to view our entire video lessons along with the concluding remarks for additional details.<\/p>\n<p>The following link is accessible to all visitors (Members see below):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Polling_You_80_Part_1_everyone\/Polling_You_80_Part_1_everyone.html\">Click here to view Part 1 of the video lesson (overview and hand 1 of 11) <em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following link is accessible to <strong><em>BridgeHands<\/em><\/strong> Free, Premium and ULTRA Memberships:<\/p>\n<p>Please login or register to view this content.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following links are accessible by those subscribing to <strong><em>BridgeHands<\/em><\/strong> Premium Membership:<br \/>\nPlease login or register to view this content.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recall in our prior lessons the criteria for our advanced hand evaluation methods:<\/p>\n<p>Highlights \u2013 Losing Trick Count and Cover Cards<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Prerequisite: 8+ card trump fit or self-sustaining suit<br \/>\n&#8211; Ace-King-Queen are not losers in 3+ card suits (except Q x x in a side suit)<br \/>\n&#8211; Generally, fourth card and beyond are not losers<br \/>\n&#8211; LTC \u2013 CC equals losers, as 6 LTC \u2013 3 CC = 3 losers (major suit game)<br \/>\n&#8211; Extras: 5+4 trump, working Queens and Jacks, shortness<\/p>\n<p>Trump Fit or Self-Sustaining Suit<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>LTC is normally a 5-3 or longer major suit fit<\/li>\n<li>Occasionally one player has a long, strong suit<\/li>\n<li>We need an independent method to determine the suit quality and LTC when one player has a long, strong suit<\/li>\n<li>When evaluating Suit Quality, we generally assume partner may hold a singleton to ascertain the losers (LTC) in a long suit<\/li>\n<li>Adjust the above when partner bids Notrump, indicating 2+ card support<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Self-Sustaining Suit and Suit Quality<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Limited to 1 loser when partner holds a singleton<\/li>\n<li>Reserved for situations when a player holds a long, strong suit<\/li>\n<li>Suit Quality equals the number of useful honors plus the suit length<\/li>\n<li>Self-Sustaining Suit usually equals a Suit Quality of 10 or more, lose 0-1 tricks<\/li>\n<li>Semi Self-Sustaining Suit equals a Suit Quality of 9, lose 1-2 tricks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please refer to our Lessons 76 \u2013 79 for more on LTC and Cover Card hand evaluation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>Hand 1 (variation of Eddie Kantar hand 10)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\" valign=\"top\">\n<table cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Board 3<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Deals<br \/>\nE-W Vul<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" align=\"left\">\u2660 K 10<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 9 8 4<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> A 10 6 5 3 2<br \/>\n\u2663 Q 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" align=\"left\">\u2660 9 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> K 3 2<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 9 4<br \/>\n\u2663 A K 9 4 3 2<\/td>\n<td>\n<table frame=\"void\" rules=\"none\" width=\"64\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#008000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">N<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">W<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">E<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">S<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" align=\"left\">\u2660 7 6 5<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> A 10<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> Q J 8 7<br \/>\n\u2663 J 10 7 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" align=\"left\">\u2660 A Q J 8 4 3<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> Q J 7 6 5<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> K<br \/>\n\u2663 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"64\" span=\"4\"> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>West<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>North<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>East<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>South<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">1 \u2660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Pass<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">1 N<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Pass<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">3 <span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Pass<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">3 \u2660<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Pass<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">4 \u2660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">All pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"64\" span=\"5\"> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>Trick<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>West<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>North<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>East<\/em><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><em>South<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">1. W<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2663 A<\/span><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 8<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 5<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">2. W<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 K<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 Q<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 7<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2660 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">3. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 9<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 2<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 8<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> K<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">4. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 9<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2660 K<\/span><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 5<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">5. N<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 4<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> A<\/span><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 7<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">6. N<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> K<\/span><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 9<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 10<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> J<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">7. W<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 2<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 10<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 6<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2660 J<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">8. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 2<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 4<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> A<\/span><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> Q<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">9. E<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 2<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 3<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 J<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2660 8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">10. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 3<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 5<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2660 7<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2660 A<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">11. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 3<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 8<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 10<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2660 Q<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">12. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 4<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 6<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> J<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">13. S<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\u2663 9<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> 10<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2666<\/span> Q<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2665<\/span> 6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"414\" valign=\"top\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Initially South\u2019s hand appears to have questionable values with 13 High Card Points and a singleton Diamond King.&nbsp; Now let\u2019s check out South\u2019s Suit Quality \u2013 6 long plus 3 good honors equals 9, a Semi Self-Sustaining suit that often will not have more than 1 loser even when partner holds a singleton (assuming a simple finesse works).&nbsp; So despite not knowing if the partnership have a trump fit, with a Semi Self-Sustaining Suit South can begin counting Losing Trick Count: Spades 1, Hearts 2-3, Diamonds 0-1, Clubs 1.&nbsp; Thus South begins bidding 1 Spade, planning to make a forcing Strong Jump Shift if partner makes a bid.&nbsp; With adverse vulnerability, despite a good 6 card Club suit holding a meager 10 HCP it\u2019s too much of a stretch for West to make a 2 Club overcall.&nbsp; North is willing to signoff in 1 Notrump call with 9 HCP, not quite enough to make a 2 Diamond call &#8211; also a stretch to count distribution points with Ace and 5 mediocre others.&nbsp; Next South makes a 3 Heart SJS with a 5 Losing Trick Count. &nbsp;Unsure of whether partner South holds 4 or 5 Hearts, North accepts a 4 Spade game.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nWest leads from the protected Club Ace to survey the dummy and without much thought, East plays the 5.&nbsp; Unclear of a better continuance and noting the dummy\u2019s Queen doubleton, West proceeds with the Club King which declarer ruffs.&nbsp; South wins the singleton Diamond King and plays a low Spade to dummy\u2019s King.&nbsp; While unnecessary, South could not resist the urge to win the Diamond Ace and pitch a Heart \u2013 regardless, South can only lose two Hearts so a pitch is irrelevant.&nbsp;&nbsp; Questionably switching to a Heart 9 to try a finesse in declarer\u2019s closed hand, East innocently covers with the 10, to South\u2019s Jack and West\u2019s King (an error by East as we shall later see).&nbsp;&nbsp; West returns a Spade to North\u2019s 10 with South overtaking with the trump Jack, pulling trump and winning the remainder of the tricks to make game.&nbsp; Let\u2019s try again \u2013 both sides have made some play errors on this time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\nPlease login or register to view this content.<br \/>\nPlease login or register to view this content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\nPlease login or register to view this content.\n<p>In our next &#8220;EXTRA&#8221; lesson for Premium and ULTRA members, we will discuss 6-5 in the minor suits.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for attending our online Bridge virtual training class. We appreciate your support and look forward to supporting your Bridge instructional needs.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Bridge Trails,<\/p>\n<p>Michael<br \/>\n<em>BridgeHands<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong Jump Shifts with 6-5: Suit Quality, Self-Sustaining Suits, Losing Trick Count &nbsp; JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. Online Surveys by Constant Contact. 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