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First bid at the five level. ATxxxxx Qx -- KQxx

Poll: RHO is dealer, opens 5D. What do you bid? (24 member(s) have cast votes)

RHO is dealer, opens 5D. What do you bid?

  1. pass (7 votes [29.17%])

    Percentage of vote: 29.17%

  2. dbl (penalty) (1 votes [4.17%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  3. 5S (16 votes [66.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 66.67%

  4. Something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Elianna 

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Posted 2005-November-06, 00:31

Scoring: MP

RHO deals, opens 5♦. Your bid.


This is a averagish club field, your partner is an optimist, but not insanely such. RHO seems not too insane, either, but not too good.
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Posted 2005-November-06, 14:35

5S.

It may or may not make.
Playing MP, you will have to get
it right, probably 5D is not bid
on the other table, so they may
have already killed the score.

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Posted 2005-November-06, 14:41

5♠

This is more or less a random situation, but I'd rather get my zero being aggressive than my average minus being passive. After all, aggression may get me a top, and (over the long run) makes one a tougher opponent.
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Posted 2005-November-06, 17:48

5S. They got me, I'm not disciplined enough to pass this.
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Posted 2005-November-06, 18:52

5♠, what else couuld we do?, psych a 6 bid maybe? ;)
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Posted 2005-November-06, 18:52

5♠, w/o a lot of confidence. It's quite likely that RHO fixed me.
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Posted 2005-November-07, 03:25

5♠

At MP, if I go for a phone number, this will only be a zero. The same zero I can collect if I pass !

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Posted 2005-November-07, 09:46

Very tough problem - but acting at the 5 level rates to be with a marginal hand.

There's a couple of conflicting bromides here: 1) The hand short in the preemptor's suit acts first versus 2) The 5 level belongs to the opponents.

One of the main problems with 5♠ is that if pard has the type of hand you need to make 5♠, partner is probably bidding 6, even moreso since LHO may dive in 6♦ with the appropriate hand.

At other tables, RHO may open with a lesser ♦ preempt. This hand has a routine 4♠ call and can control the auction. Is making 4♠ 100%? Far from it, but its still a routine call.

So I have to guess here and I'm guessing to let them play and stay fixed.
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Posted 2005-November-07, 11:32

Very tough. I voted 5S and feel better now that I see I'm not the only one.
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Posted 2005-November-07, 11:49

Pass
I don't think this hand can make a 5 level overcall, I would bid 5♠ if pd reopens with a double. I pass if he reopens with 5♥ he may have 8 hearts and 1 spade and my 5♠ overcall will kill him.
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