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IMPs, all red.
♠---
♥AQJ
♦AKQxx
♣K9xxx
(1♣)-1♦-(1♥)-2♠*
(3♥)-3NT-(pass)-5♦
(pass)-???
*weak
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bid a slam?
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Posted 2007-January-26, 13:26
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Posted 2007-January-26, 13:42
Apollo81, on Jan 26 2007, 11:26 AM, said:
IMPs, all red.
♠---
♥AQJ
♦AKQxx
♣K9xxx
(1♣)-1♦-(1♥)-2♠*
(3♥)-3NT-(pass)-5♦
(pass)-???
*weak
♠---
♥AQJ
♦AKQxx
♣K9xxx
(1♣)-1♦-(1♥)-2♠*
(3♥)-3NT-(pass)-5♦
(pass)-???
*weak
Pass. I don't we have a lot of losers off the top here, but we probably have plenty off the bottom. 5♦ is high enough.
Sounds like my monkey has something like: ♠AJxxxx, ♥xx, ♦Jxxx, ♣x. Are you 100% sure this pard didn't make a fit jump? Because thats what the auction sounds like to me.
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Posted 2007-January-26, 14:21
the agreement in use was "weak"
obviously the 5♦ bid means it would qualify as a fit jump as well
obviously the 5♦ bid means it would qualify as a fit jump as well
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Posted 2007-January-26, 14:54
thinking is an overbid
just where are you putting all those ♣ losers... not to mention that the ♥K may be offside...of course they may solve that for you on the opening lead, but my guess, after your 3N, is that they will put a trump on the table, or a club and a trump back.
I've missed slams before, and I may have missed one here, but there are a lot of indications that I haven't.
just where are you putting all those ♣ losers... not to mention that the ♥K may be offside...of course they may solve that for you on the opening lead, but my guess, after your 3N, is that they will put a trump on the table, or a club and a trump back.
I've missed slams before, and I may have missed one here, but there are a lot of indications that I haven't.
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Posted 2007-January-26, 15:25
pard's actual hand:
xxxxxx
xx
J10xxx
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trumps were led, the ♥K was onside
xxxxxx
xx
J10xxx
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trumps were led, the ♥K was onside
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Posted 2007-January-26, 15:30
well, another one missed 
Doesn't change my opinion of the correct call... as opposed to the call that worked... showing either my integrity or my stubborn refusal to consider myself to have been wrong 
Doesn't change my opinion of the correct call... as opposed to the call that worked... showing either my integrity or my stubborn refusal to consider myself to have been wrong
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Posted 2007-January-26, 16:12
Jlall, on Jan 26 2007, 04:37 PM, said:
heh...I wouldn't have even bid 3N...
ditto
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Posted 2007-January-27, 07:02
Where on earth did I find that 3NT bid?
I'd never think of it, since I'd be quite sure NOT to make it. Pass and (hope to) go plus defending seems automatic. Now I'm happy to be in a game contract I expect to make. PASS
I'd never think of it, since I'd be quite sure NOT to make it. Pass and (hope to) go plus defending seems automatic. Now I'm happy to be in a game contract I expect to make. PASS
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Posted 2007-January-27, 07:13
Apollo81, on Jan 26 2007, 09:25 PM, said:
pard's actual hand:
xxxxxx
xx
J10xxx
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trumps were led, the ♥K was onside
xxxxxx
xx
J10xxx
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trumps were led, the ♥K was onside
wtf, 2♠ on that junk suit? This is a clear 5♦ bid
No wonder people failed to get this one right.. lol
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Posted 2007-January-27, 08:53
swish action from me.
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Posted 2007-January-27, 16:10
whereagles, on Jan 27 2007, 11:13 PM, said:
Apollo81, on Jan 26 2007, 09:25 PM, said:
pard's actual hand:
xxxxxx
xx
J10xxx
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trumps were led, the ♥K was onside
xxxxxx
xx
J10xxx
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trumps were led, the ♥K was onside
wtf, 2♠ on that junk suit? This is a clear 5♦ bid
No wonder people failed to get this one right.. lol Agree with this. 2S is a terrible bid.
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Posted 2007-January-27, 17:57
Oddly; a direct 5♦ might get me to 6, but 2♠ sounds like pard doesn't have 5 trump.
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Posted 2007-January-27, 23:28
2S?!?
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2007-January-28, 09:37
yeah, other funny things about this hand: 5♦ was doubled by opener....then after the hand when overcaller was asked whether (s)he would have raised to 6 without the double, (s)he said "of course"
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