[kgr]

MP's; W/-
You hold:
♠T96
♥A
♦Jxx
♣AQT9xx
And the bidding goes:
(1C)-DBL-(P)-??
What do you bid? (1C opening can be a 2-card, opps open 5=5=4=2)
 
If you pass:
- Is there any club holding that could change your bid?
????xx

[pbleighton]

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umm...I'll bite I consider this an automatic pass...

Ditto.

With the cards in the other suits the same I would still pass with 765432 in clubs.

Peter

[kenrexford]

It depends.

If I'm playing normal bridge, I pass.

However, in the Xango System, I'm allowed to redouble this. If playing Xango, then, my call is redouble.

"Is there any club holding that could change your mind?" (????xx)

Yes. If all of the question marks are spades, I won't pass. However, if my hand is ♠1096 ♥A ♦Jxx ♣7654xx, I'll still pass. They might not go down, but I dislike my other options.

[skjaeran]

This is an automatic pass, wtp?
Agree with Justin - I don't pass with 765432. A65432 I might pass though, but that's not absolutely clear.

[han]

kenrexford, on Aug 21 2007, 06:46 PM, said:

if my hand is ♠1096 ♥A ♦Jxx ♣7654xx

[Gerben42]

I will think I... Pass.

[Fluffy]

kenrexford, on Aug 21 2007, 11:46 PM, said:

Yes. If all of the question marks are spades, I won't pass. However, if my hand is ♠1096 ♥A ♦Jxx ♣7654xx, I'll still pass. They might not go down, but I dislike my other options.

When I was starting I remember passing a hand similar to this.

Father used an anecdote form a real hand in the european teams championsip to show me it was wrong, on both table sit started 1♣-X-ps , one player bid 1♦with ♦Jxx the other passed (♣Jxxxxx). Results were +1390 and +300.

I don't even think of passing since .

[the hog]

The posted hand is a pass. This hand is definitely NOT a pass:
♠1096 ♥A DJxx ♣7654xx

[Walddk]

Pass. My only concern is when my partner leads a diamond, heart or spade, because then he is void in clubs.

A trump lead is mandatory regardless of the holding because advancer has shown a strong suit by passing - a suit that can stand a lead. We don't want declarer to score low trumps.

This answers the second question. My trump suit is long and strong when I pass a low-level take-out double.

Roland

[kenrexford]

This is matchpoints, right? I'm sure no one cares whether the bottom result is for -140 or -1390, right?

[Fluffy]

Walddk, on Aug 23 2007, 11:11 AM, said:

Pass. My only concern is when my partner leads a diamond, heart or spade, because then he is void in clubs.

Roland

you won't like the General bridge discusion thread

[neilkaz]

Jlall, on Aug 21 2007, 06:53 PM, said:

I would not pass with 7 sixth fwiw

Neither would I, but the hand given is an auto-pass.