BBO Discussion Forums: six-five... ugh. - BBO Discussion Forums

Jump to content

Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

six-five... ugh.

#1 User is offline   matmat 

  • ded
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,459
  • Joined: 2005-August-11
  • Gender:Not Telling

Posted 2008-August-19, 09:06

As dealer, team game, you pick up:

Ax KJ87xx -- AJTxx

you open 1H, lho passes, p bids a game-forcing 2d, rho jumps to 4s.

your call?
0

#2 User is offline   pclayton 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 9,151
  • Joined: 2003-June-11
  • Location:Southern California

Posted 2008-August-19, 09:10

5♣♣♣♣♣
"Phil" on BBO
0

#3 User is offline   jdonn 

  • - - T98765432 AQT8
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 15,085
  • Joined: 2005-June-23
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Las Vegas, NV

Posted 2008-August-19, 09:37

I bid 5♣ just once.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
0

#4 User is offline   jillybean 

  • hooked
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 12,219
  • Joined: 2003-November-15
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Vancouver, Canada
  • Interests:Multi

Posted 2008-August-19, 09:39

me2 5♣
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly. MikeH
"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
"Hysterical Raisins again - this time on the World stage, not just the ACBL" mycroft
0

#5 User is online   P_Marlowe 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 10,896
  • Joined: 2005-March-18
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2008-August-19, 14:52

5C.

It would be helpful to have an agreement about 4NT,
and espesially not being RKCB.
One option being good-bad, in which case a strong hand
with diamond support could go via 4NT to make an slam
invite, not having this agreement, you have to guess, how
partner takes 5C as cue agreeing diamonds, or as real suit.


With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
0

#6 Guest_Jlall_*

  • Group: Guests

Posted 2008-August-19, 16:06

Passing and passing a X is very attractive to me, the problem is just that passing will induce partner to bid 5D too often imo. Doubling with this hand is too disaster prone also, so I guess that leaves 5C.
0

#7 User is offline   mikeh 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 13,651
  • Joined: 2005-June-15
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Canada
  • Interests:Bridge, golf, wine (red), cooking, reading eclectically but insatiably, travelling, making bad posts.

Posted 2008-August-19, 16:31

5♣

You think this was tough? Wait until partner's hand is posted and we have to make his next call :)

Or our 3rd call.
'one of the great markers of the advance of human kindness is the howls you will hear from the Men of God' Johann Hari
0

#8 User is offline   matmat 

  • ded
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,459
  • Joined: 2005-August-11
  • Gender:Not Telling

Posted 2008-August-19, 18:44

mikeh, on Aug 19 2008, 05:31 PM, said:

5♣

You think this was tough? Wait until partner's hand is posted and we have to make his next call :)

Or our 3rd call.

On that note... :)

partner bids 5D and it is back to you. I am not proud of the call i made at the table and i think it got what it deserved :)

the two hands

xx xx AKQxxx Kxx

Ax KJ87xx --- AJTxx

the breaks on the hand were terrible. I managed to go for 1100 in a contract i should not have been in (5H) . This was a win 7, on account of the other table finding the same strain as me, but a level higher :)

With hearts being AQT9 offside, and clubs breaking 5-0, diamonds 2-5, this was not a very pleasant hand to declare.
*sigh*
0

#9 User is offline   jdonn 

  • - - T98765432 AQT8
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 15,085
  • Joined: 2005-June-23
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Las Vegas, NV

Posted 2008-August-19, 18:48

Why didn't partner pass 5♣! And why didn't LHO double 5♣ with apparently something like xx AQT9 xx Q98xx!! Oh well, 5♣ not doubled down 4 or something, woot woot.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
0

#10 User is offline   cherdano 

  • 5555
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 9,520
  • Joined: 2003-September-04
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2008-August-19, 18:49

I think 5♦ is a bad bid, we could have passed if we didn't have extreme shape, or passed-and-pulled with a diamond fit on the side.
The easiest way to count losers is to line up the people who talk about loser count, and count them. -Kieran Dyke
0
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users