[Gerben47]

Double and bid 4S is my approach.

[mishovnbg]

flytoox, on May 31 2004, 07:18 PM, said:

mishovnbg, on May 30 2004, 09:29 AM, said:

3♥ asking for stopper with solid suit followed by 4NT BW if it is available, else reached level ♠, doesn't matter how high.
Misho

are u sure, misho? pd will respond 3N with the heart king. if u bid 4N then and pd has no ace, u r down for sure.

Yes, sure, I will bid 4NT, if opps will be so nice to allow it . Can I go down? Oh, yes, not first time
Misho

[xx1943]

jahol, on May 30 2004, 03:12 AM, said:

In Bridgebase Main club, I got this hand:

AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

My RHO opened 1H. What would real expert bid when nonvulnerable/nonvulnerable?

Jahol

I bid 6♠ in IMPs. As Edgar Kaplan said: Bid as high as you want to go anyway.

In MP is every bluff vom pass to 3NT avaible depending on the skill of opponents and what I did them last week.

As opener I would bid 4NT (ACOL asking for Aces).

Don't like such distributions, because don't like to play lotterie.

Al

[NotButter]

Quote

AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.

We call this walking the dog.

How else do you expect to get doubled?

NotButter

[bearmum]

NotButter, on Jun 4 2004, 12:56 AM, said:

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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.

We call this walking the dog.

How else do you expect to get doubled?

NotButter

with all due respect - WHAT bid are you passing HOPING to get into auction later??? and what breed of dog are you walking? ( THIS is a JOKE FOR anyone who thinks I am asking a SERIOUS question as to dog breed )

[Free]

NotButter, on Jun 3 2004, 12:56 PM, said:

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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.

We call this walking the dog.

How else do you expect to get doubled?

NotButter

Walking the dog is more like bidding 1♠, followed by 2♠, next is 3♠ (not giving up) and finally 4♠, hoping to get doubled at any contract from 2♠ on...

[the hog]

NotButter, on Jun 3 2004, 09:56 PM, said:

Quote

AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.

We call this walking the dog.

How else do you expect to get doubled?

NotButter

No we call this playing a cold game or slam in 3S and losing a partner in the process.

[slothy]

Hope you guys carry a pooper-scooper around with you...

alex xx

(For all of you who dont know what a pooper-scooper is, not the first time what i have said not been understood )

[arrows]

with no discussion in prior, I would just walk the dog, pass, hope I can
make an educated guess later.

If people do want to handle crazy hand in a rational manner(I don't
know if it's possible at all). how about we try 3♥ cue first and pull
it to 4♠ later?

3♥ cue then 4NT is no good in that first it's confusing, second,as
many have pointed out, it went down if pd had no ace. I agree we
all have bid contract which had no play, zero play. But that doesn't give
us excuse to indulge ourselves.

[JRG]

Each hand is supposed to be played exactly 16 times. I'm not sure if this changes in a tournament setting when an event has more than one section. Uday could answer this latter question.

[Chamaco]

Is there anyone playing Namyats overcalls (and 3NT broken minor overcalls)?

Here the hand promises one and 1/2 more tricks than namyats but I wonder whether bidding 4♦ (Namyats for spades) and then giving pard a free raise to 5♠ would describe the hand (1/2 extra tricks)

[EarlPurple]

Trpltrbl, on May 31 2004, 11:12 PM, said:

EarlPurple, on May 31 2004, 09:05 AM, said:

There's a lot to be said for a simple 4♠ pre-empt. Yes, you might miss a slam, but the opponents can exchange a lot less information, and maybe even one of them will gamble to bid on when it's wrong.

At IMPs you don't gain all that much by getting doubled. 5 imps, assuming there are no overtricks. But you have a lot to lose if the opps judge correctly.

I don't think a 4♠ preempt is going to do the job for you. If you think this is a preempt, at least preempt at 5 level then, possibly even 6 level.
You bidding 4 ♠ ain't stopping nobody, expect pd.

Mike

ok, partner has

x
KQxx
QJxx
J9xx

So I'm not stopping anyone?

or partner has

-
KQTxx
QJxx
J9xx

and my LHO, holding x AJ9xxx AKxx Kx and not going to be pre-empted, comes in with 5♥. (Wouldn't you?) And if you doubled on that hand and your partner bid 5♣ (as he would holding 6 of them) would you "correct" it?