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What do you do? 5 lvl decision on the first round

Poll: You would... (41 member(s) have cast votes)

You would...

  1. Pass (3 votes [7.32%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.32%

  2. Double (38 votes [92.68%])

    Percentage of vote: 92.68%

  3. Do something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2009-July-09, 04:49

No one is Vulnerable and you hold:

♠AKQxx
♥Q6xxx
♦x
♣J9

Partner dealt (team match):

5♦ 5♥ ???

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2009-July-09, 05:31

Double. For penalty.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2009-July-09, 05:35

Is this a trick question?
Double and congratulate your partner on a good opening bid.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 06:35

this is very close between double and X.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 06:41

Perhaps we need a new sub forum called 'The Bleeding Obvious'
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Posted 2009-July-09, 06:54

Double seems obvious

There are certainly hands where

1. I would open 5♦
2. LHO would overcall 5♥
3. You would hold the hand in question

where we could be cold for slam.

***** happens

There's no way to know whether slam is right (and at least 9 times out of ten, slam will be VERY VERY bad)

I'd recommend double all the live long day
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Posted 2009-July-09, 07:09

In what would likely have been the first unanimous poll ever, alas, no poll was given.


Edit: Hmmm, was a poll added after the fact or did I just miss it the first time?

This post has been edited by bid_em_up: 2009-July-09, 08:05

Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
So many experts, not enough X cards.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 14:05

The_Hog, on Jul 9 2009, 11:35 PM, said:

Is this a trick question?
Double and congratulate your partner on a good opening bid.

Who cares if the opening bid was good.

Double congratulating your opponent on an excellent overcall.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 14:35

I was tempted to choose "Do Something Else" in the poll, if "Do Something Else" included standing up on your chair and yelling "DOUBLE!"

But I will content myself with a mere double.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 14:39

Another good A/E problem.
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Posted 2009-July-09, 14:56

What a joke
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Posted 2009-July-09, 16:02

unanimous, congrats
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Posted 2009-July-09, 16:07

Just for historical reference, I can remember 2 or 3 unanimous polls before, and I think we have had it with over 50 votes. So this is unlikely to be a record.
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Posted 2009-July-11, 10:51

Those two passers must be joking....
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Posted 2009-July-11, 11:22

Might be the first time I've been able to successfully tap out a FIVE level overcall lol.
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