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#1 User is offline   Echognome 

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Posted 2009-September-30, 13:47

Scoring: IMP

(2♠) - Dbl - (4♠) - ?


Perhaps this is a WTP, but what say you?
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Posted 2009-September-30, 13:52

no, its not a wtp, you can double and let partner leave it in with a semi-balanced hand, specially against agressive opps.

But with no furthr info I will stick with 5♥.
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Posted 2009-September-30, 14:54

5H. We seem to have reasonable chances opposite a 1444 13-count.
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Posted 2009-September-30, 15:16

Echognome, on Sep 30 2009, 02:47 PM, said:

Scoring: IMP

(2♠) - Dbl - (4♠) - ?


Perhaps this is a WTP, but what say you?

I'll try x.
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Posted 2009-September-30, 15:18

I like 5♥. If you double, you could miss a 5-5 heart fit.
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Posted 2009-October-01, 03:30

Although double does not show a trump stack, in this auction it is very likely that partner will pass. I would expect 4SX to go for 300 most often with frequent 100's and 500's. Once in a while 4S will make.

5H is far from a lock, but I think it will make considerably more than half the time. I think bidding is the long time winner.

A rough double dummy simulation (where assumed that partner always passes) suggested bidding 5H wins 4.09 IMPs on average.
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Posted 2009-October-01, 04:51

At imps this can't be a big minus if I double and it ends the auction, I think at matchpoints it would be much more difficult where -500 might be a big fat zero. So I double here.
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Posted 2009-October-01, 05:05

Echognome, on Sep 30 2009, 02:47 PM, said:

Scoring: IMP

(2♠) - Dbl - (4♠) - ?


Perhaps this is a WTP, but what say you?

my choice depends on whether or not partner treats an X of 2♠ the same as an X of 1♠. If he does, X; if not 5♥.
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Posted 2009-October-01, 07:55

Either way could be right. Give partner a decent hand like x Qxx AQJx KQxxx and 5♥ could go down on a bad break or a club ruff, or x Qxxx Axxx AKxx and 5♥ is in jeapordy, or x QJxx AQxxx Axx and 6♥ could be decent. I'm going to double and just take the money if that's what partner agrees even though that's probably his most likely action.
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Posted 2009-October-01, 09:00

I thought this was a wtp, but a wtp for the minority answer. No one has convinced me otherwise. My partner's never seem to be 1444 when I want them to be.
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Posted 2009-October-02, 04:22

Echognome, on Sep 30 2009, 02:47 PM, said:

Scoring: IMP

(2♠) - Dbl - (4♠) - ?
Perhaps this is a WTP, but what say you?

Guessing 5♥ = 10, _X = 9.
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