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#1 User is offline   nigel_k 

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Posted 2009-December-25, 18:03

Scoring: IMP

Bidding was:

P 1♦ 2♦ 5♦
5♠ 6♦ AP

Apportion the blame between North and South. The 1♦ opening was standard, i.e. either 4+ cards or 4432. If 5♦ was wrong, what should a 5♦ bid look like?
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Posted 2009-December-25, 18:19

I think the 5♦ bid is ok. If anything, the hand is a little too strong.

So 100% blame to South.
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Posted 2009-December-25, 18:39

I predict a unanimous poll.

Unless someone assigns some % of the blame to N for agreeing to play with S.
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Posted 2009-December-25, 18:40

What was south thinking, 2-2 in the majors with the king of spades over a passed hand bidding 5♠? Just pass and let north crack it.

Btw south should also open 1NT and I don't think it's that close.
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Posted 2009-December-25, 18:47

bidding 6 over 5 is not the way to win imps (or friends) :P
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Posted 2009-December-25, 18:50


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Posted 2009-December-25, 22:12

South made a mistake of bidding 6D. I don't know if this auction creates FP for NS, (it shouln't because responder was a passed hand) but *if* it does, then Dbl is automatic, warning partner not to bid more. If it doesn't, I'm torn between Pass and Dbl but I would never do the solo 6D with this type of hand = bad distribution, bad majors, badly placed SK.
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Posted 2009-December-25, 23:05

3 bad bids

1♦ opener (how the hell is this not a 1 NT opener?!?)
5♦ bid by north (why aren't you asking for a spade stopper again?)
6♦ by south

I'd say 95% south 5% north. Both of south's actions were clearly wrong while 5♦ by north is a meh bid but isn't clearly the wrong bid (imo).
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Posted 2009-December-26, 04:55

peachy, on Dec 26 2009, 05:12 AM, said:

I don't know if this auction creates FP for NS, (it shouln't because responder was a passed hand)

5♦ is not a strong bid, it clearly wouldn't set up an FP even by a passed hand.
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