What now?
#1
Posted 2010-January-30, 13:25
w/w imps, starting with partner:
1S (2C) p (2H)
X (4H) ?
#2
Posted 2010-January-30, 14:27
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#3
Posted 2010-January-30, 14:46
Assuming that 2♣ is natural I bid 5♦.
#5
Posted 2010-January-30, 16:11
helene_t, on Jan 30 2010, 03:46 PM, said:
Assuming that 2♣ is natural I bid 5♦.
with 3♠ i think it's crystal clear to bid 4 or more ♠. 4NT, in my mind, implies exactly 2. You may disagree with that, but that is what I meant by tolerance.
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#6
Posted 2010-January-30, 16:15
#7
Posted 2010-January-30, 16:20
#8
Posted 2010-January-30, 16:21
I think pass is best.
#9
Posted 2010-January-30, 16:32
Winstonm, on Jan 30 2010, 10:21 PM, said:
I think pass is best.
Granted that partner doesn't have to have a huge hand, but you have one!
If I had to choose between Passing and bidding 6D, I would certainly choose 6D. I might even choose 7D over Pass.
Fortunately you have a few choices in between
Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com
#10
Posted 2010-January-30, 17:55
fred, on Jan 30 2010, 05:32 PM, said:
Winstonm, on Jan 30 2010, 10:21 PM, said:
I think pass is best.
Granted that partner doesn't have to have a huge hand, but you have one!
If I had to choose between Passing and bidding 6D, I would certainly choose 6D. I might even choose 7D over Pass.
Fortunately you have a few choices in between
Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com
Glad you posted this I kind of thought even 4N/5C was not enough and that 6D was the right bid... is that going overboard?
#11
Posted 2010-January-30, 19:09
PhantomSac, on Jan 30 2010, 11:55 PM, said:
fred, on Jan 30 2010, 05:32 PM, said:
Winstonm, on Jan 30 2010, 10:21 PM, said:
I think pass is best.
Granted that partner doesn't have to have a huge hand, but you have one!
If I had to choose between Passing and bidding 6D, I would certainly choose 6D. I might even choose 7D over Pass.
Fortunately you have a few choices in between
Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com
Glad you posted this I kind of thought even 4N/5C was not enough and that 6D was the right bid... is that going overboard?
Well Ms. Sac, my sense is that a slam try is enough, but it would not surprise me if someone might be able to convince me otherwise (or that I eventually convince myself).
My reasoning is mostly based on thinking that, if I make a slam try and partner signs off in 5D, I don't think we can be missing a cold slam (though we could easily be missing a playable slam - maybe involving playing trumps for no losers opposite AKxx or AQxx).
I think 4NT is a better bid than 5C, both because it would be nice to have the Ace of clubs for 5C and also because 4NT gives partner room to bid 5C if he not sure how many diamonds to bid.
Actually this last point (about partner being able to bid 5C over 4NT), makes me feel more strongly about not driving to slam than I felt when I wrote the first paragraph of this post.
Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com
#12
Posted 2010-January-30, 19:12
#13
Posted 2010-January-30, 20:23
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#14
Posted 2010-January-30, 21:11
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Reaching 6D looks an overbid. After all, all partner did was make a double at the 2-level. I like my hand OK, but it is about a King short of getting excited with unless partner can act again over 4H IMO.
#15
Posted 2010-January-30, 21:26
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#16
Posted 2010-January-30, 21:33
#17
Posted 2010-January-30, 21:43
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I have certainly been wrong before and may be again this time, but in my experience partner is more likely to be 6331 or 5341 than 6340. While I like my hand pretty well and can recognize it fits with partners suits, it does not fit well enough to prompt me to play a 5-3 diamond fit or a 5-2 spade fit at high levels.
If I were inclined to bid, I would be more prone to 4S than any other bid. Of course, If the double of 2H guarantees 4 diamonds, I am wrong and my assessment of the situation would change.
#18
Posted 2010-January-30, 21:45
jdonn, on Jan 30 2010, 10:33 PM, said:
You are most likely right - I am sure I did not give this hand enough thought. When you start looking at 6331 and 5341 hands they really aren't good enough with which to double in this auction.
#19
Posted 2010-January-31, 00:17
#20
Posted 2010-January-31, 01:04
i just think 4N is showing good something, as opposed to placing the contract which shows bad something. i dont think i can bid 4N with stiff x in ♠ and relative length in their suits, though. right? construct a hand where i have stiff ♠ and still a slam try. there arent many hands.
i just dont know what target youre aiming at that has x<2<x spades. its almost nonexistent.
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