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Posted 2010-February-04, 21:15
5 only ♠ for me.
OK
bed
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Posted 2010-February-05, 00:59
5S, x is not as bad as it seems but I still wouldn't do it.
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Posted 2010-February-05, 01:08
pass..sigh......give up. at 5 level.
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Posted 2010-February-05, 01:20
5S
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Posted 2010-February-05, 01:21
double
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Posted 2010-February-05, 09:57
PhantomSac, on Feb 5 2010, 02:21 AM, said:
double
oh you flipped a coin and it came up tails! (heads=5♠, tails=X)
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Posted 2010-February-05, 10:08
5♠. WDRHO. I hate u.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2010-February-05, 10:21
I know I would bid 5♠ so I suppose I should vote for that. I'm usually the first to stand up for the flexibility of the double in these positions but, well, I do have a 7 card major.
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Posted 2010-February-05, 10:25
mike777, on Feb 5 2010, 02:08 AM, said:
pass..sigh......give up. at 5 level.
lol
so many posts, so many cliches, so little else...
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Posted 2010-February-05, 10:42
5♠ and I think I'm closer to 6♠ than to dbl.
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Posted 2010-February-05, 10:45
And here I am, very worried 5♠ will be doubled. Good grief.
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Posted 2010-February-05, 10:58
jdonn, on Feb 5 2010, 11:45 AM, said:
And here I am, very worried 5♠ will be doubled. Good grief.
IMO a rational fear given the wide range of possible results for 5♠ while X is in a pretty narrow "take the money and run" window.
"Tell me of your home world, Usul"
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
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Posted 2010-February-05, 12:08
I kibbed this hand in a team match on BBO. I was sure that I would have bid 5♠, but Michael Rosenberg doubled, and was right, as no one can come close to making anything. http://tinyurl.com/ygfmf5v
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Posted 2010-February-05, 12:31
pooltuna, on Feb 5 2010, 10:57 AM, said:
PhantomSac, on Feb 5 2010, 02:21 AM, said:
double
oh you flipped a coin and it came up tails! (heads=5♠, tails=X)
I think 5S is pretty poor but since everyone is bidding it I guess it's not. It wouldn't occur to me to bid my 3 loser suit with no aces on the side at the 5 level rather than just take a plus score.
What I said to clee is that if RHO's side suit is hearts or diamonds, we will likely get 500 from a double anyways (unless LHO has like 3 trumps + shortness, in which case Xing could be a disaster). If RHOs side suit is spades we don't want to bid 5S obv. If RHO has 9 clubs then X will probably only net 200, but again I don't see why it's so sure we would make 5S.
At the end of the day things are gonna break terribly and our hand just isn't very good. Admittedly I am always in the "take the plus" camp and can't remember ever bidding 5M in this situation.
Sometimes you lose a double game swing by doubling, if partner is also short in clubs and they can score like 8 trumps + 2 ruffs + a trick and you were cold though. But sometimes you go for a number in 5S when partner is short and LHO insta cracks you, and I think that is a more likely disaster.
Most of the time I just see us having +500 or +200 and going minus a lot of the time by bidding.
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