[pirate22]

Scenario---E/W vuln dealer W.
West holds.AKQ6-J10-AKQ975-2 west opens 1d
1d--p--1h--2nt!{T/O}
5d--P--P --5sp
x --6cl P --P
W x's
Do you agree.
or is there a better spot.plse decide.
Article by B.Rigal reported

[kfay]

Double is obvious

Anyone who doesn't double is too smart for me

[pooltuna]

I have no problem with doubling except you didn't make the first one at the right time....immediately after 2NT

[aguahombre]

pirate22, on Jul 31 2010, 06:50 AM, said:

Scenario---E/W vuln dealer W.
West holds.AKQ6-J10-AKQ975-2 west opens 1d
              1d--p--1h--2nt!{T/O}
              5d--P--P --5sp
              x  --6cl P --P
W x's
Do you agree.
or is there a better spot.plse decide.
Article by B.Rigal reported

To the two questions:

Why not? things have gone to hell already.
Decide? I have already done enough deciding from one side of the table with the 5 diamond bid. Might as well finish doing it all myself.

to the credit: B. Rigal accepted the previous calls to that point, or just reported them?

[pirate22]

Pooltuna---- x the 2n/t? sorta have to agree with you a "Sorta" of cooperative d despite a x cl------ By the way Ones is not allowed to stand on one's chair to X!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pirate22]

To AQUA---- for the first time i have read the excellent "Daily Bulletins" from "Springgold" in my estimation the best in this world so far,well worth the read---- the informative articles.......... my reported hand, was from last year,it happened to a finalist this year-------last year. B Rigal the hand was reported to him.

[pirate22]

Norths hand.

10--98643--J82--QJ93.

Souths hand.

J987432--V--V--AK10876.

6 cl tick-set up spades np.

[TylerE]

And how many imps did an X here cost? 1? maybe even none?

[ArtK78]

As I recall the hand, there was a large swing, but not because the person holding the big hand doubled. It seems that somehow EW at the other table was allowed to play in 5♥ making. So, the double of 6♣ cost nothing, as the difference between -920 and -1090 meant nothing when added to the -650 at the other table.

It is just an interesting hand. No lessons need to be drawn from it (except that bidding one more at IMPs on wild hands is often the right thing to do). Clearly, the main cause of the loss on the hand was that NS at the other table allowed EW to play in 5♥. No one holding these cards would do anything but double 6♣ (well, maybe someone would, but we won't go there).

[cherdanno]

TylerE, on Aug 2 2010, 08:37 AM, said:

And how many imps did an X here cost? 1? maybe even none?

I bet compared to bidding 6♦ it cost quite a few IMPs.

[pirate22]

ARTK78 has raised an interesting point . when the bidding arrived at 2n/t,the opener should have some respect for his partners response of 1ht and x,
bidding 5d is "Fatious"-----and i was not aware of the subsequent result not reported