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#1 User is offline   jillybean 

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Posted 2011-May-21, 11:13

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(4♥) 4♠ (5♥) ?

AJxx,xxxx,xx,xxx
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Posted 2011-May-21, 12:49

I'm thinking of passing. Who are my opponents? All their finesses seem to be working while ours don't. I'll take my chances and pass.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2011-May-21, 13:56

I'm thinking of showing my 4 card support for partner. Lots of ways to win. I don't think both 5♥ and 5♠ go down.
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Posted 2011-May-21, 14:23

View Postgwnn, on 2011-May-21, 13:56, said:

I'm thinking of showing my 4 card support for partner. Lots of ways to win. I don't think both 5♥ and 5♠ go down.


We have at least a 9 card spade fit (I would be surprised if it were less than 10) and partner rates to have -1 hearts. I will try 5♠.
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Posted 2011-May-21, 15:03

View PostArtK78, on 2011-May-21, 14:23, said:

We have at least a 9 card spade fit (I would be surprised if it were less than 10) and partner rates to have -1 hearts. I will try 5♠.


Yeah if partner has 6-(-1)-6-2 shape 5♠ looks like a winner.
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Posted 2011-May-21, 16:06

View Postjillybean, on 2011-May-21, 11:13, said:

MP NV AJxx,xxxx,xx,xxx
(4♥) 4♠ (5♥) ?
IMO 5♠ = 10, P = 5, X = 1. Raising partner wins the prost-mortem, whatever the result :)
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Posted 2011-May-21, 16:56

5♠ in my sleep. Partner is almost surely void in hearts, perfect opposite my xxxx. I would sooner bid 6♠ than pass.
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Posted 2011-May-21, 21:11

View Postgwnn, on 2011-May-21, 13:56, said:

Lots of ways to win. I don't think both 5♥ and 5♠ go down.


This might be true. It's probably also true that 'when in doubt bid one more'. There probably shouldn't be any doubt as we have almost surely at least a ten card fit. However, holding six useless cards in the (unbid) minors and 4 cards in their 9-card fit (which might be divided 8-1) made me think we're surely down and they can make or maybe go down so I expected to have a plus while everybody was supporting. But this is going against the field, 'shooting'.

What was the original hand?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2011-May-22, 00:33

Righty is not bidding 5H because of his excellent trump support. So he is doing it because of his excellent high cards. Quite possibly he is doing it in order to push you into 5S. Even so, AJxx is AJxx, so I take the bait.
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Posted 2011-May-22, 04:30

5♠ but not just because of the trump support. AJxx,xx,xxxx,xxx would be a pass, but with the four small ♥, you KNOW that partner has none. On a good day we will just lose one in each minor. And if we lose more, probably 5♥ makes.
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Posted 2011-May-22, 10:47

View PostHanoi5, on 2011-May-21, 21:11, said:

What was the original hand?


At the table, I would have bid 5S, along with most. Here, I think Hanoi is probably right about passing. Reason number one: it was posted. Reason number two: it was posted.

I smell a rat. Pushing them to slam making; going for 500 vs 450; some flaw in our expectation for the previous auction?
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Posted 2011-May-22, 13:13

View Postaguahombre, on 2011-May-22, 10:47, said:

Reason number one: it was posted.


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