BBO Discussion Forums: Another big hand - BBO Discussion Forums

Jump to content

Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

Another big hand

#1 User is offline   jules101 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 166
  • Joined: 2008-March-06

Posted 2011-July-26, 06:19




EW do not play weak 2s, so a 2♠ opener for them would be an 8 playing trick hand, with 5+ card ♠ suit. One may surmise that West has a good weak 2 in ♠, but frankly you are on a guess! They might have anything.

Double suggest partner has some wasted values in ♠.


What now?

Pass?

4♦?

some number of clubs?
0

#2 User is offline   1eyedjack 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 6,575
  • Joined: 2004-March-12
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:UK

Posted 2011-July-26, 06:27

I am passing. I read East with not a massive trump fit. With 4 of them he would probably raise to 4S. So I am expecting a serious trump stack against declarer. Bit of a unilateral decision, and I expect to pay off against a slam our way. I would certainly prefer it if partner's trumps were stacked over the length, but I am not expecting many entries to dummy.
3N by South may be the last making game, and there is no way to get there now.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
0

#3 User is offline   Hanoi5 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 4,083
  • Joined: 2006-August-31
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Santiago, Chile
  • Interests:Bridge, Video Games, Languages, Travelling.

Posted 2011-July-26, 06:45

I'd go with 4♦, what are partner's spades that he didn't bid 3NT?

 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:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


My YouTube Channel
0

#4 User is offline   VM1973 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 375
  • Joined: 2011-April-12

Posted 2011-July-26, 06:58

I pass. I have a fistful of defensive tricks and no proven fit.
0

#5 User is offline   whereagles 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 14,900
  • Joined: 2004-May-11
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Portugal
  • Interests:Everything!

Posted 2011-July-26, 10:01

I see like 6 tricks on my own. If pard can cooperate with the 1 trick he's suggesting, this is going 3 down no sweat.

Pass. Pitty I can't lead a trump.
0

#6 User is offline   mikeh 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 13,520
  • Joined: 2005-June-15
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Canada
  • Interests:Bridge, golf, wine (red), cooking, reading eclectically but insatiably, travelling, making bad posts.

Posted 2011-July-26, 10:57

Pass.

To me, the key is that partner could have made a forcing pass, so this double is for blood. While of course I'd like a spade, the odds are that partner doesn't expect me to have one anyway...assuming he has 4 spades, and I can't imagine him doubling with only 3. So on that basis, I have at least as good a defensive hand as he should expect.

If our limit is game, which his double suggests is the case, we're going 500 or 800 here. If we have slam, then we have a chance at 1100 anyway, tho 800 is probably more realistic. The problem is that if we have slam, it is probably in diamonds, and it seems very unilateral to go hunting for that possibly non-existent fit at this stage.
'one of the great markers of the advance of human kindness is the howls you will hear from the Men of God' Johann Hari
0
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users