[Deanrover]

Fav vul.

987
K
A97652
QT9

RHO passes, you congratulate yourself on an unusually disciplined pass, LHO opens 1C, partner surprises you by overcalling 1 Diamond and RHO Sputniks. You bid 1H (thoughts?), LHO bids 3C and the action is back to you.

Whatdya think?

[hrothgar]

Pass...

WTP?

[Fluffy]

Besides the posibility that 5♦ is cold there is nothing wrong about passing .

The hand we need for winning game is about a dream (♥A, singl ♣ and ♠A or K onside). So don´t bother and let them play.

[pbleighton]

I think that you should have opened something in diamonds (1, 2, or 3 depending on your system and preferences).

However, having passed once, pass again.

Peter

[EricK]

Presumably you psyched to try to persuade the opponents to play in the wrong contract. Maybe it has worked!

I pass

Eric

[hrothgar]

pbleighton, on Nov 21 2004, 11:02 PM, said:

I think that you should have opened something in diamonds (1, 2, or 3 depending on your system and preferences)

I like to bid...
I really like to bid...

and pass looks right to me

Lots of side suit defense
Ugly broken that makes it much easier for the opponent to hit you when its right

[pclayton]

Don't overcook hands like this. You've created action with your psyche now live with the result (probably good, since pard didn't compete with 3♥)

[Flame]

Pass
You need a plan in your bidding, if the plan was to get to your side best contract then you shouldnt have psyched in the first place.

[Free]

pass...

[the hog]

Really don't like this psyche. I must have had something in mind, but as I can't mind read I don't know what. I'll live with this and pass i guess, but I am really worried that 5D might be cold.

[nikos59]

Well, I would probably bid 1S over the Sputnik.
Either this or 5D, although 3nt also has some merit.

But now, I guess your psyche struck well and
they have 8hearts between them (or 9: where
are the hearts?) That said, perhaps they
had 4H down 1.

Anyway, I now pass and wait eagerly for dummy.

nikos

[luke warm]

i think you have to pass now, since they are probably playing in something other than their best fit... however, the 3h bid is sure scary... i've never done that because i just know my pard will bid 6 of whatever i psych

[pbleighton]

"I like to bid...
I really like to bid...

and pass looks right to me

Lots of side suit defense
Ugly broken that makes it much easier for the opponent to hit you when its right"

All true, it is butt-ugly, but you have a 6 card suit with an ace, and favorable vulnerability. I would open 2D. Both white, I would pass, sorrowfully.

Peter

[Gerben47]

Pass. They are not going to find their ♥ fit now!

[Free]

Seems like you're dealing with extremely weak opponents, since they can't handle a little 1♥ psych If the opener looks at his hand, and he looks at the spoutnik Dbl, he KNOWS they have a fit, so why believe your bid and not his partner's?
Unless our dear partner also tried to learn something about psychs...

I don't see any point in psyching after spoutnik Dbl, just bid 5♦ or 6♦ (to make it dirty) immediatly

Now pass is obvious imo.