[Free]

Here's a hand from the district championships for teams we played saturday. We won bigtime since our team made 5♦*+1 and 5♠=

Scoring: IMP

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I wonder how the bidding would go if you'd play with your favorite partner against yourself. Note that the par-score is 6♠*-1.

[flytoox]

I must admit I admire those stay in 5D. I certainly would play 5H or sth else.

[pclayton]

Here's an auction I like:

South...West...North....East
Pass....Pass....1♠....2♠
3♠....5♦....5♠....Pass
Pass....6♥....6♠....Dbl = AP

2♠ is Michaels. For the enlightened OS bidders its a 2N call (♦'s + another; 0-4 losers).

3♠ is competitive; per U/U.

5♦ is fitted with hearts (This hand isn't stopping below 5, so push it up)

East's pass over 5♠ is forcing. Interesting question: does 6♣ here show the suit with a wild 6-6, or is 1st round club control?

West takes the push with his spade void and distributional variety of 5♦ call.

North "Bids one more"

Conclusion by East.

[luke warm]

Free, on Feb 21 2005, 09:16 AM, said:

Dealer: South Vul: E/W Scoring: IMP

♠ AJT9863 ♥ 8 ♦   ♣ KQ872 ♠   ♥ QT976 ♦ KJT76 ♣ T53 ♠ K4 ♥ AK543 ♦ AQ542 ♣ J ♠ Q752 ♥ J2 ♦ 983 ♣ A964

1S (2S) 3S (4H) 5C (5D) 6S on the double fit... not as good as 5S making, but not too bad.. better than them making 5 (or even 6) something

[whereagles]

Sooooo many possibilities for this one...

pass..pass..4S..dbl (better than 4NT, I think)
5S.....5NT?..6S?

who knows who it will go... lol.

[Free]

flytoox, on Feb 21 2005, 05:54 PM, said:

I must admit I admire those stay in 5D. I certainly would play 5H or sth else.

At my table we stayed in 5♦*+1. The bidding went:

pass - 2♦ - 4♠ - 5♦
Dbl - all pass

2♦ = weak, 4+♦ & 4+ in a Major

I knew my partner could still have a poor 4 card ♠, so I decided to choose the safe game, and not a risky one (game is game in imps). South for some reason thought a Dbl would turn out great