eagles123

Agree with 3C

3H

Your partner's bidding is truly horrific. Honestly find a better player to play with or stop worrying so much about these types of hands.

duck the first spade, assume a spade back, win, Q diamond losing to K. win third spade. Run diamonds pitching club and heart. Heart to the 9.

1N - 3S (Splinter) 4D - 4N (Keycard) 5D (3) - 5H (Q?) 5N Q+no KS or KC - 6C (Qc?) 7D (yes) - 7N (Can count 13)

Fortunately you weren't doubled!

I think we have far too good a hand to pass assuming partner is a sensible sort and will actually have their 2C bid.

Sorry to sound harsh, but if you want to improve and have a more enjoyable experience, you simply aren't going to get that with the partners and opponents you play with right now. If you play with and against bad players, of course you're going to get random/disappointing results at times, and by god are you playing with some bad players based on a lot of your posts.

well if your partner isn't going to make a takeout double with a doubleton spade and a max, then you might as well not bother playing takeout doubles in this position.

Board 1. Meh, these things happen. Opponents judged well (I would suggest more through luck than judgement) to defend rather than play. Partner has pretty much the worst possible shape for you, with a void opposite your AK. And it's not your fault your teammates misplayed 5D! Opps are cold for literally any game other than 5C, so going for 800 at imp I mean it's hardly a disaster, and on a more friendly distribution for partner's 3C bid, it would either be -300 for a few imps in, or -500 for a virtually flat board. Board 2. Firstly North's bidding is nuts. Secondly you have to blame your teammates here again, how are they letting opponents play 3S here? It's difficult to say how the auction should go, but I would think 4SX-2 here would normally be a push or close to usually depending on whether N/S defend or go to their making 5 level contract. Board 3. Not the best game, non-vul at imp I wouldn't be too worried about missing this at all. Again, the opponents bidding is ludicrous.

X first time is clearly better than 2D imo.

I'm surprised at the vote, I would pass in a flash and don't consider it all that close.

somewhere between aggressive and crazy

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I'd pass I don't think it's particularly close either

yes would definitely lead a trump if it turns out to be wrong, so be it

of all the idiotic methods brought up in one form or another on BBF, double here showing 11-14 must be up there with one of the worst lol

C Flight pick up partner playing basic acol system with about 30 seconds discussion before start of play. Matchpoints. [hv=pc=n&e=sqjt3ha5dqj95cj94&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=ppp1cp1d1h2dpp2sp]133|200[/hv] thoughts on the earlier passes? what's your poison now? thanks, Eagles

4H then pass

given partner's a passed hand, I wonder if 3S should say big hand for clubs, no heart support?

also have possibility of heart/club squeeze surely

[hv=pc=n&s=sqj4hkq9dq87ckj62&n=sak3ha643dakjt93c]133|200[/hv] any thoughts how to find the excellent 7D on these hands starting with north, opps silent? We ended in 6N by south, a club wasn't led and 13 tricks when hearts split was a 90% board in a weak field, but felt like we should have found 7D thanks Eagles

I would definitely pass the first one and don't consider it close. the second one a lot closer, and I could go either way with that.

yes requiring a 4 card spade suit for a double of 1H is just total nonsense and no one sensible would play such methods