Sambolino

5d on both

these are really tough problems; after some thought i'd lead spade on first and heart on 2nd although i'm not in love with any of these leads

too many combinations in which 4s will make, so 5h

2♦ then double anything except 3nt

on my way to 6c i'd bid 3d for start, something good might happen (i doubt they will bid spades again tho; pd may have a reverse that he didn't want to bid because of s void so we may even play grand). if i play 0314 i might bang 6c immediately. my estimation is that over my spades they wouldn't bid with 4 or raise with 2 cards

on a first glance i was about to choose a trump but the more i look at it the more it seems to me that winning play might be to force dummy to ruff with high trumps. singleton/void issue would not have much impact. i lead ♥ definitely

for those who question the nature of 3c bid: W is somewhat mediocre but experienced duplicate and rubber player - he didn't describe his bid as NF, but his pard did. After all 9 hcp versus 17+ clearly make his bid FG and transitional towards best spot. So it's clearly a nonintentional misinformation from E (3c is NF) and also nonintentional misinformation from W (E cannot be bal but 54+ or 3suiter)

playing goulash i'd pass without worrying much because there is 5% chance that this will finish in 5C undoubled. playing bridge double has more sense because declarer won't lay 12 clubs down for 5cx+1 against 7h but i still like pass a tiny bit more, and i do think x inhibits p from further action

if 3c was indeed nf, and lho bid 3nt and redoubled himself and it made i would have no trouble at all. it's a huge distinction imo

sad thing is that i think they still don't know whats their agreement

@jtfanclub 5clubs not 5 hearts - holding 2-3 tempos in their main suit and hK my partner thought he should lead actively (that makes sense to me)

event: serbian invitational team cships (one of two most important team events in a year) [hv=n=skj109xh9xxxdxxxcx&w=saxxxh10xxdaxxcjxx&e=sqxxhaqjxdkjcaq9x&s=sxhkxdq10xxxck108xx]399|300|[/hv] N and E share the same side of the screen N is dealer and it goes p - 1♣ - p - 1♠ - p - 2♥ - p - 3♣ - p - 3NT - p - p - dbl - p - p - rdbl - all pass 2♥ was natural reverse 17+. before i doubled i asked about the nature of 3♣ and i was told it's NF. if opps are in 24-26 hcp range i probably won't get redoubled, partner should lead a spade to avoid selling a trick and declarer could miss a few things in the play so i doubled. the second issue is that on the other side of the screen opp gave my p explanation that 2♥ must be 5+♣4♥ or 3-suiter, so he knowing that 3 suiter is 30 times less likely than 54 concluded that he has to lead actively despite my dbl and led ♦ letting them make +1. note that on spade lead declarer can make only with very careful play if he raises the ace immediately. director ruled that result stayed, we appealed and jury voted 3:0 against us. please state your opinion, thanks

4nt, peasant bridge i bid 7 with 3 aces

pass 3nt 3h

since the question was "how much do we trust our opps"... if we trust'em (and that means 6-3 in trumps): seems like we need 3 tempos to overtake trump control (the payoff would be hefty, 500-800, even when 5c fails) and that's unlikely to happen i'd go for 5c however if i'm up against a player known for agressiveness (or even better foolishness) i would go for blood and lead club K

2d then 3h over any bid pd produces

as long as i didn't forget system at the table it would've gone this way: 2♣(prec-like) - 2♦(rel) 2♥(nat, any strength) - 2♠(rel) 3♥(1435) - 3♠(bwood) 3NT(zero) - 4♣(spiral scan) 4NT(K♣♦♥, no K♠) - 5♣(spiral scan) 5♠(Q♣♦, no Q♥)... i must say also that this kind of slam-forcing sequence is not what i consider 100% obvious so i might just settle for game after hearing for a spade singleton

i think the problem is int+ or so its nature but at the table only very good players make this kind of plays successively good thing is that in this position one doesn't need to be afraid about tempo of his play - so you just take your time and get it right

spade q to provide p an entry to play a diamond? declarer may have xxx/xxxx/AJxx/Ax

agree with heart. if pd wanted a promotion, he could've dropped his red ace (if he had one, and didn't have ♥Q) and then play 3rd ♣. that makes it down two so i doubt that's the case but i find that an important concept.

also if pd has bunch of useless spade points he may have made an overcall

then you better bid six cos 5 is 100% i think at vul imps one must bid 5c,,, well maybe not if you expect superfrequent 3 card supps from opps (which is rare in my environment). could take very little to make slam too so if i'm sure what pd and i are doing i may bid 3h as well

1. no 2. X

i think x cant be pen; if we fail to show cards immediately we may put pard in trouble later in other sequences beginning with 1c-x-1d-p-p 2m nat, quite weak and rather long

why was pass offered as an option then?