Hanoi5

No one vulnerable, you're dealer: ♠AK52 ♥Q72 ♦J84 ♣QT4

I voted for the double hook, but I didn't really see the bidding. I would have probably played ♦A at the table, too.

With everyone vulnerable it goes: 1♣ 1♦ 1NT ??? With: ♠98763 ♥AK972 ♦73 ♣J What's your bid?

All red, it goes: 1NT-3NT [hv=d=e&v=b&n=sqthqjtdk862ckj74&w=s943ha9876dat4c32]266|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] You lead your 4th best heart, dummy wins partner plays the ♥5, declarer ♥3. A small diamond is played from the table to the 7 (upside-down count), Q and... How do you defend?

R/W, bidding goes: 1♥ Pa 3♣* 3♦ 4♥ Pa Pa ??? *Bergen 7-9 with 4-card support ♠KJT4 ♥Void ♦KQJT843 ♣Q5 Would your answer change on a different vulnerability? How?

♠J75 ♥AK5 ♦J96 ♣T965 R/W, bidding goes: 1♥ Pa 2♥ 3♣ 3♥ ??? What bid would you make? What are your aspirations with it? What continuations do you foresee?

You hold: ♠KT5 ♥753 ♦AQ93 ♣982 All white it goes: Pa 1♣ 1♥ And you decide to pass. Make up an excuse in your mind, you placed a pass instead of double at the table, you didn't want to bid 1NT, whatever. (I guess it would make a nice poll with x and 1NT tied, I'd vote for double). Pa 1♣ 1♥ Pa Pa X* Pa ??? Negative double, of course. What now? Pass, 1♠, 1NT, 2♣ or 2♦? Other?

1NT but I won't criticize 1♥.

I thought they made computers and printers...

4♦ and 5♣ over 4♠.

2NT by partner is probably a misbid. 2♣ 2♦ 3♣ looks more like it.

After 2NT I like playing 3NT Baron. With only two Kings in front of the 22-23 HCP balanced hand a small slam doesn't look that good. Bidding would go: 2♣ 2♦ 2NT 3NT (Baron) 4m (this is my first 4-card suit) 5m Pass! (6m is more likely, though it should be bid by responder, so who knows...)

Isn't the x negative? If righty is the one with the Queen (he passed the double converting it into penalty) I should finesse.

I also like 6♥.

This is the kind of play that is not easy to spot at the table if you play too fast (unless you're a GREAT player).

I voted 4♥ 'cause I didn't see 4♦ option. 4♥ doesn't look bad anyway, so I'll stick to that.

I had voted for 6♣ but I bought Josh's idea that it'd lead to a bad grand. 6♥ sounds good enough but I don't quite blame partner for not thinking enough and arriving to 7. I mean, how do we show a hand worth 7 but missing the club control? After 6♣ partner should probably bid 6♥ with 7HCP wasted (mostly).

They're vulnerable, you're not, you hold: ♠JT876 ♥KQ6 ♦542 ♣K4 If it goes: Pa Pa 1♦ ??? And: 1♦ Pa 1♥ ??? Do you overcall 1♠? It's a teams tourney. Great opponents.

Both Vulnerable, partner's dealer, you hold: ♠T8xxx ♥KJxx ♦void ♣T8xx It goes: 1♥ X ??? You play Bergen over the double (inb4LOL). What do you bid?

♠AKJxxx ♥Axx ♦AKx ♣K You're the dealer, both sides vulnerable.

I pass. The more in time, the better.

Better as a private.

As I think I was the one to raise the appeal question, I'm also going to ask this. Can Feld-Zago complain to a higher authority stating all the facts mentioned here? I think more than the final standings are in line at this moment.

I hardly believe Pass it's obvious, though I don't bid 4NT confidently.

There was a 'bridge' version in Spain where they used 'nulos'. Nulos meant you promised NOT to win x amount of tricks. Nulos were above NT. Let's say you bid 1 Nulo, then you had to make only 6 tricks (2 nulos just 5 and so on). You could then play 7 nulos meaning that you promised not to make any trick (so each trick you made was actually 1 down). This is of course a pretty interesting excercise to play or to practice, just to change the thought pattern and stuff.