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None all, S: AXXXX H: AKT7XX D: X C: X S: KQXX H: J D: KJXX C: AQXX 6S from , friendly open lead cx, plann ur play

perhaps u can deduce sth from the lead and defense strategy? also, i think cashing da, and sak better

pd should pass 3c, afterall, he is min. 3c is abosolutely correct. but if pd bid 3d, perhaps you should bid 3h to ask for the stopper in h.

I would say vul is not that important here, i will bid 3c, limited raise. If pd makes a game try, i will be happy to cooperate.

Though i am a bit late. I still want to say i would jump to 6d after 3h, esp with pick up pd. There is simply no way to explore while assure pd will not pass 4 level minor or misunderstand your bid, whatever. So by Simon's rule, bid what you think you can mk here. pd should have 6card d suit here, 3 card h suit. if you have trump loser, you should be abel to handle ur side suit loser. YOur j,10s can easily provide some extra chance. Even pd is min opener, I will try it.

I must admit i hide the h suit, but hide the spade spt will be even more problematic. if you bid 3h, and pd raise to 4h, what do u do?

luis, i dont think 5 level is safe, what if pd has sth like: S: QTXX H: XX D: AQTXX C: XX this hand is pretty good for 1S responder.

i think i will bid 4d, but very worrying about the trump quality. perhaps we can ask ben if there is any particular convention to handle this question, say asking bid.:)

Pd's hand is: S: J9X H: AX D: KJXX C: AQJX You can see 6N from pd is a great contract. We stopped at 4S. The filed contract is 6S, down 1 due to diamond 5-1 break. What would be the sequence to 6N?

sry, we play 2/1 gf.

NS Vul. sitting South as dealer, you hold: S: AKQXX H: KQJT D: QXX C: X Opp passed throughout, auction goes: You pd 1S 2C 2H 2S ? Suppose u bid 2N, pd raised to 3N, what do you do now?

play q from hand. Fred mentioned this example in this site somewhere.

4S, slam chance is not that high with two clubs in ur hand. 4s put much pressure on LHO.

if this is matchpoint,then u need to consider what the field contract might be. if you think some might play 3n and can only get 9 tricks, then u may try safety play here by finesse queen first. if u think all will play 4s, then you may risk to lead jack first. lead jack first only lose when trump breaks 4-0 behind ur aqxx.

i will play it as h+d gf. pd passed 3h, he should be min and only doubleton h. retransfer does mk much sense here i think. do u really want to play a partscore 3d? i doubt it. if u have 5-5 or better, i might bid a game. so i will play it as gf.

pd's problem after east's 3d is really how many trumps i have for the raise. if he knows i have 4, then i think he will bid 3s even my pass should show a min hand. But I think he really doesnt have any better bid other than dbl here. He couldnt bid 3s coz i may raise with 3card. This is even more important after opp find diamond fit. 4s is not that bad i think. c ace is marked onside with a passed east who bid 3d later. the only problem is you may encounter a forcing defense with d lead. One more question, would my pass after 3d show 3card raise and 3s show a 4card raise? Raising to 2s is correct i think no matter what pd have. It should be a two way shot. It is very effective if west has a good hand. 2s should not encourage pd too much. if i have a good hand, i will start with a cuebid. 2s should show a min hand like what i have here to a max hand with 8/9 points.

I think perhaps it is time for me to show my pd's hand. He overcalled 1S with: S; AKQX H: AJX D: X C: KXXXX West holds: S; TX H: KQ9XX D: JTXX C: AX 3dx-1. 4s should be made easily.

hehe, I raised to 2s coz i think 4 trumps and a side ace is not bad asset. Surely if east passed pd's 3c i would bid 3s without doubt. but since there is a 3d, you dont need to bid compulsory. What is the diff between pass and correct to 3s then? secondly, if pd dbl 3d, would u leave it or move to 3s?

Not sure if the bluff will work here. As you said, if you bid 6h with confident, or by cue bid 6d, showing a void which doesnt exist, then it may persuade open leader swith to sth else, say club. I bid 6H then sb left the table and we redealed the hand. So I asked pd, do you have singleton in Diamond? Pd answered yes:)

Vul. vs not, holding S: J9XX H: TXX D: AXX C: XXX sitting south, you heard west, as dealer, opened 1H and pd overcalled 1S. East passed and you raised to 2S. West passed and pd made a game trial with 3c. Now, east came in with 3d. 1) What do you do? 2) Suppose you pass, pd dbl, what do you do now?

I agree that we should be able to bid them by two tricks. What if the vul. switched, i.e., when vul. v.s. not?

come on, man. 5h is the bottom line for you. isnt it?