Bidding after Opponent's Preempt

[jdeegan]

[hv=d=e&v=b&s=sahaj4dakj10caqj96]133|100|Scoring: IMP

3♠-Dbl-Pass-4♥-Pass - ????[/hv]

 

Your bid?

[Guest Jlall]

pass...best way I know to miss a laydown grand. We could make 7, we could have no game...I don't know. Having only 3 hearts stops me from bidding, but anything could be right. It certainly feels wrong passing with about 9 points extra.

[P_Marlowe]

5H.

 

This should be safe and gets partner

involved. Just ask him, if he has something

to spare, and maybe he will tell you.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[Free]

4NT, but that's because we play 4♠ as kickback RKC...

[Trpltrbl]

4♠, I have to make a try. Sometimes these preempts just work. But I have to try. Maybe pd has a second suit :)

 

GBB

[mike777]

Very hard. I will pass but think it is very close. I will play partner to have:

xxx=KTxxx=xxx=xx

[han]

I vote for 4S.

 

I actually considered 5NT, pick a slam, but since that wasn't one of the options it must be a bad idea :lol:.

 

Pass could easily be right but seems too pessimistic.

[luke warm]

i guess i'm either overly optimistic or judgment impaired (or both), cause i'd bid 4NT RKC

[Winstonm]

Given that at this vul the preemptor rates to have some values, estimated around 7-9 hcp, that leaves only about 8 unaccounted for points which expectancy would find divided 4/4. Think here you have to go with the averages and pass - either real right or real wrong but in the long run probably best.

 

Winston

[Double !]

4 spades but with no guarantees

 

could be slam hand, could have just gone from a plus to a minus.

 

catch 22: I'm either going to hear my P ask why I bid so much when P promised nothing, or will hear "how can you pass 4H with that moose?"

[adhoc3]

Your bid?

High stake. 4♠..... unsure somehow, but happy to know 80% players keep bidding, no need to worry too much. :lol:

 

How about 5♣? I don't know how would pd take it. He might make a talent guess on my super hand, but that would be a VWDP definitely.

[beatrix45]

:lol: Thank all of you for your input. It confirms that bidding on is a narrow choice. As partner, I held:

 

Q3

K9876

876

K109

 

and bid 6♥. The auction then turned comical when partner raised to 7♥. Down one.

 

By the way, the board was halved when the opponents declared six♣ down one. Do you see how to play 6♣ to make? You hold the big hand, and a spade is led.

[Fluffy]

I vote for 4S.

 

I actually considered 5NT, pick a slam, but since that wasn't one of the options it must be a bad idea :).

 

Pass could easily be right but seems too pessimistic.

I would take 5NT as GSF actually.

 

With this hand I am tempted to pass but feel too strong, might bid 4♠ on a good day.

[whereagles]

So many chances for a mix-up :)

 

4♠: can be taken as heart cue by pard. Not what we want because our fit for hearts is not ideal.

4NT: that should be RKCB for hearts. Possible, though not ideal. And if pard takes it "for the minors"... :rolleyes:

5♣/5♦: who knows what pard will make of this.

5♥: can be taken as ask for spade control or ask for good trumps. Definitely a no-no.

5♠: oh-oh.. voidwood for hearts or pick-a-slam with 3-suiter?

5NT: pick-a-slam or grand slam try?

6♣: a shot, since pard will pass most of the time.

 

Better have all these meanings settled down if your partnership is steady. Opposite a casual player I'd probably try 5NT, intended as pick-a-slam and hoping pard'll understand I could have asked for his trumps with 4NT.