temp3600 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 You are dealer, white vs red at IMPs, with _ - KQxx - xx - KQJT9xx, and the bidding has gone : 1♣ - (P) - 1♦ - (1♠)2♣ - (3♠) - 3NT - (4♠)? Do you agree with your bids so far ? Now, do you : - bid 5♣ ? - pass and remove your partner's X to 5♣ ? - pass and pass your partner's X ? - other ? Comments are of course welcome. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 I agree 100 % with all my bids so far. My answer to this depends solely on my opps. If they are sane, I'm going to bid 5C. I have no defense and no spades, and they are red/white so I don't think theyre joking around, they will have extreme shape. A double game swing is possible. 5C will be cheap (or a make) and pard will often X them when it's wrong if I pass. Against less sane opps, these inferences are less valid. I would probably pass against weak opps and just assume they are going nuts and pard might be ready for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I agree with all bids so far (mine, anyway) and I pull to 5♣ now. For me, passing and pulling shows more slam interest than I have: void AKxx xx KQJ109xx would be a minimum for pass and pull, given that partner has (probably) wasted ♠ values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 For me, passing and pulling shows more slam interest than I have: void AKxx xx KQJ109xx would be a minimum for pass and pull, given that partner has (probably) wasted ♠ values. hmm that seems like a strong 2C rebid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 i honestly don't understand pass/pull here... why do i pass, to see if partner x's them? i don't really want that, do i? i have little defense, so i'll bid 5♣ to say that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 We are not in a forcing pass situation. Pard may have been serious with 3N, or he might be joshing around. Either way, 5♣ looks OK. There's not much reason to wait until you pull pard's double here. Just bid 5♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 We are not in a forcing pass situation. Pard may have been serious with 3N, or he might be joshing around. Either way, 5♣ looks OK. We are in a forcing pass unless partner psyched. Isn't this the case in EVERY forcing pass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 "Pard may have been serious with 3N, or he might be joshing around." I love foolish bids, but isn't this a strange place to fool around? FWIW, I agree with the bidding and I would bid 5C. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhoc3 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Sometimes 4NT still makable but not 5C. This one seems not of that kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 5C. Over 3NT I would have bid 4C,since Partner cant expect this hand, so I see no reason to change my mind, I just rebid clubs on a higher level. Marlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temp3600 Posted November 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Here is the full hand :[hv=d=s&v=e&n=sk62hat4dkqjt7c82&w=s9543hj987d53ca63&e=saqjt87h32da862c4&s=shkq65d94ckqjt975]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]Both 4♠ and 5♣ are cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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