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Rubber bridge, high stake. I can see the smile on your lips already. Partner is dealer. What is the bid you would least like to hear?  :huh:

 

A high level (4+ level) preemptive opening in a red suit ;)

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Not sure that it could get worse than 5. Maybe 6.
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4 would be ugh. 6 isn't too great either. Maybe a Muideberg (sp?) 2; likely + would the absolute worst.

 

And like Mauro says, ANYTHING out of turn which bars me is bad, but perhaps an artificial 4 opening like NAMYATS which bars me for the auction would the absolute worst :) :angry: :angry:

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If he bids 1 anything, we're in business

 

If he makes a weak two, we can still expect to be able to have a constructive auction to a making black suit contract

 

If he bids at the 4-level, at least we rate to make our contract, even if he opens 4. 4: if natural, we'd raise to 5 and be worried about making 6

 

3: we'd raise to game with some chance of making

 

3: ugh: we could be off 3 cashing tricks and I'm willing to bet that his trump are not solid.

 

A 2-suited weak bid such as 2 showing and a minor would be a close second

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I wouldn't be all that keen on hearing "I seem to have 14 cards", either ...
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On second thought, given recent trends, maybe the bid I should fear the most is 4. The questions have to be asked: what form of gerber is that, and how do I respond with 2 Aces and a void?
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[hv=d=n&v=n&n=shqj1087432dakq73c&s=sakq873hd6cakq542]133|200|Scoring: Rubber[/hv]

 

Blofeld and banlessard guessed it. Partner opened 5!! The bid you don't want to hear, because your 1 loser hand is now absolutely useless as dummy (provided that they lead a red suit).

 

The interesting aspect is if North would interpret 5 as a wish to play? He should, shouldn't he? He knows that we know exactly what he has. Anyway, cute hand from real life!

 

Roland

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I believe pimp=good Roland, and it has little to do with cowboys.

 

 

There have been several threads on what a 5H opening should be. I think the majority here voted for either preemptive or not existent. It seems that this pair had the agreement that 5H shows a hand with no outside losers and exactly two trump losers. Given that this is the agreement I agree with you that 5S should be to play (no other useful meaning comes to mind).

 

Even though 5 is the bid one least wants to hear, it should give you a good score (hurray for duplicate!). It is hard to imagine a stop below slam after a 1H opening. 6S and 6C have virtually no play (the opponents have two chances to break a possible squeeze) while 5H has good chances (a heart lead is tough to find, a black lead is exactly twice as likely as a diamond lead, and even after a diamond lead there are some endplay chances). 5S seems even better.

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So, now I want to hear the auction that starts with 1H and stops exactly at 5H......who's up fer dat? (And yes I include a Misiry auction if u like)

Why would you want to know when you don't want to be in 5?

 

Roland

Can you think of a reasonable 2/1 auction to a contract better than 5?

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So, now I want to hear the auction that starts with 1H and stops exactly at 5H......who's up fer dat? (And yes I include a Misiry auction if u like)

Why would you want to know when you don't want to be in 5?

 

Roland

Can you think of a reasonable 2/1 auction to a contract better than 5?

You get the north hand you imagine pd will have a monster black suiter so you just

open 1 and when pd bids 4 splinter you pass :-)

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