6-5 come alive?

[paulg]

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=shqxdq9xxxcaq8xxx]133|100|Scoring: IMP

West North East South

1♠ Pass 3♠ ?

 

3♠ is preemptive[/hv]

Do you think this is worth getting involved at this vulnerability? Or do you want to wait?

[P_Marlowe]

3NT for the minors.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[pbleighton]

Unfavorable at IMPs and a lousy diamond suit (where we are most likely to play after 3NT) make me pass this one.

 

Peter

[mcphee]

I risk 4NT minor t/o as 3NT should be to play for most. It strikes me as unreasonable to have 3NT show minors. At least when partner is 2-2 in the minors we will play C, which we may indeed regret.

[cherdano]

3N is natural!

 

I pass.

[Guest Jlall]

4C for me. Gets the right lead, if we hit a fit we might find a making 5C, and we're unlikely to get Xed (if LHO has a big hand he'll usually bid 4S, if partner has one we probably have a make somewhere).

[HeartA]

4C or 4NT. I wouldn't consider 3NT which, for a lot of players, would be to play.

[mikeh]

I once (many years ago) played against Soloway-Chambers. Chambers perpetrated a 3N takeout, which played poorly after Soloway passed. Soloway's only comment was '3N is always to play'. Who am I to argue?

 

4N too much, and I am not passing with the intention of bidding later: I bid now or never, and it is close to never. Honesty makes me say that at the table I would almost certainly pass: but I suspect that bidding 4♣ is the long term winner.

[paulg]

The bidders win here. I passed and knew it was wrong as soon as the hand was passed out.

 

Partner held

 

♠ K J x x

♥ J 10

♦ A J x x

♣ K 9 x

 

and game makes in either minor as the opener holds the ♦K. The spade preemptor held six hearts to the king.

 

At the other table team mates could have passed out 3♣ but naturally continued competing in the majors until they pushed the opps into 5♣ :)

 

I also believe that 3NT is natural, so the choices were 4♣ or 4NT for me .... or pass :)

 

Paul

[whereagles]

A void and a 65?? No way I'm passing this. 4NT.

[Codo]

I think justins 4 Club is the best bid.

 

But I won´t have problems with a 3 NT bid either. Pd has spades stopped or can see that my 3 NT is take out (as he can in this hand) or opener will bid on. It will seldom happen, that 3 NT is passed out and works badly.

[Echognome]

I will quote from Jeff Goldsmith's imperious rules of bridge:

 

56. Grant Baze says, "six-five, come alive." It often pays to bid with 6-5 hands, even when you think it's nuts.

 

That being said, the hand doesn't look that great with soft values. So if I took a bid, it would be one shot at the 4 level. Easy for me to say now I know.