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Forcing pass or not?


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Are we in a forcing pass situation or not?  

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  1. 1. Are we in a forcing pass situation or not?

    • Yes
      5
    • No
      36
    • Depends on agreements
      2


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This is a thought provoking hand for me at first, but I am with the crowd. Pass is so not forcing.

 

I do tho think someone better be smacking this around, probably the NT bidder since they are marked with some club length in this auction.

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This is a no-brainer for me. Opener has declined a game invitation--we were stopping in a partial, we can be fairly certain that anything we might bid at the 5 level goes down. We certainly can't be in the position where our 5 level bid is odds on to be a make or a good save. Since there is no possibility of bidding on, it can't be a forcing pass.

 

The only correct meaning for opener's pass is "I have poor defense and 5 may make." In light of that info, responder's pass means "I think they may make it, too." If opener thinks it odds on that 5 is going down, then double it.

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