Finch Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=sa1075hkq10983dcj75]133|100|Scoring: IMP3♦ P 4♠ ?[/hv] You are vul against not, IMPs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I pass, seems clear with 2 defensive spade tricks and 3 spade losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Does RHO really have spades? .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 If not then I will call the director. If they psyched, wd, I didn't catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I would had passed without thining too much. After reading the psycke suggestion I though a bit more, but I don't think this is a psycke for many reason. Double would be reasonable but not my style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asc Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 PASS-in a good day -2,3, in a bad day +1. But that I realy don't want to hear is -5♥-Pass-Pass-6♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 This is too rich for my blood. Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambolino Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 i go for 5h typically rho will hold diamond points and length so i think that playing partner for 3 hearts and some useful spots is a good bet. on the other hand if they are very strong and they nail us its no good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Reluctant pass. I think I am more likely to go for 800 than the double game swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 yep pass :) X should be penalties but isn't right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I think this one's very tough at this vuln. I'd pass or bid 5♥ depending on tactical factors. Usually pass, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Count me in for 5♥, altho I hate it. My reasoning, which doesn't fill me with confidence, is that RHO has either perpetrated one of the best psyches I have encountered or he has a hand with something like 10 or 11 cards in the pointed suits. It is possible, I suppose, that he has a strong hcp hand, but most such start with 3♠. Now, at the table, I'd probably pass...it is easier to be brave in front of a computer screen, where I don't have to play the hand out in 5♥ doubled! Seriously, tho, can RHO really have a big hand and bid 4♠ when we hold A10xx in that suit? Surely he has long spades and a ♦ fit/tolerance for this auction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 ♠AT75♥KQT983♦♣J75 3♦ P 4♠ ??You are vul against not, IMPs Nice problem hand :) After much thought, (I hope I can keep close to tempo ATT! I'll even remind them to put the Stop! on the table if RHO didn't.) I'm passing. We're at Unfavorable playing IMPs. The consequences of overbidding could not be worse. There are 2 reasonable meanings I can think of for RHO's bida= Fit Showing Jump like bidb= Power bid with self sufficient trumps ♠KQJxxx(x)♥A?♦?♣AK?IOW, an ~17 count with a S suit that will play for 1 loser opposite a stiff Sx. The other possibilities I can think of"c"= RHO misbid"d"= RHO is insane. I think "a" should be alertable?If so, w/o an alert IMHO the odds favor passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 This is a really ugly one... I am strongly tempted to bid 5♥, however, I'm quite anemic for the bid. I don't trust the 4♠ raise at all, however, I'm worried that if partner has a hand where 5♥ rates to be a good contract, he'll raise to a bad slam... Mark me down as a regretful passer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 There is good reason to be concerned that 4♠ is a psyche. I made this type of psyche once.. where I was going to bid 5♦ but bid 4♠ on the way at this vul to sew confusion. It worked very well. I don't remember my hand all that well, but it was something like.... xxx x AJxxx Jxxx. I played 4♠ down 9. This possibility scares the heck out of me, as it does other posters here, but what can you do? If RHO has his bid and you bid 5♥ it could be a blood bath, if it is a psyche, your partner holding spades will be handcuffed, as his double would be takeout. If they got you, they got you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I just think bidding here is too much, but I admit I could lose a double game swing by passing. I'm hoping to gain enough times in a small fashion to make up for those hopefully rare occurences. I feel pretty dirty about this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Pass. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 I admit I could lose a double game swing by passing. It is worse than a double game swing, I am afraid. Before revealing the full horror of this hand, I should warn you that this was in the last league match of the season, after the winner of the league had already been determined, so there was a certain air of frivolity. My teammates were NS on this deal. [hv=d=w&v=n&n=skxhjxxxxdkqxxxca&w=shxdj10xxxxcq109xxx&e=sqj9xxxxhadaxckxx&s=sa10xxhkq109xxdcjxx]399|300|Scoring: IMP3♦ P 4♠ all pass[/hv] NS 200 see the other thread for what happened at the other table... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 This is a great story Frances, thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Dealer: West Vul: N/S Scoring: IMP ♠ A1075 ♥ KQ10983 ♦ [space] ♣ J75 3♦ P 4♠ ? You are vul against not, IMPs:huh:IMO P = 10, 5 ♥ = 6, X = 4.:huh: RHO imay well hold something like [A] ♠ KQxxxx ♥ - ♦ Axxxx ♣ Ax when 4 ♠ is touch and go and 5 ♥ may be OK:huh:but RHO may hold a misfit mountain like ♠ KQJxxxx ♥ AJ ♦ - ♣ AKQxwith 4 ♠ making on pure power and 5 ♥ a disaster. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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