Trpltrbl Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 SWISS, VUL against NOT http://mnet.bg/~mfn/s.gif voidhttp://mnet.bg/~mfn/h.gif AK9xxhttp://mnet.bg/~mfn/d.gif AQJxhttp://mnet.bg/~mfn/c.gif AK9x 3http://mnet.bg/~mfn/s.gif - X - 4http://mnet.bg/~mfn/s.gif - P - P - your bid Mike :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 tnx for adding the vulnerability :P Dbl, hopefully partner won't pass. I want to play slam, unless partner has good spades. If he has bad spades, he should bid 4NT leaving the choice for me, or bid a 4 card suit at 5 level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Guess not many people interested in this problem, or don't know how to handle it. Mike :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted February 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Wow, people must be really scared of this hand. Last try. Mike B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 5s showing something like this hand :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Hard to find a bid here, anything could be very right or very wrong. The big problem is with the first bid. This is NOT a hand you want to make a takeout double on to begin with. IF you do, especially at this vul, you know you are going to be saddled with this very decision or playing unkind 3♠X. The right bid over 3♠ is an immediate 4♠ cue-bid. How can I show this hand when after 3♠x I can't have this hand. As it is, I now choose 5NT pick a slam, thinking I will get a forcong pass opportunity over a 6♠ sac (given the vul). ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Agree with Ben. I would have have bid 4S initially. Now I have snookered myself to some extent. 4NT I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I double, fully expecting to play 4♠X since partner is passing with all balanced hands. I'm not prepared to force to slam on this hand, so I'm clearly in the minority (of one currently!). I play non-leaping Leaping Michaels over 3♠, with both 4♠ and 4NT showing the minors (good and bad versions) so I'm quite happy with double ... well perhaps not happy but forced. This is a relatively common treatment for 4♠ and 4NT on the tournament scene although clearly not optimal for this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Maybe it would work better if I say that my pd will never pass the X, unless she had 2 of 3 tophonors and 5 card suit, one of her rules being infront of the opener.So in this case is she wud pass, we are collecting a big price. Mike B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 2 of the top honors to 5 cards in THEIR suit? Who on earth were you playing who would bid this way? The last time you had a penalty X I must have been a wee laddie. Not a realistic problem imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Maybe it would work better if I say that my pd will never pass the X, unless she had 2 of 3 tophonors and 5 card suit, one of her rules being infront of the opener.So in this case is she wud pass, we are collecting a big price. Mike B) OMG you must be stolen blind. What kind of requirement to leave a penalty double in is a FIVE card suit with two of the top three? Jeez. Pentaly passes must NEVER happen at your table (well never is kind of stong, but boy do you have them when it does, every 20 years or so). Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Not my rule, my pd's. And she comes in high in national competion in USA more then a few times. Mike :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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