mr1303 Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 2. IMPs, Unfavourable ♠ A1032♥ AQ3♦ --♣ J106432 RHO you LHO pard1♠ pass 1NT 2♠3♠ 4♥ 4♠ passpass ? 2S was a Michael's cue-bid, showing hearts and an unspecified minor. Clearly we have a good hand here, and 4H expected to make comfortably. The question is are we going to get a sufficient penalty from 4S doubled, or to take the push to the 5 level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Dbl, I'm not going to violate the LOTT by three levels, and certainly not with a void in p's second suit. This should be unanimous. I already considered doubling 3♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 (double post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 I give. Looks like an X to me. If partner has an insane hand with 12 cards in the red suits, I expect him to pull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 I will pay the 1 time partner has ♣, but if they have ♦ we gotta take what we can get and Dbl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Hi X. Hopefully the bid I send in my mail. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Double. Just another problem where there are 50 points in the deck. I will lead the club deuce and we will wreak havoc on this contract if partner can win, read the lead for what it means and return a diamond. Five hearts will not play as well as we think if we get a heart lead, since we will have a lot of diamond losers in partner's dummy to deal with. But we are at unfavorable vulnerability, so I choose to believe that partner is trading on more than a couple of red rags and a 6 count. If they are about to make, the swing on this board was probably going against us anyway. If they are going down, we want to get all that is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Count me amongst the doublers. It's possibly a huge double fit hand, but who knows for sure? I'll take my stand here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwingo Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Double: With this kind of bidding, I anticipate bad heart breaks and 5H is not going to be easy. Let me go positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hi X. Hopefully the bid I send in my mail. With kind regardsMarlowe Same for me hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 double.. what else is there? If partner has diamonds, this will be bloody. If he has clubs, it wil lstill be bloody, but it will be our blood being spilled. I lead the ♥A...I am not going for ruffs, I am going for control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Double. Can't make any guess now, just hope partner had ♦'s, which is odds on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 When I first put this problem in, I thought it was more interesting than many of the posters. Assuming opponents are sane then 4S is unlikely to go many off, and with a sane partner opposite (who should not be introducing a Michael's cue-bid on rubbish at unfavourable vulnerability) 5 hearts should be safe, and 6 hearts could have possibilities. However, on further consideration, hearts are most unlikely to break 3-2 on this auction, so we could well have handling difficulties if partner's diamonds are broken, and I think the doublers are correct. Dbl = 1005H/5C = 50Pass = 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'd double as well, we will kill this assuming partner has diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 This problem happened to me at the table in a national open teams. I don't remember the hands, but I know pard has an offensive 6-5. If you dbl, it goes 1 down on good defense (one slip and you let it through). Still, it's the best you can get, as 5♥ goes 1 down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Hum.. I just remembered up pard's hand. He had xJT9xxxAKQxxx Funny.. I don't see how 5♥ fails to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Indeed. If that is partner's hand, 5♥ is a claim, and 6♥ has some play. Meanwhile, you are not beating 4♠x more than 3 tricks, possibly less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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