Best bidder in your shoes

[han]

It's always nerveracking when you play a team game on BBO with a fair number of kibitzers and the best bidder in world sits in your chair at the other table. He treated this hand entirely differently than I did:

 

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=sxxxha10xxxdkxcaqx]133|100|Scoring: IMP

(1♠) - 2♣ - (3♠) - Dbl;

(p) - 4♣ - (p) - ??[/hv]

 

3S was preemptive. Do you agree with the responsive double?

 

What's your call now?

[mike777]

I must admit I would have bid 4s last round but this may be some nonexpert level bid.

 

Now? If, if 4d is rkc for clubs I would try that now.

[Codo]

KCs for clubs? Wow, your parts overcalls must be very solid and your opps openings more then light. Pd needs at least x, KQx,Axx,KJxxxx for a slam.

 

I try 5 Club.

[Fluffy]

no bid fits perfectly, and we might very well be off 2 aces. or 1♥+1♠. Even 2 spade losers is possible.

 

On BBO I'd bid 4♦, and hope partner takes it the right way. On real life 5♣ to avoid disasters.

[Fluffy]

no bid fits perfectly, and we might very well be off 2 aces. or 1♥+1♠. Even 2 spade losers is possible.

 

On BBO I'd bid 4♦, and hope partner takes it the right way. On real life 5♣ to avoid disasters.

[Impact]

reluctant to agree with Mike, but 4S on the previous round (which avoids any prospect of playing in H!) was a fair shot for slam investigation, but now since I am subtitutung and could not argue with the attempt to find H - if I play DI, I like 4NT as a slam-try for C!

[helene_t]

Agree with the responsive dbl. Now 5♣. Maybe 4♥ should show this hand but I'm not sure if it does. Anyway, 5♣ must be an acceptable spot at IMPs. If I want to bid slam I just do it right away.

[Dwingo]

No to responsive double. 4♠ for me.

[pbleighton]

I would have bid 5C the first time, so that's what I would bid now.

 

If I miss a light slam, it won't be the first time ;)

 

Peter

[mikeh]

Slam tries? Wow...

 

Keycard? wow, and wow!

 

I agree with the responsive double.

 

Now the straightforward bid is 5♣.

 

It is tempting to bid 4♥, on the basis that doubling first and then 4♥ should show a different hand than an immediate 4♥ call... but, while it clearly shows a different hand, does it show a heart-club two-suiter (which is what I have, in context) or a red two-suiter?

 

If I expected partner to get it 'right', I'd try 4♥, but I don't think that is realistic, so I bid the tame 5♣.

 

I just noted that my post is almost identical to Helene's ;)

[Finch]

5C, along with others.

 

I don't think 4D is right. For one thing, what would you bid if you were 1-5-6-1 with a good hand?

[keylime]

4♦ KC? That's not only nuts, it's blatantly nuts.

 

With an experienced partner I try 4♥ (I don't play responsive dbls in this situation with Larry). Anyone else, it's 5♣.

[skjaeran]

I'd bid 4♠ now - a good raise to 5♣.

If partner has Roland's example hand: x KQx Axx KJxxxx he'll most probably bid slam. And that's not much better than my minimum 2♣ overcalls. With x Qxx Axx KJTxxx partner will bid 5♣.

[ArcLight]

1. I agree with the Responsive Double. Since we hold the A and Q, pard likely has a 6 card club suit holding the K and J.

Would he overcall with a 5 card broken suit?

 

2. I will just bid 5♣ and hope we make it. We may have a spade, and a diamond or heart loser or two.

[pclayton]

Just 5♣. I've had a few hands over the past 24 hours where I've hoped for perfect hands and gotten stung.

[han]

I bid 4H, I was confident that my partner (cherdano) would interpret this as I intended but he would not expect sclubs as good as these.

 

My LHO doubled 4H, partner passed. Now what?

[Free]

I bid 4H, I was confident that my partner (cherdano) would interpret this as I intended but he would not expect sclubs as good as these.

 

My LHO doubled 4H, partner passed. Now what?

Pass, partner passes, he's fine with it

[ArtK78]

I would have bid 5♣ over 4♣. I would certainly bid 5♣ now. You have suppressed your club support far too long.

 

The double is interesting. Presumably, LHO (who I am assuming is a good player) would not double 4♥ if that were the only contract that he could beat. But I can't make a good argument for passing out 4♥x.

[TimG]

It's always nerveracking when you play a team game on BBO with a fair number of kibitzers and the best bidder in world sits in your chair at the other table.

Who?

[han]

I was, with the best bidder sitting in my chair at the other table.

[jdonn]

I was, with the best bidder sitting in my chair at the other table.

I also heard he has a strong background in medicine from some South American University.

[han]

I wouldn't know. Oh, "Best bidder" is just his nickname, don't take it too seriously.

[han]

I bid 5C over the double and this got doubled too. I think that was poor bridge though, I should have let partner make the decision, so I should either pass or redouble to show doubt.

 

Partner had x J9x AJx KJ10xxx, for how many of you is this a 2C overcall?

 

The opponents lead two rounds of spades. Partner ruffed, pulled trump in to rounds and stripped spades and diamonds (with a diamond finesse). He lead the heart jack and claimed.

 

♥KQx was offside so a heart lead would have defeated 5C (and this is what happened at the other table).

 

I think that 4H is a little better, with the 2-2 club split it shouldn't be a problem.

[cherdano]

Partner had x J9x AJx KJ10xxx, for how many of you is this a 2C overcall?

Good question :rolleyes:

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=20967

[Fluffy]

That hand is close between pass and 3♣