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[TheoKole]

[hv=d=w&v=b&s=s5hj1098dq109c109876]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

First hand in a pick-up game on BBO.

 

You are sitting South and the bidding goes

 

(1 ♣ ) -> 1 ♠ (overcall by partner) -> (P) -> P

(X) -> XX -> (P) -> P

(1 NT) -> X -> (XX) -> ???

 

This is with a pick-up "expert" (don't know if real or not) partner.

 

I chose to pass ( which was passed around ) expecting my partner to have at a minimum KQJxxx and 2 outside Aces, and I didn't expect them to have 6 running tricks outside of spades.

 

What would you do?

 

Thanks,

 

Theo

[the hog]

Pass and pass again.

[cherdano]

Pass, pass, and probably leave after the hand...

[CSGibson]

pass. partner has another bid if he's got something in mind.

[TheoKole]

Thanks for your replies.

 

The declarer played the hand beautifully as if in double dummy and made

1NT XX +3. :(

 

My partner lead the ♠ 10 won by the declarers ♠ J and I was starting to get a very bad feeling about this hand. :)

 

Dummy's hand was

♠ K8xx

♥ xxxx

♦ KJx

♣ Jx

 

 

Declarer then played a low club to dummy's Jx and partner played his singleton A ♣ !!! on the second spade lead to declarers A ♠ which was the beginning of a squeeze in 3 suits against me. I thought long and hard about what to throw on this round and eventually decided to throw a ♣ almost hoping that my partner would be squeezed before me. ;) Which in a way he was as he was forced to bare his ♥ A on the run of the clubs and AK of ♦.

 

After 2 ♠ and 4 ♣ tricks declarer played A and K of ♦ see partner show out and lead a ♥ towards Kxx and ducked as partner was forced to play his now singleton A.

 

Declarer made 4 clubs, 2 diamonds, 1 heart and 3 spades.

 

I sat threw criticism by my partner who explained that his double was for takeout, ??? and that since he obviously couldn't have had 18 - 20 points that I should have bid 2 ♣ or 2 ♥.

 

I was pretty sure that I was correct in passing but I wanted to ask the forum for any other opinions.

 

Thanks again.

 

Theo

[helene_t]

P showed a monster hand, probably with shortness in one of the red suits since otherwise he would have started with a double. He first makes a business rdbl so his double is penalties.

[Codo]

I really hate these "experts" who claim to know the truth and tell so stupid things.

 

Mark him as enemy. You had been right, he had been wrong. Simple.

[gwnn]

Pass, pass, pass. Pd thought he was Rambo and he could kill them on his own, he was wrong.

[dake50]

Couldn't everyone even online sense the noxious green cloud of stupid billowing forth??

[pclayton]

Obvious pass (and pass, and pass).

[MFA]

Pass, partner shows 7+ tricks against NT. KQJTxx + 2 aces for instance.

 

Instalogoff, when partner goes into this rubbish talk mode.

[whereagles]

Pard's dbls/rdbls were a bit silly, but our side probably doesn't have more than 20-21 hcp. Thus 1NT might well make and pulling the rdbl is definitely a possibility.