awm Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 ♠QJT♥AKJx♦Ax♣KJxx You open 1♣ playing 2/1. This time the auction continues: 1♣ - Pass - Pass - 1NT The 1NT balance shows something like 11-15 with a club stopper. What will you do now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 I pass fast. Probably matters what partners passing style is I guess, but we are going to be in a lot wondering what to play and the opps will play double dummy, and if they have a good run to 2D they may only be able to get there if I X. It just seems like we have no future in this hand and I think they will make it more often than they won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Pass. What are we competing for? Don't we want to defend 1N? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I double at MP, gambling partner will have a 5 card suit to scape to where we will play comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Straightforward pass. Partner has nothing or almost nothing, what are we fighting for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I would double. This time the opponents are unlikely to have a long suit, and I sit over their high cards. I expect to get them down two more than once for each time that this backfires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburn Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 Pass, but if I had a fourth spade instead of a fourth heart and the same honour structure, I would double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 X here show bal 18-19 in my book. This is what i have and i have a safe lead. Partner will stand the double 95% of the times. Of course for these kind of problems we really need the vulnerability and if its MP or Imps. In Imps im not afraid of -180 when +500 is often available in mp if they are white double is very tempting because down 1 or 2 (+50 or +100) will probably be a bad result. Sometimes you can pray that they are in 1C making 1or 2 at the other tables (+70,+90) and try to set 1nt 2 tricks (+100) but defending a white 1Nt rarely pays off in MP X or not i expect the declarer to play double dummy anyway. When it goes 1C---pass---pass----1Nt all pass and i have a balance 12 pts with AQxx of clubs and my partner has a balanced 6 pts LHO has a 18-19 balanced 99% of the times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 X or not i expect the declarer to play double dummy anyway. When it goes 1C---pass---pass----1Nt all pass and i have a balance 12 pts with AQxx of clubs and my partner has a balanced 6 pts LHO has a 18-19 balanced 99% of the times. So you really expect a declarer who is playing double dummy and is getting a good split in spades and may have a source of tricks in diamonds whereas you have no source of tricks and will be endplayed all the time to go down more than he makes? I would not be surprised at all to see 2 overtricks. Xing is fine here with 18-19 if you have some tricks like KQJTx of clubs or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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