kfay Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 [hv=d=e&v=e&s=saq10xhakq98xxdckx]133|100|Scoring: IMPP-1♥-Dbl-1♠P-?[/hv] How do you like to handle this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 5C, exclusion. (do I look cool now?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I bid 5♦ exclusion on this auction once and got passed. But I bid it here, I'll take my chances opposite a keycard and though 5 is not completely safe I don't see any other way to confidently avoid it. Sorry, I am not one of the group who seem to only bid exclusion as a psych :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 If you often get passed in your exclusion bids then I would recommend bidding exclusion in suits where you have something. More seriously, this is a clear exclusion auction for me so I don't fear a misunderstanding. I don't like 5D though as it pinpoints the club lead, the lead most likely to beat us. (Don't tell anybody but I've never actually psyched exclusion at the table. Somehow the right hand hasn't appeared at a time when I was both alert and brave enough.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Just want to point out that after 5D we should always be planning on playing in hearts not spades (passing 5H and bidding 6H over 5S). That way we cannot get a club lead through us. I agree with that plan though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 If you often get passed in your exclusion bids then I would recommend bidding exclusion in suits where you have something. More seriously, this is a clear exclusion auction for me so I don't fear a misunderstanding. What was funny about it was that just a day earlier, that partner had asked me if I wanted to play a splinter then rebidding the splinter as exclusion and I said no. So I was very confident he would read this one. What was doubly funny was that, although I forget his exact hand, it included Axxx of diamonds and a couple other honors and I was quite sure he should raise a natural 5♦ anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 5C, exclusion. (do I look cool now?) Nope, cool people bid it with ♣xx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Does anyone here play 3NT as a big raise in spades with a long solid heart suit? Kind of akin to 1m-1M-4m Or is this just a raise to 3NT with a long solid heart suit. By the way I'm not a huge fan of exclusion since the 5-level isn't even super safe. Say pard has diamond wastage and no spade jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I don't play 3NT as a spade raise and I agree the 5-level isn't super-safe, especially given the double on our left. But what are we supposed to do, we need about king-fifth for slam, a grand could be laydown and we have no other sensible way to investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'll take my chances with a direct jump to exclusion as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 p probably psyched one spade, and even if he didn't KJx is probably off-side :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Just want to point out that after 5D we should always be planning on playing in hearts not spades (passing 5H and bidding 6H over 5S). That way we cannot get a club lead through us. I agree with that plan though. Although we might get a spade lead ruffed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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