mtvesuvius Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 NV vs V at IMPs with LHO dealing, you hold: ♠ AKQJx♥ KQxxx♦ Qx♣ Q (1♥) - P - (P) - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 As nonexpert I will try pass and try and go plus. The opp are vul, we are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Agree with mike777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlam Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 If I were an expert, I would try to go plus, by one hundred more than mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 2♠, which should show a single-suited hand too good for 1♠ in this auction. Pass could get you the magic 200 or even 300, of course, but I won't pass up my 100 honors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Double then spades for me. Assuming that our KQxxx of hearts are KQ432, then if we pass 1♥ declarer will make at least 3 heart tricks and possibly more, as well as a couple of tricks in Aces and Kings. I don't see 1♥ going more than one or two down, and sometimes it will make. I will hope that we can make at least a spade partscore, and on a good day we will make 3NT or 4♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 2♠, which should show a single-suited hand too good for 1♠ in this auction. Pass could get you the magic 200 or even 300, of course, but I won't pass up my 100 honors. We agree. It is not the 200 or perhaps 300 I am concerned with but the 420. I don't mind passing at MP where we may get 200 when the limit of our hand is 140 or even 110 with a bad split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Double then spades. Good reasoning by 3.1415926. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 X for me. I am not passing this and the hand is too good for 2S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 This is a crap shoot. If you ran a sim, my guess is that passing will net +200 and some +300's most of the time and bidding will get anywhere from -100 / part scores / games. One small upside of bidding is that 3N could be the spot too. I'll pass. I'm ahead of the sets and the part scores, and I'm only losing 3-6 to the lucky games. I don't understand double with this shape at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman5757 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Well, so far, I am the only 1 ♠ bidder, and I guess my feeling is that, except for my xlnt ♠ suit, this is quite possibly the very worst 19 hcp I ever saw. It's really only about 15, if that. if P can't advance over 1 ♠, what are we missing? I don't see how X really helps much. Yes, I can bid 2 ♠, over P's 2 level response, and that describes my values -- sort of, kinda, but how will P possibly judge how to proceed? The favorable vulnerability makes the problem tougher, but I think I have to make a try for + 420, and IMHO, the best way to make that try is by bidding 1 ♠ now. If I get a raise, which is what I really want to hear, I can make a game try with 3 ♦. If P bids 4♠, we should have a good chance to make it, and if he retreats to 3 ♠, maybe I can make that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Well, looks like a fairly split problem... As it turns out, this hand came up in a match that we were up by 30 something with 3 boards to go... I cannot say what would have been a valid result because of the full deal: [hv=d=n&v=n&n=st9732h2d9754c432&w=sakqj5hkq854dq8cq&e=s864hj63d63ck8765&s=shat97dakjt2cajt9]399|300|Scoring: IMPN E S W1♥ - P - 4NT - XP - P - 5♥ - X5♠ - P - P - XAll Pass No! This is not a typo! North DID open 1♥. Note that NS are cold for 6♦, so now that I think about it, my Xs of 5M were awful...[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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