kfay Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=saxxxhxxxdkq9xxcx]133|100|Scoring: MPP-(1♥)-P-(3♥*) *=weakDbl-(4♥)-4♠-(P)P-(5♥)-Dbl All Pass[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 ♣x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 K♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 ♦K. Why on earth did I double 5♥?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Trumps. We should have the other suits more or less under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Why on earth did I double 5♥?? Dunno, hoping for ♣A in partner's hand perhaps... I'd lead ♦K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Why on earth did I double 5♥??Because 4♠ might actually be a winner, in which case you need to protect your score. (If partner found the double of 3♥, it might very well be found at the other table too.) I lead my ♣. Partner will have some values, among which could be the minor aces. a) If partner has both aces: A club is highly likely to be right.:D If partner has only the ♦A: A club will not cost a reasonable amount of the time.c) If partner has only the ♣A: A club is highly likely to be right.d) If partner has no aces: A club will not cost a reasonable amount of the time. Obviously a) is not as likely as the other scenarios, but B) and c) must be virtually equal. I agree however that a ♦ is probably a bit more "safe" than a ♣, if your aim solely to beat the contract, but I weakly believe that a ♣ is a long term winner, imp-wise. The few times my ♣-lead gives away the contract, I'll live with the raised eyebrows from the "solid" experts. I've looked silly before. Edit: Oops, MP. Changes matter significantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wclass___ Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 ♠A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Why on earth did I double 5♥??Because 4♠ might actually be a winner, in which case you need to protect your score. Huh? We're both passed hands, really looks to me like we're making a save. Though we might have a lot of tricks in spades. I'd expect opps to have 10 or 11 tricks. If they've got 10, we've already done our job by pushing them up a level. If they've got 11, we give ourselves a bottom instead of a 35-45% board by doubling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Agree with DK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcurt Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 ♦K. I think a club is huge error. If partner really has clubs, they already lost the board between being on the 5-level and blowing up 5♥. If he doesn't this is just asking to watch them run winners. I also think doubling is a huge error since a significant fraction of the field is defending 4♥ and we're giving up our free-roll against those pairs. ♠A isn't crazy but I want to combine chances for the maximum beat with chances for any beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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