vin1990 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Playing on BBO: 1. a) I held♠A ♥Q102 ♣AQJ9 ♦AQJ102 The bidding3♠-pass-pass-my bid? (I doubled and opener redbld?) :rolleyes: It went3♠-pass-pass-dblredbl-4♣-pass-my bid What do I now bid? (I bid ♣5 - dont know if the redbl made me timid or not - the hand made 7♣ - but we got 6 imps for it because a lot of the field played in ♣4 - and none in slam) Edited to correct hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicklont Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 You have 14 cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 1. Whatever card you take away, double is obvious. Whether 5 Club was right would depend on the 13 cards you actually had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Double for sure I would try 4♠ now, just in case partner has a complete max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 #1 X,#2 XX is odd, ... A good rule after a preempt is, to assume partner has half of the missing HCP. I have 20HCP, the single Ace of spade is not nice, but the single in their suit is, the preempt will usually be based on a hand with 6HCP, missing are 12, hence our side will have 26. The XX does not really change the equation a lot, only that the points of the preemptor will be in soade, which is good news as well. With 26HCP you want to play game, if you discovered a fit. You have found a fit, most of the time 4C will be based on a 5 carder, so raising 4C to 5C is fine. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I think 5♣ is enough. Even if p has a heart control, we could still lose a trick to a heart ruff, or we could lose a second heart trick to the jack, or one of the minor kings could be offside. Or the clubs could split badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I'm no expert, but I would have probably bid the same way. What on earth is XX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Double for sure I would try 4♠ now, just in case partner has a complete max. Agreed with 4♠. I think this is good enough to suggest slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Double for sure I would try 4♠ now, just in case partner has a complete max. Agreed with 4♠. I think this is good enough to suggest slam. The problem with the cue is, that quite often noone has anidea, what the cue actually means, does it agree clubs astrumps? Besides there is not much space left between 4S and 5C. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 What on earth is XX? Someone clicking for the sake of hearing their mouse button? Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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