thebiker Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Playing IMPs the bidding goes East (you) South West North1H 1S 2C 4S??Back to you NS are vulnerable EW are not You are playing 4 card majors, weak no trump. A new suit at the 2 level normallyshows a minimum of 10 HCP or the distributional equivalent Your hand isA, JT9xx, AKQxx, Kx Your move? (note pass would not be forcing under your methods) thank you in advance for your answers regardsBrian Keablealias "thebiker" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Playing IMPs the bidding goes East (you) South West North1H 1S 2C 4S??Back to you NS are vulnerable EW are not You are playing 4 card majors, weak no trump. A new suit at the 2 level normallyshows a minimum of 10 HCP or the distributional equivalent Your hand isA, JT9xx, AKQxx, Kx Your move? (note pass would not be forcing under your methods) thank you in advance for your answers regardsBrian Keablealias "thebiker" as the colours are favorable for EW I try to break them of bidding like they are reversed +500 should be easy +980 or 920 could be hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Dbl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 5NT. What does partner need for slam, xxx x xxx AQJxxx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 This has the feel to me of a potential double game swing - or simply their game on distributional values. I don't expect to get rich doubling and might lose a bunch. It appears their HCPs are most likely in hearts and spades, leaving partner with maybe something like xx, Kx, xxx, AQJxxx. I kind of like 4N but would give serious thought to a plain vanilla 5C bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiker Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Thank you all for your replies My reason for posing that question what should East do, was a follows: East (who is a friend of mine, I was South) doubled and 4S made up 1. East did not get much sympathy from his team - mates - and I wondered whether or not he was right to double and how much support he would get from the panel In the other room our teammates bid a no play diamond slam - with two top hearts missing and a potential heart ruff. The contact made on the wrong lead The 4 hands were somthing like this: North JTxxxxx Axx - Txxx West East - AQxx JT9xxJxxx AKQxxAQJxxx Kx South KQxxxx Kx xxxx x A really freaky hand Was my friend East's double so bad? regardsBrian Keablealias "thebiker" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I didn't like double before and I don't like it now. Even ignoring that the 'no play slam' requires leading declarer's opening bid suit from Kx to set, it's also a good save over the cold 5♠ of the opponents! Well done teammates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 lol no play slam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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