matmat Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 AQJTxAT8xxxxx imps, all white. (4♦)-P-(P)-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 4S since they're so good, don't hate double though w/e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I think double is almost auto on a hand like this, I think it's just too likely 4♦X is our best spot if partner is going to pass it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I'm on record as saying 4♠. I double more often than I should when I have somewhere 'where I live.' This time I just decided to bid where I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I think double is almost auto on a hand like this, I think it's just too likely 4♦X is our best spot if partner is going to pass it. He probably bids 5C more than passing, or some equivalent amount imo. Of course 5C instead of 4S could be right, but 4S instead of 4D X could be right also very often. Of course double gets you to hearts when it's right... Not clear at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 dble. btw there is a lot to be considered in bidding 4H rather than 4S if you are intent on bidding a suit. I hope partner is understanding if my hand becomes dummy in 5C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 dble. btw there is a lot to be considered in bidding 4H rather than 4S if you are intent on bidding a suit. I hope partner is understanding if my hand becomes dummy in 5C. Umm, what? Because partner is bidding 4S over 4H SO OFTEN, that you gain an edge by bidding 4H with 5-5? OH wait, partner is pretty much never going to bid 4S. And our spades are so much stronger and can probably play a 5-2, withstand likely bad splits, etc etc, that I'd say there's nothing to be said for bidding 4H. I would give it a 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcurt Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 dble. btw there is a lot to be considered in bidding 4H rather than 4S if you are intent on bidding a suit. I hope partner is understanding if my hand becomes dummy in 5C. f you are thinking this is a vondracek hand... sure if you were a little better and maybe 6610 and you are planning to tell partner to turn that trash over and play one hand vs two. butpartner might have any of d tricksc tricksa small trump you can use to ruff h so i dont think playing the weaker suit applies here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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