karlson Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 ♠AT9xxxx ♥KQx ♦Qx ♣x r/r imps, partner deals. 1♦-(5♣) to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 5 only ♠ for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 5S, x is not as bad as it seems but I still wouldn't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 pass..sigh......give up. at 5 level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straube Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 5S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 double oh you flipped a coin and it came up tails! (heads=5♠, tails=X) :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 5♠. WDRHO. I hate u. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I know I would bid 5♠ so I suppose I should vote for that. I'm usually the first to stand up for the flexibility of the double in these positions but, well, I do have a 7 card major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 pass..sigh......give up. at 5 level. lol so many posts, so many cliches, so little else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 5♠ and I think I'm closer to 6♠ than to dbl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 And here I am, very worried 5♠ will be doubled. Good grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 And here I am, very worried 5♠ will be doubled. Good grief. IMO a rational fear given the wide range of possible results for 5♠ while X is in a pretty narrow "take the money and run" window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlson Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I kibbed this hand in a team match on BBO. I was sure that I would have bid 5♠, but Michael Rosenberg doubled, and was right, as no one can come close to making anything. http://tinyurl.com/ygfmf5v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 double oh you flipped a coin and it came up tails! (heads=5♠, tails=X) :) I think 5S is pretty poor but since everyone is bidding it I guess it's not. It wouldn't occur to me to bid my 3 loser suit with no aces on the side at the 5 level rather than just take a plus score. What I said to clee is that if RHO's side suit is hearts or diamonds, we will likely get 500 from a double anyways (unless LHO has like 3 trumps + shortness, in which case Xing could be a disaster). If RHOs side suit is spades we don't want to bid 5S obv. If RHO has 9 clubs then X will probably only net 200, but again I don't see why it's so sure we would make 5S. At the end of the day things are gonna break terribly and our hand just isn't very good. Admittedly I am always in the "take the plus" camp and can't remember ever bidding 5M in this situation. Sometimes you lose a double game swing by doubling, if partner is also short in clubs and they can score like 8 trumps + 2 ruffs + a trick and you were cold though. But sometimes you go for a number in 5S when partner is short and LHO insta cracks you, and I think that is a more likely disaster. Most of the time I just see us having +500 or +200 and going minus a lot of the time by bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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