gwnn Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 AxxxKQxKxxJxx p-p-1♥-? favourable MP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Very boring pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 I guess you are serious? Pass for me is one of the most obvious bids I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 of course I'm serious. I held this hand at the club and did something and got a good score and if I had done something else, I'd have gotten a worse score. This is much more serious than many of my threads where I just post a decision which later proved to be almost completely irrelevant to the outcome of the hand. I got reminded by the other thread by this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 With an opening hand, four of the unbid major, and tolerance of the two unbid minors, I double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I think given the heart values and that the opponents are vul at mps while we have all this defense, I would pass. Although in the abstract I'm sure I double on more 13 counts with this shape than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszeszycki Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 There appears to be little to gain entering bidding just now. If p cannot balance somehow over 1h then we probably cant make anything. If opps start bidding then we can consider if it feels safe to enter the bidding later. For ex lets say they bid 1h 1s 2c 2h we just might want to keep to ourselves:) but if bidding goes 1h 1n 2c 2h p then an x (hoping for spade fit) seems warranted. Bidding now increases danger (if p is broke) or risks us getting overboard if p just short of an opening bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkDean Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I am still not modern enough to double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Exact distribution and very similar HCP spread to a hand from segment seven of the round of 8 in the trials. At the table I was watching, the double escaped for no loss, but 6 imps could have been donated if the opponents had let them have the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 AxxxKQxKxxJxx p-p-1♥-? favourable MP. x I got around 11 working hcp and 4s..easy.... I would do this even if vul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 AxxxKQxKxxJxx p-p-1♥-? favourable MP. x I got around 11 working hcp and 4s..easy.... I would do this even if vul. Are they working on offense or defense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 AxxxKQxKxxJxx p-p-1♥-? favourable MP. x I got around 11 working hcp and 4s..easy.... I would do this even if vul. Are they working on offense or defense? yes 13 hcp....bridge is a bidding or passing game see working hcp. :D ----- I understand pass.. but then I love roth/stone -------- everyone else hates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 LOL can't believe I'm doing this but the 4th spade makes me double. We are NV and we have spades - gotta get in there. I have a long history of passing these hands on the forums, but I've been competing with these in real life and have done fine. If not for the 4th spade I would pass in a flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I'd dbl. The best defense is a good offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I'll double. Just. It would be auto if partner wasn't a passed hand. My style has shifted massively here, it's just safer to come in earlier rather than guess later. Pard might help me get off to the right lead against a heart contract as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 If the ♥K were the Ace then I would double. In this scenario it's a little bit more likely to be our hand, and we're also less likely to suffer heart ruff(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Agree with Apollo, I would also pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 With an opening hand, four of the unbid major, and tolerance of the two unbid minors, I double. a hopefully non-paranoid voice of sanity :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I am still not modern enough to double. Neither am I when this flat with 13 but I don't hate doubling here with Axxx in ♠ so I think it is a close decision upon further consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I would double, we are white at MP and I have a nonembarrassing hand with four spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I doubled, we played 1S for a big score. LHO had some sort of speech impediment though, she never competed on her 5-4 minors hand. Don't take this data point seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I doubled, we played 1S for a big score. LHO had some sort of speech impediment though, she never competed on her 5-4 minors hand. Don't take this data point seriously. That people with speech impediments cannot bid? OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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