Sanity Check

[OleBerg]

It would be nice to know the vulnerability, the form of scoring,

LOL

 

something about the match and the opponents if for no other reason to better judge why LHO has been so aggressive. Of course, pard's putative pass on the last round would have been forcing because we have just voluntarily bid game.

LOL

 

Anyone who doesn't know this needs to study up on the game a bit more.

ROFL

 

Pass seems best in most of the hypothetical situations, but I might bid on in others, likely 5♦.

LOL

 

Pard only needs something like:

♠AKxx

♥Qxxx

♦Kxx

♣A10

for 5♦ or 5♠ to have a better than even shot - only 4-0♠ are likely to defeat it.

Correct

 

Say we are vul vs not versus good aggressive bidders and probably slightly behind on board six of a seven board Swiss match. I might bid on.

Dubious, but accepted.

 

And, even if our 5 bid can't make, there is no law that says the opponents won't err by bidding on.

LOL

 

1½ out of seven. That's an E minus. Only sligth improvement needed for a passing grade. (ECTS-scale)

[Free]

IMO When partner doubles in tempo, 5♦ = 10, _P = 9, 5♠ = 8,

One must admire the honesty and courage for posting something like this in a unanimous minus one poll.

[wyman]

It would be nice to know the vulnerability, the form of scoring

Yes, if only there were someplace one could find this information...

 

edit: or even 2 places (!!) in the case of vulnerability

[MrAce]

One must admire the honesty and courage for posting something like this in a unanimous minus one poll.

 

:D

[nige1]

One must admire the honesty and courage for posting something like this in a unanimous minus one poll.

:D

Thanks. This was an appeal from a club game last night. South's double was very slow. North bid 5D, and south bid 5S. +650. East had --/QJT9x/xx/QJT9xx. South held (wtf) KQJxx / Kxxx / Kxx / A, so 5Cx goes for only 500. _Everyone_ polled thought bidding was automatic (of course, everyone polled had played the hand). The phrase "pass is not even an option" was uttered several times. +650.

Those at wyman's club all chose 5♠. Almost everybody on BBO chose Pass. IMO, the hesitation suggests the former over the latter. That is what is should be important in law. At the club, however, nobody seems to have judged pass to be a logical alternative.

[OleBerg]

One must admire the honesty and courage for posting something like this in a unanimous minus one poll.

 

And appriciate it!

 

If no-one ever said anything the majority believed to be wrong, we'd still be in the dark ages.