wyman Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 [hv=pc=n&s=s8632hdaq86cakjt8&w=skjht75dkt93cq743&n=saqt9754hq6d42c96&e=shakj98432dj75c52&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=1cp1s4h4s5h5s6hppdppp]399|300[/hv] IMPs, NS +500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 [hv=pc=n&s=s8632hdaq86cakjt8&w=skjht75dkt93cq743&n=saqt9754hq6d42c96&e=shakj98432dj75c52&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=1cp1s4h4s5h5s6hppdppp]399|300|[/hv]IMPs, NS +500 IMO South is more to blame, because this shouldn't be forcing-pass auction. But 6♠ is no cinch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 No blame is certainly an option. I'm interested in thoughts on the whole auction -- as N/S of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 You were getting 4♠ +480, next 5♠ +480, but in the end you got +500 because they pushed, what is the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I think the 6H bid was the worst bid of the auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 No blame and I don't expect anyone to get to 6♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Thanks. Maybe this would have been better as a problem from N (and maybe even then it is easy). I was N, and I wasn't sure what to do over 6H (I think our bidding was normal until then). If pass was forcing, I think my xx/xx/xx suggests doubling, but I wasn't sure, seeing as I have 7 spades to the AQ, and partner is surely fishing for something in my hand. If pass is NF, though, what could partner have? Something like KJxx/x/Jx/KQJxxx? And even then we may beat 6H (probably not, though -- spades 1-1 and clubs 3-2 might not even be good enough if the long D's are opposite the short clubs). Do I have enough to double here or should we just take our 100s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Thanks. Maybe this would have been better as a problem from N (and maybe even then it is easy). I was N, and I wasn't sure what to do over 6H (I think our bidding was normal until then). I think north knows that there is an 11 card spade fit, that's perhaps a couple cards longer than south can assume. North is also pretty sure that south has a heart void -- the vulnerable opponents likely have 11 hearts to be bidding this way. Would South bid this way with ♠Kxxx ♥ - ♦AQJx ♣KJxxx? Maybe, but then they might be making 6♥. So, if anyone should be bidding 6♠, it is north. But, suppose west had passed rather than bidding 5♥ or east had passed rather than bidding 6♥, would you have reached 6♠? probably not. I agree with Han, the opponents were making bad decisions, much worse than either North or South. Maybe one of the things that separates us for the greats is that the greats get to 6♠? But, I sort of doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 What was South's pass over 6♥? Did it show no loser in hearts or is that only over 7? I blame South mostly but could be convinced otherwise. Is the spade finesse called for because of the 4♥ preempt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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