shyams Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=st5hjt743d4cat542&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1sp1n(Forcing%201%20round)3d(obstructive)3h5d]133|200[/hv]What do you do now? Pass, Dbl, raise to 5♥ or try for a ♥ slam? I thought my chosen action (in isolation) was easy and obvious, but partner went ballistic when it turned out poorly! At the table, I said his hand did not match his bidding (I'll post full hand later) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I would bid 5H- I am not going to pass, because that might well end the auction, and I have five card heart support. 5H is either making or a good save.- I am not going to double because I have minimal defence- I am not going to make a grand slam try (by bidding 6D, say) because my hand isn't good enough - I could have another ace and not have enough for a 2/1 in many systems That leaves me with the choice of 5H or 6HPartner could have AKxxx AKxxx xx x when I want to be in slamBut i don't want to punish him too much for bidding - I want him to bid 3H on rather less; and there is a reasonable chance he also has a singleton diamond which would be bad news.But i think it's quite close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I think 5♥ is quite clear, Frances explained why, to me the only option would be to pass 1♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I also think 5♥ is quite clear. As usual, partner is minimum more often than he has extras, and KQJxxx AKxxx x x already has extras for a 3♥ bid - in fact that hand would probably bid 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriegel Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think 5♥ is clear-cut. If there's a slam here... preempts work. What was your action at the table? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hi, Pass is out - we are not in a FP seq, I have 5 card support for p, and I dont want to letthem play 5D undoubled. Trying for slam is also out, there is no bid, that will have this meaning, X is for penalty,5H is to play, if I bypass 5H we will be playing 6H. That leaves X or 5H - I would go with 5H, i have 5 card support, and only one sure trick. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 5♥ is crystal clear and partner could not fault you for the bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Like most posters, I thought the 5♥ bid was obvious. I visualized a hand like the one posted by Frances. Sadly, partner had ♠AKxxxx ♥A8xx ♦x ♣Qx. Obviously, partner's 3♥ was stupid. But he blamed me for my raise. His argument was "If I passed and LHO raised to 5♦, how would we continue??" or some such crutch. In any case, I said I was 100% sure my action was sound and logical. We agreed to revisit later, and I thought it may be worth posting on BBF to re-validate my understanding Thank you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I would suggest to play double of 3♦ as takeout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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