Coelacanth Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 IMPS, short matches [hv=pc=n&e=sqt84hjt72d8caq73&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=pp2sd3s4hp5dp]133|200|[/hv] Some questions about this sequence: Would you have bid 4♥? Any consideration of Dbl, 3NT, or anything else?What hand type does partner have for his 5♦ bid?Is 5♦ forcing?What call do you make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Choosing the best bid is not always easy and this hand does pose some problems. The hand is quite offensive and will take a lot of tricks if partner does hold 4H, which is not a 100% requirement for the t/o dble. I like to use a responsive dble over 3S usually a hand with 2 places to play, when partner bids 4D I can comfortably bid H now having told the other hand I also have some C. With the bidding you gave I would assume 5D was a cue bid in support of H, if not we need to have a talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Choosing the best bid is not always easy and this hand does pose some problems. The hand is quite offensive and will take a lot of tricks if partner does hold 4H, which is not a 100% requirement for the t/o dble. I like to use a responsive dble over 3S usually a hand with 2 places to play, when partner bids 4D I can comfortably bid H now having told the other hand I also have some C. With the bidding you gave I would assume 5D was a cue bid in support of H, if not we need to have a talk. Maybe we should have a talk. :) To me, the 5♦ bid is natural and strong - too strong to overcall 3♦ (which is quite strong). Technically, it is not forcing, but opposite a hand that could freely bid 4♥ over 3♠ it is almost forcing. If this bid is not natural, what is partner supposed to bid at his first opportunity on: ---AxAKJTxxxKJxx Does he really have to bid 3♠? This is a very good hand - really too strong to overcall 3♦ but not so strong as to demand game opposite a balanced 6 count (unless it is the right 6 count). Overcalling 4♦ is not an available choice for most players as that shows diamonds and hearts. It makes sense to me that 5♦ is strong and natural. With a big hand with hearts that wants to look for slam over partner's 4♥ call, the big hand can cue bid 4♠. By the way, don't ask me how you are supposed to get to 6♣ on the example hand that I provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 By the way, don't ask me how you are supposed to get to 6♣ on the example hand that I provided. Easy. I'm bidding 6♣. If pard was cuebidding for hearts, so am I. If pard has your example hand we are there. If pard doubled on a 1-suiter he better make 6♦ or we will need to have that talk. Either way(s) I win the post-mortem, the prime objective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coelacanth Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 The first two replies are interesting. I was sure that my partner's bid was either a cuebid in support of hearts, or natural and to play. Unfortunately, I didn't know which. If you think that partner's bid is natural and NF, you have a clear pass, I think. If you think that partner has made a cuebid supporting your hearts, what call do you make? 6♣ seems normal if you deem this hand slam-worthy after partner's sequence, but do you? If not, you retreat to 5♥, I suppose. If you don't know what partner is doing, what's the best bid to cater to all possibilities? Or, to rephrase that question, what's the best bid to avoid a disaster? I figured that if partner was cuebidding and I bid 5♥, he would either pass or raise. If he didn't have hearts and wanted to play in diamonds, I figured he'd take me back to 6♦. Of course, when I rebid hearts, he thinks I have a ton of hearts. Partner's actual hand was ♠x, ♥Ax, ♦AKQJxxx, ♣Kxx. He passed when I bid 5♥; this contract was not a success. 6♦ will make if clubs are 3-3; I'm not sure if they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Partner obviously is bidding a natural 5♦ he cannot miss both ♠ and ♣ controls. The better the level of your partner the more likelly this is a cuebid and not natural. Good players do not double with 1 suiters over preempts if they can avoid it. Partner's double was wrong, he has just a good 3♦ overcall. I'd rather bid 3NT with your hand, for example LHO could easilly be 1-4 in the majors and 4♥ will be a bad contract then. Q108x in RHO's suit is very NT oriented holding, making often 2 tricks in NT, but often zero in a suit contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 6♣Pard has the world's fair with solid ♦ or ♦ and ♣. On the auction, I have extras so 6♣ it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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