Yu18772 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Vul agains NV playing at an average club level, IMP, LHO opened 1♦ which was passed to you.♠AKQ2 ♥Q ♦AJT872 ♣97 Your bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 UGGGHH. I hate collecting 50's on these kind of hands or missing vulnerable games, but any positive move we make could send the auction out of hand. Plus, E-W could have a good heart (or club) fit for all we know. I suppose I would pass. Not happy about it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pard is a heavy favorite to be singleton in diamonds, but he didn't overcall or dbl, so he's kind of broke. It's a near-certainty LHO has a balanced hand with 4 diamonds, so he might be 12-14 or 18-19. In the first case you may or may not have game on; in the later case, you should definitely pass. I didn't ran a sim, but odds seem to hint at passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tappstein Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Five loser hand. Spades is a biddable suit at the one level. Bid one spade and maybe a two diamond bid is in the future.Definitely has defensive potential, but has offensive potential as well. I like to dribble and shot better than all the pushing and shoving.Not a believer of playing defense at the one level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I would pass. Partner obviously didn't pass with the diamond stack, they may have a better fit and opener extras (or the hand might just be a horrible misfit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pass. Partner with short ♦ didn't bid anything, so I guess it's better to try to defeat this instead of pushing them in a better contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 This seems a really obvious pass to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 1♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 MP PASS (most positve scores keep one from getting a zero and sometimes work out nicely)IMP cant ignore spade game need as little as xxxx Axxx Q xxxx have to bid 1S too muchrisk of missing game with passs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yu18772 Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 tnx for replies - just for the record I passed, we scored 200 (sub optimal declarer play). Pard had xxxx, Kxxxx, x, Axx.......http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif dummy had Q♣ and 9x♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 If I pass, partner has S:9xxxx H:xxx D:- C:AQxxx. 4S looks playable.If I bid 1S, he has S:xx H:A9xxx D:x C:9xxxx. Even low partial fails.I'm always lucky, I bid 1S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yu18772 Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 If I pass, partner has S:9xxxx H:xxx D:- C:AQxxx. 4S looks playable.If I bid 1S, he has S:xx H:A9xxx D:x C:9xxxx. Even low partial fails.I'm always lucky, I bid 1S. My 50% finesse is off 9 out of 10 times..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 tnx for replies - just for the record I passed, we scored 200 (sub optimal declarer play). Pard had xxxx, Kxxxx, x, Axx.......http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif dummy had Q♣ and 9x♦. Tell partner to overcall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 7 points vulnerable, you know very well that you can't bid with that JLOGIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Tell partner to overcall? 7 points vulnerable, you know very well that you can't bid with that JLOGIC! I don't know which of you are being sarcastic here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 tnx for replies - just for the record I passed, we scored 200 (sub optimal declarer play). Pard had xxxx, Kxxxx, x, Axx.......http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif dummy had Q♣ and 9x♦. 10 tricks in spades looks far off with this. +200 doesn't look too bad. I wouldn't overcall red if my hearts were truly K-"x-x-x-x", but thats just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 This is why I had such a bad feeling about passing 1♦ out. What is LHO's lead against 4♠ going to be? A club away from the K-J? Unlikely. A trump? I'll win the ♠A, force out the ♥A, win the second spade with the ♠K, throw a club on the ♥K and scramble the rest of the hand like a mu'erf'er. If LHO led the ♦K, I could win the ♦A, drive out the ♥A, throw a club on a heart, draw trump and toss the ♦J onto the table for overtricks. I'd probably even win a beer. I wouldn't overcall red if my hearts were truly K-"x-x-x-x", but thats just me. We agree here. My requirements for a 1-level overcall are 8 HCP and K-10-x-x-x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I don't know which of you are being sarcastic here. I wasn't and han was. However, we are pretty much 2 of the most aggressive 1 level overcallers in the world so it probably doesn't mean much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 You are exaggerating, 1H is Standard Dutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 we are pretty much 2 of the most aggressive 1 level overcallers in the worldThe LOLs in my club are more agressive, but they don't know what they're doing. Still, they are part of the world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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