mtvesuvius Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=saq97542hdt85ca54&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=2h2s5h5np]133|200[/hv] IMPs, I am your partner. [insert joke about me being a clueless aggressive idiot here] What do you do over 5N? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 6♣, I'm endplayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 6♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'm placing you with ♠K or ♠Kx, so I bid 6♠, ready to apologise when it's wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=saq97542hdt85ca54&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=2h2s5h5np]133|200|mtvesuvius asks,,,IMPs, I am your partner. [insert joke about me being a clueless aggressive idiot here] What do you do over 5N? IMO...6♣ = 10, 6♦ = 9, 6♠ = 8, 6N = 7, 7♣ = 6.You seem to have a great hand, in context, [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 6♣ = 10, 6♦ = 9, 6♠ = 8, 6N = 7, 7♣ = 6. Surely you meant to give -7 for 6NT, not +7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 what's 5NT anyway? you got 0256 or something like that? well, 6♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolvyrj Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Burst into the tears. 6♣ after that, if we do have a grand slam or go down in small one i will the first to congratulate the opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Surely you meant to give -7 for 6NT, not +7? Meant 6♥ = 7 to give a choice of slams. i.e.6♣ = 10, 6♦ = 9, 6♠ = 8, 6♥ = 7, 7♣ = 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 My partner faced this decision yesterday in the swiss -- He chose 6♥. Mel Colchamiro was adamant that 6♣ was the right call, and various others were split between 6♥ and 6♣. Personally I felt that 6♣ was best. As for what 5N should mean... I think that Double is card-showing at this level, not necessarily minors. If I have a grand slam try with spade support, I can bid 6♥, so I figured that 5N must be a giant minor-suited hand, which was in fact what I had: [hv=pc=n&n=shqdakq973ckt8542&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=2h2s5h5np6hp7dppp]133|200[/hv] When I saw dummy, I was not unhappy where we had landed, but unfortunately the pre-empter had the ♣J9x, so 7♦ was doomed for -1. As it turns out, I had already won the board for us, as the person with my hand at the other table chose to double 5♥ instead of bidding 5N. 5♥ doubled finished one down, so we lost 5 IMPs, instead of winning 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 I'd bid 6♣, can someone explain why 6♦ is so popular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Adam, I don't know who argued for 6♥, but I think that is a bit of an irresponsible bid. It practically forces you to play 7m, so you might as well bid that straight away. Our side got preempted to the FIVE level. Bidding and making a small slam under these circumstances is already a victory and I find it reckless to look for 7 without any reasonably guarantee that you'll end up in a playable spot in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 FWIW I think at IMPs 6♣ is completely obvious and nothing else even remotely comes close to being acceptable. Any hand that partner has lesser spade support should also play well in whatever minor we land in. And ZOMG this time Adam's partner was the overaggressive one! At MP I think it's tougher since we want to end up in spades whenever partner has stiff K or better so I think bidding 6♠ has a little more merit. Off-topic: Adam did I run into you at Sturbridge on Tuesday, say hi randomly, and walk away and not recognize you? If so sorry :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Off-topic: Adam did I run into you at Sturbridge on Tuesday, say hi randomly, and walk away and not recognize you? If so sorry :PI don't think so -- I'm fairly sure I would have recognized you, although I guess it's possible :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 I think this is a possible Vondracek hand. 6♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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