paulg Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=skqj742hqtda9532c&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1h5c?]199|300[/hv] Your call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 5S 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 playing with a random 5♠ is least likely to be misinterpreted. With a regular partner I'd like to bid 5N, over which I will pass his (non-6C) response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Love the title. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Is 5S forcing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 finding partner with ♠Ax ♥AKxxx doesn´t even guarantee to make 5♠ I wouldn´t force to slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 finding partner with ♠Ax ♥AKxxx doesn´t even guarantee to make 5♠ I wouldn´t force to slam.Looking at your hand another way, partner could have a minimum opening where all we need for slam is ♥ 3-3 and ♠ no worse than 4-1. And then she might have a non-minimum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 great hand for the "neg doubles through 7H" people :) I'd bid 6C. ahydra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasioc Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 I have no idea what I'm meant to do on this but I do know that it's not a great hand for a negative double. Partner is going to pass this a lot of the time and we have no interest in defending 5♣x at unfavourable. Just because double of 5♣ is negative doesn't mean that partner will expect me to wait around until I'm 6-5 in the unbid suits to do so. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 I have no idea what I'm meant to do on this but I do know that it's not a great hand for a negative double. Partner is going to pass this a lot of the time and we have no interest in defending 5♣x at unfavourable. Just because double of 5♣ is negative doesn't mean that partner will expect me to wait around until I'm 6-5 in the unbid suits to do so. Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Full hand, including names of the randoms, on myhands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloa513 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Full hand, including names of the randoms, on myhands.They aren't randoms. Jillybean is well known- pity she is still at Intermediate level at best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 They aren't randoms. Jillybean is well known- pity she is still at Intermediate level at best.wow! why is this a pity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcurt Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Was going to say I could see you and raise you some randoms. Those are all forum members whose posts I read and respect. Then I started thinking it's a Law failure hand except that it looks (from 15 seconds looking) that there are 11 tricks EW in spades, and 8 tricks NS in clubs. There have been quite a lot of hands on BBO lately that I could swear came out of the BBO Hand Laboratory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted February 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Was going to say I could see you and raise you some randoms. Those are all forum members whose posts I read and respect.We, and quite a number of high-profile kibitzers, were all discussing who was going to post the hand first and I was surprised that I beat Phil to it! Title just seemed right at the time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I invite comments on my 5♣ overcall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 obv paulg's title was just a joke. calm down, readers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 5C is an idiotic bid on the given hand. I would bid 5S over 5C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 People are amazingly bad at jokes/sarcasm on the internet. I can't imagine that someone would not think that paulg was joking with the title given who he was playing with...especially when bunnygo gave them the hint with "love the title." Jeez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Is 5S forcing?and this was another joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I invite comments on my 5♣ overcall. 5C is an idiotic bid on the given hand. I would bid 5S over 5C. I wouldnt call it idiotic. Thats way too rude imo. I dont think he asked for insult when he said he wants comments about his bid. I would not bid 5♣ myself vs an unpassed pd, but i dislike the DBL of 6♥ more. East may hold the same hand with a little detail difference and was about to believe his pd has decent ♥ suit untill you double and they may find the correct slam with KQJxxx Q Axxxxx void West holding the same hand. After all i dont think u needed to worry that u had a game bonus to protect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 They aren't randoms. Jillybean is well known- pity she is still at Intermediate level at best. Seriously, what's the point of this? If downvotes were still permitted your post would be into double figures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I invite comments on my 5♣ overcall.5♣ seems like an extreme position to take on a pretty good hand. Obviously, it worked well on this hand (remarkably well), but it could certainly have worked out poorly. Essentially, you have decided that LHO is more likely to have a good hand than partner. So you chose to disrupt their auction as much as possible. You were certainly right, and the bid worked about as well as it possibly could have worked. Of course, if LHO makes a more rational 5♠ call, and it goes all pass, you are back to par. But he had a problem hand, and his 5NT call could have worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Seriously, what's the point of this? If downvotes were still permitted your post would be into double figures.I doubt that you will get an answer, I haven't got an answer from the personal message that I left for him (? I assume).I am happy with my game, could I do more/better? Sure. I don't know who cloa513 is, I don't remember playing with him,so I don't know how he is judging my skill or my progress. I don't understand him giving me a shot here, maybe I whipped his ass in a TG? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 I don't know who cloa513 is, I don't remember playing with him...Most of his rude, obnoxious comments are in the GIB forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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