Fluffy Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Opponents vulnerable♠85♥AQ74♦AK762♣KQ Partner deals and passes, then pass-(pass)- 1 ♦ -(1♠)double-( 3 ♠ )-? ? ?If you double go to number #1if you bid 4♥ go to number #2if you bid 5♥ asking for a spade control (hopefully) go to number #3 #1 partner bids 4♥if you pass go to number #2if you bid 5♥ asking for a spade control go to #4if you bid something else go to #5 #2 LHO bids 4♠ wich is passed around to youif you double go to number #6if you bid 5♥ go to number #4if you bid something else go to #5 #3 You win 12 IMPs playing 5♥ #4 You win 12 IMPs playing 5♥ #5 Whatever you try you win 12 IMPs playing 5♥ #6 4♠ doubled is a flat board NOTE: Some numbers might be reached by different routes, so post your full route. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I have a flat board, feel pretty good about that. I'm not surprised because I thought that both choices were really obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Opponents vulnerable♠85♥AQ74♦AK762♣KQ Partner deals and passes, then pass-(pass)- 1 ♦ -(1♠)double-( 3 ♠ )-? ? ?If you double go to number #1if you bid 4♥ go to number #2if you bid 5♥ asking for a spade control (hopefully) go to number #3 #1 partner bids 4♥if you pass go to number #2if you bid 5♥ asking for a spade control go to #4if you bid something else go to #5 #2 LHO bids 4♠ wich is passed around to youif you double go to number #6if you bid 5♥ go to number #4if you bid something else go to #5 #3 You win 12 IMPs playing 5♥ #4 You win 12 IMPs playing 5♥ #5 Whatever you try you win 12 IMPs playing 5♥ #6 4♠ doubled is a flat board NOTE: Some numbers might be reached by different routes, so post your full route. :P It seems to me that you have a perfect 4♥ bid the first time. Partner might have 6 to 8 working HCP with four average hearts. The odds you have a slam (given your awful doubleton spade) appears to me to be way off-percentage. Pard shows another king with his pass of 4 spades, so I have to consult the runes whether to pass or bid 5 hearts. I would have to construct a lot of possible hands in my head to do this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Nicely asked Gonzalo, great show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Even when they are obvious to you I would enjoy reading what decisions you took each time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I am "the glass is half full" type. :) So I had made a slam try at my first opportunity. In retrospective this was a clear overbid non vul against vul. opps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 love the format interested to read that someone thinks it was a forcing pass. i don't see why it should be - opps are not having a laugh at red. and assuredly my hand was pony for my bidding upto then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I got a flat board. Choices seemed best at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Flat board for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 4♥, then double. Obviously not a forcing pass, because there's nothing in the auction to suggest that I bid 4♥ to make. As it happens I did bid it to make, and I have quite reasonable defence but insufficient offensive strength to go to the five level, so I double. I like the format of the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I double first time around, pass 4H. Then I bid 5C if I trust partner to read as max hand in the context with some chances for slam and 5H if I don't.I think that if it goes: pass pass 1D 1Sdbl 3S dbl pass4H pass pass 4Spass* * = this pass should be forcing as our double showed significant extras. Even if it's not forcing I think I make 5H very often with partner having 5+ hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 I got a flatboard (4♥ and then DBL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 i also like the format of the presentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Well I think my decision of doublling was poor, partner bid 4♥ and I wasn´t really worth a slam try anyway so passed it I was surprised to see a 4♠ bid from my LHO, with this vulnerability what could he be thinking about?. Opponents get to 4♠ vul vs not outgunned, now it was time to think that they probably have at least 10 trumps and now if partner hasa spade singleton, then every honnor in his hand is useful. Having ♥K, ♣A and ♦Q is very possible. On the other hand I remmebered Justin saying something like pros won´t take high variance actions with small +EV. So I expected Seamons to have a very good hand for 4♠ and double not to be highly profitable. So I moved on, had Jimmy been the one who bid 4♠ I would be more inclined to double. I decided to move with 4NT, bidding 5♥ over the expected 5♣ in case Wank understood it as a slam try and decided to raise with the dream hand. Well he didn´t have anything close to the dream hand :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Even when they are obvious to you I would enjoy reading what decisions you took each time 2 --> 6 I can hardly believe there's a slam here. I got bad shape, bad club holding and a passed pard across. To me this is just a plain game bid + dbl if they keep butting-in. If pard pulls my dbl, I MIGHT try for something. But not otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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