Antrax Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 [hv=pc=n&e=skt76h65dacakj964&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=1c1d1s(5+)2h3d(high%20card%20raise%20of%20%21S)p3s(min)4d4spp5d]133|200[/hv]Pass is forcing. Do you agree with E/W bidding? What is my call as E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Not sure if I "agree with E/W bidding" since I don't know what West has bid with :) Anyway I will pass now and see what my partner thinks. However I would have preferred a 4D splinter as my 2nd bid if I was allowed. I understand that splintering with stiff Aces can be a flaw but I feel it's the best way I can get my 4th trump + good hand across on this hand (since 1S says it shows 5, my 3D bid can be all sorts of random hands with 3 card support). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Yeah, we'll get to those soon, we resumed playing after a long hiatus and partner specifically asked me not to do anything too "clever", as he put it. Also, I think it would've been reasonable of him to expect something in ♥ for a ♦ splinter.So walk me through this, please. I thought in a forcing pass situation, X means "partner, I have more defense than you might expect based on my bidding", bid means "partner, I have more offense than you might expect" and pass means "no surprises, what do you have"?Is this correct? If so, don't I have a defensive surprise? What would constitute one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick13 Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 I think standard agreements are: X = let's defend. You might X expecting a big set, or just to deter pard from bidding 5S.Pass = I think we should bid 5S but my hand is not strong enough to do so on its own. You might base above decision on your holding in opp's suit: with xx you might double and with x you might pass. 5S = to playPass, then pull pard's X = slam invitePass, then pard bids 5S = decision time. Hopefully he would have bid 5H with a control there. With this hand though I would have bid 4S on my second bid, hoping to avoid decisions like this, and occasionally missing slam. But North will bid 5D and I will regret not having made a more descriptive bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Agree with East's bidding. I would pass next - 5DX isn't a sure set, 5S may or not make, and I'm guessing partner will play me pretty much for the kind of hand I have. ahydra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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