Hanoi5 Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 [hv=pc=n&w=sa92haqt2dat52ct3&e=shk98754d63caj854&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=2sd4s5hpp5sppdppp]266|200[/hv] Teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 I would likely miss slam too but by agreement in my partnership you can't bid 5♥ without thinking you have at least a decent chance of making it. That gives West a clear double and East a chance to bid on in inspired fashion. Kinda playing the 5♠ bidder to be crazy so we'll likely take our smallish plus right here. My regular pard is a bit crazed when backed into a corner on these colours though and I'm 60-40 to have a 6♣ bid coming back to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 It was nice of North to bid again. Perhaps, on a good day, East would have decided to teach him a lesson and bid 6 out of pique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Sorry, West did double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 This is a bit of a magical fit, but there are some clues. East's 5♥ should be made on a 6-loser if we are to have solid chances to make (24-6-7=11). So West should know partner has 6 losers. How does West value the hand? On the surface there are 7 losers but the excess of Aces over Queens suggests upvaluing to 6 losers. How confident are you that 6+6=12? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 How confident are you that 6+6=12? Quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 As East player i would definetely blast slam and would be defending 6♠ doubled most of the time. The times when they dont save i would either make it or have at least a reasonable out for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_plkcc Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 No way, the preempt worked. West was sure that 5♠ goes down but he has no method to find that whether 6♥ makes. By the way, the first double was bad, but it does not affect the further preempt. East's hand suggests that 4♠ makes, therefore, he may just bid 5♥ as a sacrifice. 4♠ is either weak or strong, and is to play. P.S. I missed the vulnerability, 5♥ is to make. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 take advantage of the vulnerability-------------we do not sacrifice at thesecolors it is just too darned difficult to be that accurate in the bidding atgame level. the 5h bid is to make. E bid 5h saying he felt 5h was a reasonable contract oppositea normal 2s x. E was willing to bid 5h despite missing the heart AQ the spade A and the dia A. It is almost impossible to construct a 5hbid from p where 6h does not have play opposite our collection. It is alsosignificant that E passed 5s which means they are not worried about 2 quick spade losers. E might also have x 5s if they bid 5h with a hand likex Kxxxxxxxx xx x to warn p the 5h bid is more on distribution than power. If we trust E bidding we must bid 6h. Blasting to slam (with say 5n pick a slam) has some appeal but westcan be significantly stronger and we might still be missing the controlsneeded for slam say A QJxx KQJx KQxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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