Fluffy Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 ♠Q10xx♥Jx♦J10xxxx♣Q unfavourable, partner deals and opens a strong club (16+ any), RHO overcalls 4♥ passed around to partner who reopens with a double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perko90 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 At MPs, I'll bid 4♠ and at IMPs I'll bid 5♦. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 I choose hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 4♠. 5♦ is likely to have too many losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Agree 4♠ seems best an obvious. Partner's double strongly implies ♠s and you hold an 8-loser hand. Giving partner 5-6 losers on a minimum, let's try for the 10 trick game first instead of the 11 trick one. I would hope partner would find 4N instead with a 2-suiter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 You are doomed if you bid 4♠ and pard has the dreaded 3-1-3-6 or the split is really bad Doomed if you bid 5♦ and pard has 4 spades with only 10 tricks available. I like my opening lead to get 500 when we missed the game and I'll pay off to a small loss to avoid giving them a possible plus. State of the match or short imp matches could easily change my mind. Come to think of it, there are a lot of hands like 4-1-2-6 that pard has no option but double available. Pre-empts stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 4S. This is a better bet than 5D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 4♠. Passing the double seems really weird to me given our shape and the unfavorable vul, but I don't have a lot of experience with a strong club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Partner had ♠KJxx♥-♦AKQxx♣AK10x I tried 4♠ and played 5♠ after some competition wich was hopeless even after a favourable diamond lead when trumps turned out to be 5-0. 6♦ might make on a non spade lead. Probably system (1♣ opening versus 1♦ opening on the rest of the tables) was mostly at fault for this result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Partner had ♠KJxx♥-♦AKQxx♣AK10x I tried 4♠ and played 5♠ after some competition wich was hopeless even after a favourable diamond lead when trumps turned out to be 5-0. 6♦ might make on a non spade lead. Probably system (1♣ opening versus 1♦ opening on the rest of the tables) was mostly at fault for this result. Presumably opener competed to 5♠ over their 5♥. Instead, maybe he should double a second time, to show the same shape as before but more high cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 a second double would tend to be 3 spade cards for us I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 a second double would tend to be 3 spade cards for us I think.Yeh. I am not convinced that the first double showed 4 spades, either. It doesn't seem to me as if the opener had a lot of options with various patterns when balancing at 4H. I guess letting 4H float out with some more balanced hands containing a lot of quick tricks (say 19+) is a trade-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I think you were just unlucky. At IMPs, 5♦ would be better than 4♠, and 6♦ would be better than 6♠, but at matchpoints 4♠ (and then 5♠ over 5♥) is perfectly reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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