Gerben47 Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Well as you might guess from the title this hand is very distributional. [hv=d=e&v=b&s=sat85432hakt85dc4]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] RHO opens 1♦, you play 2-suiters either preemptive or very strong (0-4 losers). Do youa ) Bid 1♠b ) Bid 2NT showing both majors Anyway, I chose ( b ) and LHO doubles. Partner gives preference to 3♠, how nice!Do youa ) Raise to 4b ) Make some kind of slam try I chose (a) and LHO bids 5♦. Partner doubles and you... a) Passb ) Bid 5♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 First of all, I'd also start with 2NT, since you can show your extreme length in ♠ later. After a 3♠ bid from partner, it depends on what your agreements are. I'd immediatly start a slam try in most situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 I've shown 0-4 losers with at least as many spades as hearts (with 5-7 I would have bid 4H not 4S). I have one extra spade than I've shown, but I also have AAK in defence. I pass. (Last time I had an auction like this I took at 1700(!!) penalty.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 I don't like any of the auction up to now, here is why. 1) Is it clear to your partner that you have the good hand rather than the preemptive hand? With them passing first and bidding 5♦ now, probably yes, but are we sure? 2) You held a gun to your parnter's head, forced him to pick between the majors. He could easliy be... xxxQT98QJxxxx And with WEST bidding 5D, he rates to possibly be void in spades. So you can very easily have 3 spade losers, 1 club loser and a slow heart or two loser. I would have cue-bid 4♦ or started with simple 1♠ overcall planning on bunches of hearts next. Ok.. so what to do now. You told your partner you had a lot of major cards (given he could have a hand like the above), but lacked "slam interest" (given no cue bid slam try). He will not expect minor suit tricks from you and he choose to go for a penalty. Your hand hasn't gotten any better... heed your partners warning, pass, and hope for two hearts and a diamond trick. Now, some will suggest (and perhaps reasonably) that you should bid on to take out insurance against 5♦ making. But the insurance could easily be too expensive.. i doubt 1700 but 1100 is not at all out of the question and that could easily be 1100 opposite nothing for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mila85 Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 I would bid 4d over 3s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 I am a 1♠ bidder too. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos59 Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Ben's advice is sound, but when God gives me12 cards in the majors, He does not intend me todefend 5D. So, heed God or heed partner? In a real-life partnership you may heed partner,because it is well known that God forgives unlikemost partners. But in BBO this argument is less strong, soby all means I bid a pious 5S. nikos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmum Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Well as you might guess from the title this hand is very distributional. [hv=d=e&v=b&s=sat85432hakt85dc4]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] RHO opens 1♦, you play 2-suiters either preemptive or very strong (0-4 losers). Do youa ) Bid 1♠b ) Bid 2NT showing both majors Anyway, I chose ( b ) and LHO doubles. Partner gives preference to 3♠, how nice!Do youa ) Raise to 4b ) Make some kind of slam try I chose (a) and LHO bids 5♦. Partner doubles and you... a) Passb ) Bid 5♠ ♥♥WELL as I play Michaels I would START with 2♦ and over a possible 5♦ prempt (if P passes it) would X --- asking P to bid his BEST major ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 i'd also bid 2♦ and not 2nt (what would you bid with spades/clubs or hearts/clubs?)... i'll go along with bearmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 right or wrong, I play Michaels' weak or strong, not intermediate. The hand is, perhaps, stronger than intermediate via LTC due to being 7-5. Isn't the more co-operative way to bid this hand and elicit partner's participation/ contribution by bidding my suits naturally. (BTW, for any historian that's interested, according to "Contract Bridge Summary" by Albert Morehead: 1963, pp 75., Michaels' at that time was described as being "6-11 hcp, at least 4-4 in the major suits" over 1 of a minor", or "10+ hcp, at least 5-5 other M and unknown minor, without limit". How things have changed..............) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben47 Posted January 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 The system is given so it's either 2NT for both majors or 1♠. Also partner doubles 5♦, you can't change that either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I would bid 4d over 3s. Me too. And I will bid 5S over pd's dbl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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