high level decision

[gogo2711]

vul vul opps are not good

 

you are second position holding

 

AJx

AQJT9

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KQxxx

 

RHO opens 1D. biding goes on like so

 

1D 1H 3D* 4H

5D

 

pard asked about 3D it was explained as strong with diamond fit. then he bid 4H and 5D came instantly.

 

IMO 5 and 6 !h are the only choices but what do i know. anyway, the explanation of a strong bid from RHO seems a bit silly, i hold a 17 count, if pard brings any honour card (and i hoped he doesnt have xxxx xxxxxx xx x or sth like that) the explanation should be incorrect.

 

if pard brings xxxx Kxxxx xxx x things are difficult.

 

on a no spade lead it can be 100% but also on a spade lead can come down to 0 % sometimes.

 

i´ve asked arround with some experts, some say the bidding yells for a non diamond lead (with better players at least) some say that you can easily have two singletons and the diamond goes bye-bye if they don´t lead it right away so they can´t discard the diamond lead as an option.

 

it seems tricky anyway so i just want to hear something more,

thanks

 

p.s. would some of you consider 2nt as their first bid? (55 in two lowest unbid suits) if yes why if no why?

[MrAce]

6♥

[gszes]

5h

 

Partners range of hands is so wide making a logical choice is

tough. This hand could make 7 or go down in 4 and given the same

wide range of hands the opps making 5d is anything but impossible.

I would bid 5h not because I am sure that is the best place to play

but that it has a fair chance of getting the opps to bid 6d which I

would be a lot happier trying to set.

[Nabooba]

5H. Unlikely to make 6.

[MrAce]

I think I missed the "strong" alert of 3♦

[Fluffy]

Don't care about strong alert, partner is vulnerable. LHO might have a killing spade lead, but he might also lead any minor.

[whereagles]

5H. Unlikely to make 6.

 

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