oldem Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 As South, I was surprised to hear three consecutive PASS bids.West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.[hv=pc=n&s=sa53h5d4cat876432&w=sq9h97642dak82cq9&n=sjt87642hj83d75c5&e=skhakqtdqjt963ckj&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=1d5cppp]399|300[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 4♣ would have been enough for me. You were lucky that (1) West didn't lead an obvious top diamond; (2) clubs were 2-2; (3) two spade honours clashed on the first trick; (4) you got an unlikely entry to dummy; (5) E/W were not playing count signals on the first heart trick; (6) East didn't protect with a double (presumably because he didn't fancy a 5♥ bid from his partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanisW Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 5♣ is a horrendous bid.Your ODR is way to low for blasting to the 5 LvL. Give N the K♦ and it's already a phatnom sac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelicityR Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 I can make 5♣ with only 7 High Card Points, with dummy not even helping :) ♣AKT98765432 Though a genuine 5♣ pre-empt would be more like ♣KQT98765432 With two aces 5♣ is not the right bid as other commentators have indicated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 As South, I was surprised to hear three consecutive PASS bids.West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.[hv=pc=n&s=sa53h5d4cat876432&w=sq9h97642dak82cq9&n=sjt87642hj83d75c5&e=skhakqtdqjt963ckj&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=1d5cppp]399|300[/hv] 5♣ would not be my choice.West has an easy DBL and they have an easy -300 score for you.I do not know what would happen had you not gone wild. One of them has 19 hcp and other has 11 hcp. They also have 9 card fit in 2 suits. There is a good chance they could end up playing 5 red which could turn -300 to +50.Not even mentioning the loss of spade fit for your side due to your action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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