andych Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 IMP ... white against red LHO 1♠...... Pd 2NT (unusual) .... RHO Pass...... Holding♠QT854♥A7♦AQ943♣9 What is your bid and why? :D :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 5D On a good day I will make it at Imps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 With us being white versus red, I am not going to be too worried about missing slam. Partner will be very frisky so we might not even make 5♦. I am not happy about the location of the spade queen, and where the heck is the heart suit? Partner (the way I play), has 10 or more cards in minors, so at most 3 in hearts. We might not even be able to win one diamond, and certainly not two. So I am going to bid a lot to forstall a 4♥ bid, that is surely comming (yes, yes, 3NT might talk west out of bidding). So like Mike, I blast away to 5♦. If opener bids 5♥ over 4♦, his partner with heart fit can hardly pass, and we might well score my two aces if htey bid a slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSilver Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Agree, 5♦. Making or not, it rates to give us a good result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 5D. Of course, it depends a bit on your methods.If you play continuos ranges, as I do, you would like to invite, one possible way, would be to bid 3S, inv. raise for the higher suit, in this case diamond.I am sure there are other methods out there. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 3S..guess i'll go against the grain. Slam is cold opposite x xx Kxxxx AKxxx so it feels like I should make a try, especially as I view it as pretty much free. The only danger is letting LHO in with a 4H bid and the opps finding a good 5H save, but they are red/white so this doesnt seem particularly likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 3♠ for me too, I hate bidding 5m when we may have 4, 6 or 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 3♠ was my first thought also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 3♠, grand slam might be cold, so I better not pre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I'd like to see partner get off to a club lead if the oppenents find a way to compete in hearts, so I think I'll start with a 4C bid...I don't think I'll play it here but it's OK I hope if undoubled. I'll follow this with 5D and then double 5H. As long as partner holds the Ace of clubs, the king of diamonds, or a spade void we should be able to beat 5H at least 1 and may get it for a decent number. At this vulnerability I can't imagine a hand where I can cover all partner's losers for slam without the opponents holding a 10-card heart fit. If partner holds a real dog he can yank the double IMO: x, xx, J10xxx, QJ10xx would qualify, I would think. WinstonM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 My God this is a monster. Opposite the right 7 count (---, x, Kxxxxx, Axxxxx), grand could be near cold, so how can I just bid 5♦? I'll start with 3♠ and cue 4♥ over 4 of a minor, coaxing 4♠ from my monkey. I have the diamonds, so I can control the auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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