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#1 User is offline   jim420 

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Posted 2007-May-30, 03:26

MBC hand, all pairs with no agreement

let's start here...

you are West
Scoring: IMP

W N E S
- - p 1♣
?


your bid plz...
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Posted 2007-May-30, 03:33

1♠, wtp. You can't show this hand via a strong jump shift if you don't have specific agreements about continuations after a SJS, so you have to take captaincy.

After partner's 1NT I bid 6NT. If he bids 2♠ or 2♣ I ask for aces. Of course if he reverses I just bid 7NT.
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Posted 2007-May-30, 03:39

Hi,

two options:

#1 t/o followed by 4S
#2 direct 4S, gives up on slam, but most likely you will play it,
partner is a passed hand, you have 21, South has 12,
leaves 7 for your partner and North, do you make 6 in case
partner holds an Ace? Not likely.

Keep it simple

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Posted 2007-May-30, 04:17

helene, I think pard passed. 1♣ if from your RHO :huh:

Anyway, I think I'll start with dbl. We'll end in 4♠ 97% of the time, but hey I don't think opps can bother us much, so I'll try for that 3% where pd has the magic keys.
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Posted 2007-May-30, 04:22

I would double, and not follow it up with 4S.

I'm not sure what I will do next, it depends on how the auction develops, but we are quite likely to want to play in 3NT (opposite xx xxxx J10xx xxx, particularly on a club lead). We might want to stop in 3S.
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:00

Double seems really normal even for people who are allergic to Xing with 1 suiter type hands. You are extremely strong, have the boss suit and can control the auction in any circumstances.
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:02

The full hand is here

Scoring: IMP


Full auction
W N E S
- - P 1♣
1♠ P P 1NT
4♠ P P X
P P P
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:05

heh, wow that auction was totally insane.
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:08

So NS get 300 then?
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:08

tbh I dunno what that 1NT was, and why E passed
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:09

hehe, seems the hand was actually a partscore battle :), how many off?
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:19

♣5 ♣7 ♣A ♣K
♦A ♦2 ♦5 ♦8

guess what? equally insane!

♥3 ♥A ♥2 ♥4

♠AKQ

nuff said :)

would u try a low ♣ return as S?
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Posted 2007-May-30, 08:41

jim420, on May 30 2007, 09:19 AM, said:

would u try a low ♣ return as S?

Um, yeah

The only possible holdings for partner are:

x
Jx
Qx
QJx

There's only one of those holdings where I'd lead x.

I might have a harder time if declarer had dropped the Q smoothly.
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Posted 2007-May-30, 16:32

Start with double, and drive the hand to 4♠. I have nine and a half tricks in my hand alone. There are rare cases where 3♠ (or less) is the limit, but at IMPs, it is natural to take the risk.

Here, they can ruff our two club tricks. Unlucky. But against these jackals, it would have worked, even though we should be down two.
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