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#1 User is offline   Phil 

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Posted 2012-February-10, 01:22

♠xx ♥AKJ9x ♦AQxx ♣xx

1♥ - 2♣
2♦ - 2♠
2N - 3♦
3N - 5N
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Posted 2012-February-10, 02:05

Gonna trust partner, 2♠ is semi artificial I assume and he knows I might only have 4♦ and have a strong preference for nt, he said no to nt so 6♦.

Thinking he holds something like 4-0-4-5 or maybe even 3-0-5-5 with the intention to reverse in the minors but we stole his bid and was bidding like this to seek out a potential grand.
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Posted 2012-February-10, 03:21

Partner is exactly 4-1-3-5 if we can trust him.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2012-February-10, 03:53

View Posthan, on 2012-February-10, 03:21, said:

Partner is exactly 4-1-3-5 if we can trust him.


Huh, so is 6nt one of the choices being offered, I would have thought he was insisting on a suit contract despite our strong indications to the contrary.

There is no point to being in 6♣, nothing much to ruff in short suit. Ruffing some ♥ in 6♦ might be very usefull but you have to contrast that with the chance of getting a bad diamond break when 6nt might be cold.
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Posted 2012-February-10, 04:10

View PostPhil, on 2012-February-10, 01:22, said:

♠xx ♥AKJ9x ♦AQxx ♣xx

1♥ - 2♣
2♦ - 2♠
2N - 3♦
3N - 5N
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I would bid 4d over 3d

whatever it should mean
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Posted 2012-February-10, 07:50

I have no clue what pard has, but if 5NT is pick a slam, my choice is diamonds because of the possible 44 fit and discards on hearts.
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Posted 2012-February-10, 08:51

View Postwhereagles, on 2012-February-10, 07:50, said:

I have no clue what pard has, but if 5NT is pick a slam, my choice is diamonds because of the possible 44 fit and discards on hearts.


♦ can not be 4-4, he would have directly raised your 2♦, unless 2♣ was not a gf bid.

Sorry Phil, this is also one of the hands i watched and it is hard not to be influenced from knowing what your pd has. But i would probably bid what u did at the table.
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Posted 2012-February-10, 10:22

Well, if pard can't have four diamonds, what choice do I have but to bid 6NT? :)
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Posted 2012-February-10, 11:45

we obviously pick hearts, what am I missing?
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Posted 2012-February-11, 23:22

Looks like GSF in ♦ to me. I bid 7♦.
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Posted 2012-February-12, 00:53

View PostFluffy, on 2012-February-10, 11:45, said:

we obviously pick hearts, what am I missing?


Partner has a stiff heart? lol
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Posted 2012-February-12, 02:35

and why does the stiff need to be low?

The only thing we can get from a suit contract vs 6NT is to ruff a club in hand. And that will only happen playing in hearts opposite stiff 10 or queen. Partner knows we have 5.
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Posted 2012-February-15, 09:31

Your partner held: AKxx Q Jxx KQJTx. The subject hand bid 6♣, which wasn't a fun contract when clubs went 5-1. 6♥ makes and 6♦ is obviously hopeless. 6N from the heart side is the best spot. The other table played 3N.
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Posted 2012-February-15, 10:28

Suggesting a 5-2 fit on a small doubleton? That doesn't seem right. 5NT seems way too much.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2012-February-15, 10:38

Looks like Josephine to me 7♦
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Posted 2012-February-15, 13:17

lol 5N. Epic!
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