[myfish]

1. 3NT / XX
2. pass
3. 4♣
4. 2♥ -a 1♦ opening for me
5. 4♣ at IMP,3NT at MP

[civill]

(1)5H,slam invite;
(2)dbl,no other better bid;
(3)4C,cue-bid;
(4)2D,anther suit;
(5)3H,show first suit;

[joker_gib]

1) 6♥
2) Dbl, no other bid and I don't like pass
3) Dbl, most flexible bid
4) 1NT but obvious ♦ opening
5) 4♣ sufficient because forcing !

[Fluffy]

ahh this lovelly post is alive again, will maybe frederick enlighten us and post some full hands finally?

[Poky]

1) 6♦, fit-showing
2) Pass
3) Dbl
4) Open 1♦ and rebid 2♣ (if opened 1♦ I rebid 2♥)
5) 3NT

[keylime]

I had long think; here's what I came up with:

1) I'm going to be the best farthead I can be. Assuming pard doesn't take this bid as an ace-asking bid, we're in there: how about four spades to start matters, then rebidding 6D to get us to six hearts en passant. If pard thinks it's kickback, I'm bidding 5 or 6 diamonds, depending on quality of opps.

2) Pass, and see if pard can even make a reopening double. If so, we are passing so fast it's not funny. Hands like this aren't too common.

3) Four clubs, suggesting majors, with tolerance of diamonds. Using Roman Jump Overcalls, four clubs. Being sensible, four clubs. Sense a theme?

4) Gotta bid a diamond to open with first - solves this problem in a hurry. Well, life's tough all over. I'm bidding 2H out of fear.

5) Interesting, but I'm bidding some amount of NT; going to wing it and bid 6NT. Pard can't have AKQJx of diamonds and out, king of clubs probably hookable...I like my chances. 6C asks ways too much of pard.

[mr1303]

On hand 1, there seem to be a lot of spades out. LHO has at most 4, since he didn't open 1S. RHO has at most 5, since he doubled rather than bid 3S. Therefore partner is marked with a few, at least 4 as far as I can tell. I'll bid 5D, hopefully fit showing, and if oppo compete to 5S I'll let them play it there. MY diamonds may be worth a trick or 2 on defence, and partner may have a trump trick, or the club bullet. If partner has Axx of diamonds as well, he now has licence to compete to 6H

Hand 2 I pass. Balanced hands aren't worth anything when partner's marked with nowt.

Hand 3 I double for take-out. If partner leaves it in, I'm happy. If I bid 4C, then a) I'm showing 5-5 in the majors, and a better hand than this, and This looks like a misfit, and so I don't really want to play in a 5-2 heart fit when the long trump suit is getting forced.

Hand 4 I would also open 1D, but now I'm forced to do something, I'll bid 2H, and apologise to partner afterwards

Hand 5 I just blast what I think I can make: 6NT. May be wrong, but I'm not entirely sure 4C is forcing here.

[mila85]

1. ?????
If my partner has normal 3h overcall opps have 10+ spade fit and only one heard. Is it possible?
Can rho have 6 spades for his double? Can he have 5 spades? I wouldn't ever double with 5 spades and singeton or void in heards. Can lho have 6 spades? Can he have 5 spades?
I think that 6-5 distribution (lho) and dbl. with five spades and short heards (rho) is less likely than 'tactical' 3h by partner.
I bid 4h.
btw Trust your partner:)
2. dbl. I don't like passing with 19 hcp.
3. 4c or 3h. I don't want to play 3cx.
4. Not my problem. I open weak nt.
5. 6nt. 3d shows 15+ hcp.

[luke warm]

#1 - 6♥... 5 or 6♦ might be better, partner will be leading if they bid, but i think 6♥

#2 - pass

#3 - 4♣

#4 - 2♥ because i don't have much of a choice

#5 - 6♣

[Double !]

Great set of hands, Free.

1) Can I depend on partner's pre-empts? Anyway, I bid 5 spades! No, not a misprint. I am committing to 6Hts, I might steal their suit, and I want a spade lead against a club contract, likely 7 clubs! (Could lho have a black 5-6 hand?)

2) (Why am I not playing Precision? lololol)
I am wondering what partner can possibly have given this bidding: What dogs didn't bark? (P didn't give a simple spade raise or any kind of raise, P didn't have enough, given likely heart shortage, to make neg dbl, P didn't bid a decent suit at 3-level.) I anticipate P having a minimum hand 0-7 +/-, with 9+ cards in minors, or else 0-4/5 with 3 spades unworthy of an immediate raise. I need a magic hand including heart blockage for 3NT, 4 of minor seems possible given all of my controls, and 3S seems makable if P has 3-card spade support. While risky, Dbl seems to be the most communicative bid but it risks a 4D response (unlikely 3Hts will make: then P has a pull to 3S). Pass could be the winning bid, but someone once said to me that "You can't play scared bridge." My vote for DBL !

3). Double !: not crazy about bid with club void, 3H could be right (and miss spade or diamond suit) Hopefully I haven't hit P with the good old 3334 3hcp hand and nowhere to go (3D which I can correct to 3H?)

4) I do not, repeat, I DO NOT open this hand 1 club for exactly the reason that appears to be the theme of this problem. Specifically, is 2 diamonds by me now a reverse? Matter for discussion. In most of my partnerships 2D is a reverse, so I'm stuck. To bid 1NT might be the least lie, and P is unlikely to believe that I have 3 hearts (and then to ne able to make an informed competitive decision) should I rebid 2H. Hand seems like a nice weak notrump---pass in 1st seat is also not out of the question despite the 5 controls: all minor suit-oriented, easier for opps to compete in major.

5) The more I think about it, bashing 4NT RKC with SPEC K's seems least likely to cause bidding confusion. The issue is what P needs to bid 3D, at worst 6NT might be on a club hook although P might well be short in clubs. RHO didn't bid 4H pass or correct, so where are the major cards? Tough hand.

[firechief]

1) 6H, though I wouldn't mind bidding 6D. I'm jumping the bidding because there's something strange about me having a void in spades on this auction. Either LHO is 5-6 or RHO doesn't have enough to freely bid 3S. I'm guessing the latter. When I jump to 6H, I'm hoping that LHO won't know about the big spade fit, and he'll simply double. RHO won't know know his partner has such a good 3 card fit for his 6+ card suit, so he'll just pass.

2) Pass

3) Double

4) 2H, but I would've opened 1D. Incidentally, I don't have a problem with opening a club w/4-4 in the minors, but I just think this particular 4-4 is more descriptive as a diamond opener.

5) 4C. Maybe partner will help me out somehow. Over 4D I'll bid 4H. If he retreats to 5C over that, I think I'll give up. I'm nervous partner has something like Qx Qx AKJxxxx xx, and 5C is our best spot. If I get a direct raise to 5C, I'll kick it in.

Joel

[Free]

Ok, I finally didn't forget the history of these hands at home Sorry for keeping you all waiting...

1) Partner's hand was:

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6♥ was doubled and laydown Opps had 6♠ or even 7♣, but they decided to let me play

2) Partner's hand:

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Dbl was the best bid, but at the table partner didn't trust it enough and bid only 4♣.

3) Partner's hand:

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Dbl turned out great

4) Partner's hand:

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At the table the bid 1NT, and north bid 3NT since he thought partner needed a stop in ♠. South said (and I agree with this) that he didn't need a stop since he has to bid, and he's in front of the ♠ bidder. Partner can still ask for a stopper with 2♠ which he didn't, and they lost the first 5 tricks, while 5♦ was the rigth game.

5) Partner's hand:

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I bid 4♣ forcing and we ended up in a nice 6♣ contract.

Congrats to Fluffy and Joker, I think you both had the best responses on the current hands.

[Winstonm]

Hand #1: 4D for now. 6H later, allowing for pard to judge if 7H right sac with little defense and diamond fit.

Hand #2: Pass. This is likely the only way to go plus on this hand.

Hand #3: Double: Pard may leave in but that is OK. If pard bid 4D I will bid 4H and correct 4S to 5D.

Hand #4: Would have opened 1D. Now I bid 2H to prevent pard from thinking my hand is better than it is.

Hand #5: Unsure of agreements (what would 4d mean?) so I bid straightforward 6C. We may miss a grand or go down in 6C, but this seems the best route to a reasonable contract.

[pclayton]

Nice set of hands.

I think pard can make a neg double on #2. Further, pard has a clear balance over 3♥. I still pass.