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Pass?
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6♠?
7♠?
why?
what does partner's 5♠ mean?
can I bid 6H?
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what will you bid?how about 6S? bidding
#1
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Posted 2012-June-14, 22:04
what will you want to bid?
Pass?
Double?
6♠?
7♠?
why?
what does partner's 5♠ mean?
can I bid 6H?
Pass?
Double?
6♠?
7♠?
why?
what does partner's 5♠ mean?
can I bid 6H?
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Posted 2012-June-14, 22:23
Double, partner's 5♠ means "I think we can make 5♠"
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly. MikeH
"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
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Posted 2012-June-14, 22:36
Double. No other alternative.
About 5♠'s, we bid 4♠ vulnerable versus non-vul (and presumably after a preemptive 3♦ bid). So we wanted to be in game. This should establish a forcing pass situation if they bid at the five level white over our vulnerable game.
If partner wanted to invite slam, he has a couple ways to do it over five diamonds. The strongest is to pass 5♦ and then bid over your double (if you double). Even then, pass by him and then bidding 5♥ is stronger than pass then bid 5♠.
I can see no reason to get excited by partner bidding an immediate 5♠, so I certainly will not bid 6♠. Also, I will not pass, as that is encouraging partner to bid 6♠, and not only do I not want to bid 6♠, I don't want to encourage partner to bid 6♠ by using a forcing pass over 6♦.
About 5♠'s, we bid 4♠ vulnerable versus non-vul (and presumably after a preemptive 3♦ bid). So we wanted to be in game. This should establish a forcing pass situation if they bid at the five level white over our vulnerable game.
If partner wanted to invite slam, he has a couple ways to do it over five diamonds. The strongest is to pass 5♦ and then bid over your double (if you double). Even then, pass by him and then bidding 5♥ is stronger than pass then bid 5♠.
I can see no reason to get excited by partner bidding an immediate 5♠, so I certainly will not bid 6♠. Also, I will not pass, as that is encouraging partner to bid 6♠, and not only do I not want to bid 6♠, I don't want to encourage partner to bid 6♠ by using a forcing pass over 6♦.
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Posted 2012-June-15, 01:02
jillybean, on 2012-June-14, 22:23, said:
Double, partner's 5♠ means "I think we can make 5♠"
Partner will rarely be that certain about anything. When you bid 5 over 5 you often don't know who is making what - you just do it because you have a lot of defence and not much defence, and find out afterwards whether you were making, saving, or wrong.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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