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Settle and argument Pass or Pull

Poll: Settle and argument (48 member(s) have cast votes)

What would you bid?

  1. Pass (45 votes [93.75%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 93.75%

  2. 5D (2 votes [4.17%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  3. I am a crazy person (other) (1 votes [2.08%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.08%

Does partners double promise diamond support?

  1. Yes (2 votes [4.17%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  2. No (28 votes [58.33%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 58.33%

  3. Promises Tolerance (13 votes [27.08%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 27.08%

  4. Is a pure penalty double. (5 votes [10.42%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.42%

You think bidding 5D is:

  1. Clear (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  2. Correct (2 votes [4.17%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  3. Questionable (11 votes [22.92%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 22.92%

  4. Wrong (20 votes [41.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 41.67%

  5. Insane (15 votes [31.25%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 31.25%

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#1 User is offline   phil_20686 

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Posted 2012-October-24, 19:01



So your opponents are acol players. Which means that 1C promises four clubs. In practice this sequence guarantees an unbalanced hand with 5 clubs and 4 hearts. North cannot have any balanced hand (i.e. not 18-19 NT). Bid, or not?
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Posted 2012-October-24, 20:47

The part about Diamond support or tolerance is tricky. IMO, it doesn't "promise" Diamond support, but my hand pattern suggests she has a couple of them. So, I answered NO.
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Posted 2012-October-24, 21:14

I'm not bidding, and the caddy on the other side of the room isn't either.
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Posted 2012-October-24, 22:28

Easy pass to me, I have a stiff spade and clubs locked up. Would not even think about bidding for >1 second
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Posted 2012-November-01, 13:04

 phil_20686, on 2012-October-24, 19:01, said:



So your opponents are acol players. Which means that 1C promises four clubs. In practice this sequence guarantees an unbalanced hand with 5 clubs and 4 hearts. North cannot have any balanced hand (i.e. not 18-19 NT). Bid, or not?



There are very few hands p will x with that are perfect for us to make 5d for ex will p
x with say AQxxx Kxx Qxx xx? probably not. P is much more likely to x with a holding
like AKQxx xxx Qx xxx. So IMO bidding 5d will probably be wrong far too often and there
is a decent chance we will be able to crush 4h.

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Posted 2012-November-01, 13:08

Pass is so obvious, it must be wrong.
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Posted 2012-November-01, 15:49

I'd be interested in hearing Fluffy's reasoning for bidding.
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Posted 2012-November-01, 18:28

 BunnyGo, on 2012-November-01, 15:49, said:

I'd be interested in hearing Fluffy's reasoning for bidding.

He doesn't like unanimous polls.
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Posted 2012-November-01, 19:25

I missed partner being a passed hand, I hate to leave take out doubles on this vul when I have shape. But being a passed hand its perhaps too much. The other reason for being alone is maybe that I voted without looking at any coment of vote :)
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Posted 2012-November-12, 03:33

Thought I should put up the whole hand:


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Posted 2012-November-12, 21:55

Thought I should put up the whole hand:

S-ruff at opening lead or winning HA sets 4H.
Spade opening lead and wait for DA +HK +CQ to set 5D.
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Posted 2012-November-13, 03:28

set 5♦ dake? really?
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Posted 2012-November-29, 08:15

:P W's double is really bad. He has TWO defensive tricks. Your overcall doesn't really promise ANY defensive tricks at all. So, if the double is for penalties, it is from hunger.

If the double means something else, then what does it mean? W missed the boat (on this particular hand) when he bid 1♠ rather than raising diamonds. Not that bidding 1♠ was wrong, but his LHO jammed the auction, so his diamond support got buried. Too bad, but on some hands you just have to stay fixed. You can't just arbitrarily say that a double showed secondary diamond support just because it happened to work on this particular hand.
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Posted 2012-November-29, 09:28

 jdeegan, on 2012-November-29, 08:15, said:

:P W's double is really bad. He has TWO defensive tricks. Your overcall doesn't really promise ANY defensive tricks at all. So, if the double is for penalties, it is from hunger.


Is this true for most people ? 1♦ over 1♣ consumes no space so in my world is the soundest of my overcalls and shows a decent hand.
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Posted 2012-November-29, 13:34

 Cyberyeti, on 2012-November-29, 09:28, said:

Is this true for most people ? 1♦ over 1♣ consumes no space so in my world is the soundest of my overcalls and shows a decent hand.

:P True, and you are vul vs non-vul as well. Still, your overcall might be a lead director or based on a longer than normal suit. I have my doubts about 4♥ making, but there is no 'doubt' card in my bidding box.
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Posted 2012-November-30, 08:44

set 5♦ dake? really? -- Fluffy

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Posted 2012-November-30, 08:56

Dake:

Non heart lead, otherwise we are going for 6.

Win Spade lead, hook club, draw trumps...heart suit is frozen for lefty, so we eventually get to use the heart ace for second club hook.

With trump lead, win and draw trumps. first club hook occurs when we win the spade ace in dummy, second hook when we eventually lead a heart to dummy's ace.

With Club lead, draw trumps and do same thing.
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Posted 2012-November-30, 14:54

:P This hand and thread illustrates an excellent point that even very good players sometimes overlook. Finding a winning defense is often far from a sure thing. On this hand the defense has two chances (1) Ace and a spade at trick one (not very damn likely in an honest game). (2) Ace and a spade at trick three.

I have been kibitzing top level bridge on BBO lately, and even the best players are not even close to 100% on these kind of plays. I am reminded of what Bob Hamman once wrote across his (then) brand new copy of Larry Cohen's book To Bid or Not to Bid: "BID".
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Posted 2012-November-30, 15:32

 jdeegan, on 2012-November-30, 14:54, said:

:P This hand and thread illustrates an excellent point that even very good players sometimes overlook. Finding a winning defense is often far from a sure thing. On this hand the defense has two chances (1) Ace and a spade at trick one (not very damn likely in an honest game). (2) Ace and a spade at trick three.

I have been kibitzing top level bridge on BBO lately, and even the best players are not even close to 100% on these kind of plays. I am reminded of what Bob Hamman once wrote across his (then) brand new copy of Larry Cohen's book To Bid or Not to Bid: "BID".


Fortunately there is a third chance. Partner switches to a club, we notice we have a singleton spade and switch to it.
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Posted 2012-December-02, 11:00

 JLOGIC, on 2012-October-24, 22:28, said:

Easy pass to me, I have a stiff spade and clubs locked up. Would not even think about bidding for >1 second

yes how can you think of anything but pass with such great clubs, opp not running away with it
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