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5 level decision

Poll: 5 level decision (24 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you do?

  1. Pass, let partner decide (3 votes [12.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  2. 5H (6 votes [25.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  3. Pass, pull a double (15 votes [62.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 62.50%

  4. Dbl (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#61 User is offline   gnasher 

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Posted 2014-March-21, 01:21

RHO won't always have eight diamonds. If he has only seven he's likely to have the KQ at least, to justify his bidding.
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Posted 2014-March-21, 01:29

View Postgnasher, on 2014-March-21, 01:21, said:

RHO won't always have eight diamonds. If he has only seven he's likely to have the KQ at least, to justify his bidding.


Maybe. Again there are some who would bid 5d with some random 74 or 75 hand. Certainly the odds of partner having a diamond honour maybe reduced against certain sorts of players.

The point is with a minimum without excessive offense you want partner to judge whether to bid at the five level and partner will know whether he has defensive Diamond cards. So 5h is positive bid not an attempt to shut partner up.

Afterall the frequency of both sides making 11 tricks has got to be significantly less than the frequency of both sides making fewer than eleven tricks.
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