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#1 User is offline   jocdelevat 

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Posted 2008-March-25, 19:18

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West North East South

  -      -      -      1♣
 1♦    1♠    3♦    3♠
 4♦    4♠    5♦    ?
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Posted 2008-March-25, 19:25

Pass, leave it to partner who knows much more about your hand than you about his.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-25, 19:37

Boy, tough to argue with Han on this one. The opps were certainly nice to let you describe your hand completely!
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Posted 2008-March-26, 05:11

Well, I'm not going to make unilateral decisions on that raggy club suit either. Pass.
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Posted 2008-March-26, 05:31

I would X, I have too much defense to let it go all pass.
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Posted 2008-March-26, 05:48

Jlall, on Mar 26 2008, 12:31 PM, said:

I would X, I have too much defense to let it go all pass.

I agree with this. It's not a forcing pass.
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Posted 2008-March-26, 09:20

FrancesHinden, on Mar 26 2008, 06:48 AM, said:

Jlall, on Mar 26 2008, 12:31 PM, said:

I would X, I have too much defense to let it go all pass.

I agree with this. It's not a forcing pass.

While I certainly agree that it's not a forcing pass, I don't think I have more defense than partner has a right to expect for a first hand opener. Partner would have to have a pretty awful hand to pass 5♦, IMO. And if it's that awful, we lost 50 points by not Xing. Woo.

My problem is that I really don't need much to make 5♠, and the way I play the X is a unilateral decision...a "For God's sake, don't bid 5♠" bid. If the X were a "do something smart, P" X, then I'd agree with it. Maybe you guys play it that way.
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Posted 2008-March-26, 10:15


Scoring: IMP


West North East South

 -     -     1♣    1♦
 1♠    3♦    3♠    4♦
 4♠    5♦    Dbl   Pass
 Pass  Pass  

Ty all for your answers.

The opponents said that is a good result for them because we could make 5s which was true however I do not see how we could get there.
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Posted 2008-March-26, 10:21


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Posted 2008-March-26, 10:21

jocdelevat, on Mar 26 2008, 11:15 AM, said:

The opponents said that is a good result for them because we could make 5s which was true however I do not see how we could get there.

Huh, isn't it an easy 800?
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Posted 2008-March-26, 10:21

On any lead you should have had 1 spade, 3 hearts and 2 clubs for +800 against 5Dx.

Edit: Ha! Two people beat me to it all in the same minute
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Posted 2008-March-26, 10:31

Really surprised dbl works so well.
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Posted 2008-March-26, 10:36

EDIT: Nope, sorry, nevermind.
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