[cjames]

MP pairs, non vul, sitting North you hold this collection:

♠K2
♥T
♦K9876532
♣KJ

Your partner is dealer and passes, and West opens 4♥, do you bid 5♦?

[P_Marlowe]

I think, I would not be able
to resist.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[ochinko]

If RHO has passed as well I would bid 4 1/2♦, so now I have no other choice but to bid 5♦.

[jvage]

I remember this hand, it was from the Norwegian Pairs Final and I was a 4♥ bidder. 5♦ seems like the normal bid, but you would prefer a little more high-cards. 4♥ looks like it is making (maybe with overtricks) and 5♦ may make or be a good save.

At our table the partner of the 5♦ bidder was very critical to this bid. This seemed at the time like an effort to get the spotlight away from his own very strange and unsuccesful later action. The post-mortem strategy actually worked, but I will not spoil the problem by telling about the other hands. Personally I think the problem for the partner of the given hand was more interesting, but at my table he did not choose any of the 2 logical alternatives

John

[mcphee]

Although the vulnerability of the other side is not stated normally I like to bid my 8 card suits.

[cjames]

Sorry,both sides are non-vul.

[han]

I'm bidding my 8-card suit.

[rogerclee]

I'd 5♦. Even if 5♦ is wrong, sometimes they do something stupid.

[andy_h]

han, on Aug 7 2008, 04:28 AM, said:

I'm bidding my 8-card suit.

Me too. This could either be very good or very bad. Let's bid it with confidence.