[Cascade]

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IMPs

NS Weaker players (team seeded 194 out of 240)

What are your logical alternatives?

The final double was slow. What is suggested by a slow double?

Do you adjust? Edit: If south bids 5♠ (sorry for the omission)

[FrancesHinden]

Pass and 5S.
A slow double suggests partner was thinking of bidding 5S. The auction is not one that partner was going to pass out.
Do I adjust? A bit cruel to say 'yes' without knowing what action was taken!

As a bidding problem, I would be in a forcing pass auction and would not have passed 5H. So I suppose for me, I've shown a slam try if I bid, and if I do bid that you probably should adjust against me.

[ahydra]

Wondering whether the X really does suggest partner was thinking about 5S - maybe his only options were pass and X, and he wasn't sure which to pick. Say AKQJxxx x Kx KQx where he isn't sure if he'll make 3 defensive tricks, but certainly 5S isn't a good idea.

I think pass (by S) is clear though at the vulnerability.

ahydra

[mrdct]

It sounds like north is holding something like:

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So it feels right to bid 5♠.

[campboy]

Like any other slow penalty double, it suggests that partner isn't convinced 5♥x is the right spot. I think bidding on is suggested whether he was considering pass or 5♠. If the latter then we should be making 5♠ and not collecting enough in 5♥x; if the former then we are probably not defeating 5♥x and 5♠ isn't going more than a couple off (and may not be doubled).

[Cascade]

mrdct, on 2011-March-03, 04:25, said:

It sounds like north is holding something like:

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So it feels right to bid 5♠.

wow how do you do that?

[Cascade]

The director ruled that there was no additional information in the slow final double and hence no unauthorized information. He also said that in a poll everyone bid 5♠.

We did not appeal as we already scored the maximum VPs in the match so it was unlikely to benefit us.