[mfa1010]

They have been hunting me all through May and now, apparently, they are still here in June.

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Ok, 7♥. They take the push to 7♠ -1100, which is great because there is a club loser (unless west leads his singleton ).

A few boards later:

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What is your move?

[mr1303]

Hand 1 7H seems a reasonable punt. You'll probably be guessing at some point anyway.

Hand 2 I bid 5D. Might make 6, might go down in 5

[y66]

5S planning 6D over 6C.

[gnasher]

Opposite someone whose takeout doubles are for takeout, I'd bid 6♦. xx A10xx Kxx AKxx would be enough, and even if it's not making thay may save.

[gwnn]

5♦ for me. bok bok bok

changed my mind. 6♦. I don't want to bid 5 and then have 5♠ come back to me.

This post has been edited by gwnn: 2011-June-06, 03:34

[whereagles]

hand 2: 5♦, followed by 6. Maybe they dbl and it makes

[mfa1010]

On the second one, I tried a conservative 5♦ since I hated the three little clubs when RHO has implied something in the suit.
It went P-P-5♠ and then I bid 6♦. Comments on that? RHO is a very fine card player. His bidding is unreliable however, but he tends not to be totally out of line.

[gnasher]

mfa1010, on 2011-June-08, 14:41, said:

On the second one, I tried a conservative 5♦ since I hated the three little clubs when RHO has implied something in the suit.
It went P-P-5♠ and then I bid 6♦. Comments on that? RHO is a very fine card player. His bidding is unreliable however, but he tends not to be totally out of line.

I agree with not defending 5♠ - either 5♠ or 6♦ might be making.

[Free]

I'd slam 6♦ right away. It's a risk, but if partner can Dbl 4♠ then opps will certainly bid 5♠ over 5♦. So bidding 5♦ is rather useless and gives opps a better position to decide what to do after the postponed 6♦.

[Lurpoa]

mfa1010, on 2011-June-05, 16:40, said:

They have been hunting me all through May and now, apparently, they are still here in June.

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Ok, 7♥. They take the push to 7♠ -1100, which is great because there is a club loser (unless west leads his singleton ).

A few boards later:

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What is your move?

♥
Directly 6♦ is a little to risky for me.
I'll go for 5♦,
and if they bid 5♠ ?
6♦

[mfa1010]

Partner had ♠Kx, ♥A9xxx, ♦KQx, ♣AQx. They led clubs but fortunately the king, so we wound up +1540. Whereagles had the right prediction from the start - well done.
Maybe inconsequent to bid 5♦ then 6♦, but the situation is tough. The opponents know more about the deal than I. Sometimes when we don't have so many tricks we might even play 5♦X. Anyway, I disagree with Free that the opponents will certainly bid 5♠. We don't know that. Bidding 5 over 5 is still something.

[Free]

mfa1010, on 2011-June-14, 06:27, said:

I disagree with Free that the opponents will certainly bid 5♠. We don't know that. Bidding 5 over 5 is still something.

We know nothing for sure, but you know that they have at least 11♠s combined (partner makes a takeout Dbl so he should be short in ♠, and we have a void). So while I have to admit that we're not 100% sure they'll bid 5♠, a better way to describe it is that I think it's very likely.