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The final swing board

Poll: The final swing board (19 member(s) have cast votes)

your call?

  1. pass (4 votes [21.05%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.05%

  2. 4NT (1 votes [5.26%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.26%

  3. 5C (2 votes [10.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

  4. 5H (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. 5S (1 votes [5.26%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.26%

  6. 5NT (2 votes [10.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

  7. 6H (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. 6S (5 votes [26.32%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.32%

  9. Something else creative (3 votes [15.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.79%

  10. I wouldn't have doubled (1 votes [5.26%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.26%

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#1 User is offline   the_dude 

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Posted 2011-November-10, 06:20

Finals of knockouts, up by 3 after first half, second half seems fairly flat until the penultimate board:


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Posted 2011-November-10, 07:41

6♠, hard to get to a better contract I believe. Maybe 5♥. I'd be afraid of partner passing 5♣.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2011-November-10, 08:11

5N GSF comes to mind, unlucky if partner has xxxxxx, Ax, KQJx, x or similar.
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Posted 2011-November-10, 08:44

6 diamonds... err.. clubs :P
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Posted 2011-November-10, 17:31

its a 5-7 hand, or even 4-7 is possible. Well, actually AKxxx doesn't make 7 on a diamond lead unless partner has ♣10. Call me chicken, but I would pass.
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Posted 2011-November-10, 17:38

It feels like one should be in slam, but its tough to picture hands where 6S has more play than 6C, and very easy to find the reverse, so it seems like one should bid 6C.

You could trivially just be in a 4-3 spade fit here? ATxx Kxx KQx xxx or similar is a normal 4S bid, though some might open this.
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Posted 2011-November-10, 18:07

Hard decision. My guess 6♣ = 10, 5♣ = 9, 5♥ = 8, Pass = 7.
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Posted 2011-November-10, 19:37

Interesting OP did not even put 6♣ in options. And considers the bids out of list as "creative"

If LHO is not hiding his fit, pd seems to have 4♥+some number of ♠ cards. The possibility of pd holding 4♥ makes it even more interesting because that may very well be the reason why he did not open weak 2♠. If he has only 1 ♠ honor, i am pretty confident he has either ♦ values or long ♠.

On the other hand if he has something like

Kxxxx
Qxxx
QJx
x

Then 6♣ seems a better contract, even if they can find ♠ ruff because then we were going down in 6♠ also. If pd has HTxxx(x) ♠ i would always wanna be in 6♠ because the location of ♦K is not clear and i anticipate a ♥ lead most of the time.

I would not pass 4♠ thats for sure, and i would not worry about grandslam either although it is possible. I would probably talk myself into bidding 6♣ at the end.
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Posted 2011-November-10, 20:14

Have a standard agreement with my old partner that all jumps (except to a Game or NT) are showing good suit with fit, in this sort of sequence after a t/o double it would only show a 3 card or Honour-Honour doubleton fit. So I'd use 6♣ here to show that, pards can decide if 6 ♠ is better.
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Posted 2011-November-11, 09:54

I like 6C. We need very little for slam and clubs is quite likely the right strain.

Of course we might have a grand slam, but it's hard to have a good investigation and if we try, we might get to the wrong strain. I think it is better to bid clubs clearly.
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Posted 2011-November-13, 14:29

:P It's a bit of a crapshoot, but I'm an instinctive 6♣ bidder. It was my first thought, and it still looks good. My spades are nice, but not very long. 6♣ is good opp the ♠ king and the KQ of ♦.
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