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tonight I played at the 5 lvl in a cue bid of the opps suit ...and made it!

#1 User is offline   jillybean 

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Posted 2012-November-07, 01:00

How's this for a crazy outcome...





My pass over 5♠ was not a mechanical error but rather a brain fart so I was unable to correct it.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 01:44

what was the defense? I don't really see one that would allow you to make it, but maybe I'm imagining things.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 03:28

They just need to never touch clubs and you have 5 spades, 4 hearts and two diamonds... easy..
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Posted 2012-November-07, 03:39

pass of 5♠ is interesting, I wish all my brain farts made half as much sense. You know you are two keycards so rather than hope for some misdefence by opps, you can legitimately try to make 5S, which you did :) OK that was a misdefence too but there are other layouts where it is cold.

I don't agree with 4NT though.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 03:39

View Postjillybean, on 2012-November-07, 01:00, said:

My pass over 5♠ was not a mechanical error but rather a brain fart so I was unable to correct it.

I'm having greater difficulty working out your reason for bidding 2♠.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 04:12

View Postiviehoff, on 2012-November-07, 03:39, said:

I'm having greater difficulty working out your reason for bidding 2♠.


For most this is a heart raise...
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Posted 2012-November-07, 05:50

View PostCodo, on 2012-November-07, 04:12, said:

For most this is a heart raise...

Of course... This hand is attracting brainfarts.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 07:08

View Postiviehoff, on 2012-November-07, 03:39, said:

I'm having greater difficulty working out your reason for bidding 2♠.

Limit raise+ for ♥.

The greater difficulty is the reason for bidding 4NT ( RKC ) after Opener's sign-off .

[ps. EDIT: This hand is a poster child for 4S! = kickback RKC ] .

This post has been edited by TWO4BRIDGE: 2012-November-07, 07:12

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Posted 2012-November-07, 10:35

No need to promote kickback to me.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 12:38

View PostTWO4BRIDGE, on 2012-November-07, 07:08, said:

Limit raise+ for ♥.

The greater difficulty is the reason for bidding 4NT ( RKC ) after Opener's sign-off .

[ps. EDIT: This hand is a poster child for 4S! = kickback RKC ] .


This hand is a poster child for using good judgment and passing 4♥. You have a limit raise, and all of it is in a suit that partner is assumed to be short in. Bidding on is very poor.
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Posted 2012-November-07, 13:56

Kickback? Ty CGibson, all this hand is a posterchild for other than a good story is not-overbidding.
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Posted 2012-November-08, 08:50

View PostTWO4BRIDGE, on 2012-November-07, 07:08, said:

Limit raise+ for ♥.

The greater difficulty is the reason for bidding 4NT ( RKC ) after Opener's sign-off .
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[ps. EDIT: This hand is a poster child for 4S! = kickback RKC ] .

I guess the way I stated it ( because of the post script EDIT ) , my intended objection was obscured -- namely that RKC should NOT have been bid in the first place... but "if the spirit moved you" to do so, then kickback would "save you" in the 2+Q reply .
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