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West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.
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An early sacrifice or just a lucky bid? Making 5C with only 10 HCPs
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Posted 2018-May-02, 05:08
As South, I was surprised to hear three consecutive PASS bids.
West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.
West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.
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Posted 2018-May-02, 06:12
4♣ would have been enough for me.
You were lucky that (1) West didn't lead an obvious top diamond; (2) clubs were 2-2; (3) two spade honours clashed on the first trick; (4) you got an unlikely entry to dummy; (5) E/W were not playing count signals on the first heart trick; (6) East didn't protect with a double (presumably because he didn't fancy a 5♥ bid from his partner.
You were lucky that (1) West didn't lead an obvious top diamond; (2) clubs were 2-2; (3) two spade honours clashed on the first trick; (4) you got an unlikely entry to dummy; (5) E/W were not playing count signals on the first heart trick; (6) East didn't protect with a double (presumably because he didn't fancy a 5♥ bid from his partner.
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Posted 2018-May-02, 06:23
5♣ is a horrendous bid.
Your ODR is way to low for blasting to the 5 LvL. Give N the K♦ and it's already a phatnom sac.
Your ODR is way to low for blasting to the 5 LvL. Give N the K♦ and it's already a phatnom sac.
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Posted 2018-May-02, 07:19
I can make 5♣ with only 7 High Card Points, with dummy not even helping 
♣AKT98765432
Though a genuine 5♣ pre-empt would be more like
♣KQT98765432
With two aces 5♣ is not the right bid as other commentators have indicated
♣AKT98765432
Though a genuine 5♣ pre-empt would be more like
♣KQT98765432
With two aces 5♣ is not the right bid as other commentators have indicated
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Posted 2018-May-03, 03:49
oldem, on 2018-May-02, 05:08, said:
As South, I was surprised to hear three consecutive PASS bids.
West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.
West's opening lead was the ♠Q which was covered by his partner's singleton ♠K to my ♠A, establishing Dummy's ♠ suit. I cashed the ♣A and continued with another ♣ to E's ♣K. Now, East cashed the ♥A. If East shifted to ♦, then we would have been set, but lucky enough that East continued with the ♥K which I ruffed, and thus making the contract for a 13+ IMPs.
5♣ would not be my choice.
West has an easy DBL and they have an easy -300 score for you.
I do not know what would happen had you not gone wild. One of them has 19 hcp and other has 11 hcp. They also have 9 card fit in 2 suits.
There is a good chance they could end up playing 5 red which could turn -300 to +50.
Not even mentioning the loss of spade fit for your side due to your action.
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