[Fluffy]

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[Jinksy]

X.

[nige1]

Fluffy, on 2016-June-29, 04:37, said:

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I rank
Pass = No more to say.
5♣ = Might make.
Double = Two aces but cards likely to be badly placed in defence.

[ahydra]

pass

ahydra

[Phil]

Pass. Dont hang pard here by doing anything.

[MrAce]

Easy 5 ♣ for me.

xx
xxxx
x
AKxxxx

is more than enough to play a vulnerable game on a ♠ finesse. OH! And pd opened! Add him a ♠ K or ♥A.


Since they did not fit on heart suit, it is very likely that pd has 4 of them.

[Phil]

MrAce, on 2016-June-29, 13:28, said:

Easy 5 ♣ for me.

xx
xxxx
x
AKxxxx

is more than enough to play a vulnerable game on a ♠ finesse. OH! And pd opened! Add him a ♠ K or ♥A.


Since they did not fit on heart suit, it is very likely that pd has 4 of them.

Now if only we can avoid that heart over ruff.

[MrAce]

Phil, on 2016-June-29, 14:13, said:

Now if only we can avoid that heart over ruff.

You do not need to. Compare your result with mine if that is the case when pd holds the hand I gave (xx xxxx x AKxxxx), instead of holding xx Kxxx x AKxxxx. for opening the hand 1♣

I make 5 ♣ if ♠ finesse works or if ♥ A is on. +600.

You go -130 instead of -100

or at best +100 instead of +600, by passing out 4♦.

Yes pd may have Kx xxxx x AKxxxx and you go down on ♥ over ruff, but then again, this also presumes that opening leader will have a comfortable ♥ lead.

[WesleyC]

Does Partner's pass over 4D mean something? Does the 3D bid put us in a forcing pass situation?

[Fluffy]

WesleyC, on 2016-June-30, 01:02, said:

Does Partner's pass over 4D mean something? Does the 3D bid put us in a forcing pass situation?

Not forcing because we are a passed hand, otherwise it would. Partner's pass over 4♦ was to be expected, we were trying for 3NT and could not play it anymore.

[mathboy]

what is the 2NT？

[Fluffy]

mathboy, on 2016-June-30, 03:15, said:

what is the 2NT？

You should be able to click over the bid to see the alert explanation (maybe not on some mobile browsers). It shows long clubs, but a weak hand

[wanoff]

Auto 5♣ for me as well. It's a lot more than a passed hand once clubs are trumps. If it doesn't make, it could well be a save against a making 4♦.

[nullve]

wanoff, on 2016-June-30, 07:18, said:

If it doesn't make, it could well be a save against a making 4♦.

Only if LoTT is worthless.

[MrAce]

nullve, on 2016-June-30, 09:23, said:

Only if LoTT is worthless.

It is neither worthless nor a bible!

Its accuracy at 4-5-6 level is close to worthless.

[Caitlynne]

I presume that 2NT was "bad 2NT" - i.e., a hand wanting to compete on distributional rather than honor strength values - in which case long clubs are suggested. Therefore, it is clear that 3D was a cue bid showing club support. With this said, all you can do is "Double" - i.e., I want to bid but I have no clear descriptive bid - and leave the decision on whether to defend or continue on to 5C to partner.

[Jinksy]

Caitlynne, on 2016-June-30, 15:19, said:

I presume that 2NT was "bad 2NT" - i.e., a hand wanting to compete on distributional rather than honor strength values - in which case long clubs are suggested. Therefore, it is clear that 3D was a cue bid showing club support. With this said, all you can do is "Double" - i.e., I want to bid but I have no clear descriptive bid - and leave the decision on whether to defend or continue on to 5C to partner.

You can see the meanings of any of the highlighted bids in the OP by clicking on them.

[camarks]

Easy double

[Fluffy]

http://www.eurobridg...rd=015.21..1210

Spoiler

One of those hands were I realiced what was going on too late. It was really obvious that West had 4-7 on the bidding, and competing to 4♦ 4270 was indeed the most likely. Doubling was better.

A couple of interesting things happened on this board, first the spade suit: the only 2 tricks of the suit were won by north!. First ♠10 was led and ducked all around, and he next tried ♣A (wrong). Declarer ruffed and played a trump from the top to my ace. I finally read the whole shape and continued with ♠Q to keep my ♠A9 behind dummy. But declarer also read the position, and after the ruff he won the heart switch with ♥Q and conceded a club to north, pitching his remaining spades on ♣QJ.

Most interesting was the other table, were Gabriel Fractman was sitting West on lead against 3NT doubled. (don't remember the bidding sorry)

He found the best lead of ♥9 which G. Carrasco won with ♥Q to play a diamond through. Fractman overtook ♦9 with ♦10 and cleared the suit.

When declarer next played a club up he made a "falsecard" and pitched a diamond on the club as if he had no entry. Declarer carelessly ducked the first club, and trusted the pitch finessing the spade on the next trick trying to make the contract, resulting on 9 tricks for the defence for 1400.

[Phil]

Nice to know your teammates had you covered here