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Posted 2010-December-25, 05:01


At what vul and scoring would you bid 5♠?
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Posted 2010-December-25, 06:10

View Postjschafer, on 2010-December-25, 05:01, said:


At what vul and scoring would you bid 5♠?

any - i'd rather punt out 6♠ than double 5♣
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Posted 2010-December-25, 06:41

View Postjschafer, on 2010-December-25, 05:01, said:

At what vul and scoring would you bid 5♠?
Whatever the scoring method and vulnerability, IMO 5♠ = 10, _X = 8, _P = 5, 6♠ = 3.
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Posted 2010-December-25, 08:41

None, I'm punting 6S now.
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Posted 2010-December-25, 18:57

5♠ for me, even at this vulnerability and any scoring type.

I am not bidding 6,no way .Yes we may make slam perhaps, but sometimes preempts win. Pd may have started with a very shapely weak take out dbl too, which probably makes DBL now a better bid if so, but i will stick with my 5♠ bid. :) Double is my 2nd choice.
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Posted 2010-December-25, 20:28

I would bid 5S at any form of the game. 6 is off the planet.
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Posted 2010-December-29, 16:14

I bid 5♠ at the table, this was the full hand:

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Posted 2010-December-29, 20:36

bad luck
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Posted 2010-December-29, 20:37

View Postjschafer, on 2010-December-29, 16:14, said:

I bid 5♠ at the table, this was the full hand:



Your partner had quite a minimum double, tough luck.

 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 2010-December-29, 21:50

View PostHanoi5, on 2010-December-29, 20:37, said:

Your partner had quite a minimum double, tough luck.

Yes, but partner's minimum double is enough for +800 on defence. I'm not convinced this was bad luck though I could be resulting having seen the full hand.
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Posted 2010-December-30, 08:55

Clearly against this particular East it is right to double.
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Posted 2010-December-30, 10:04

View Postcherdano, on 2010-December-30, 08:55, said:

Clearly against this particular East it is right to double.


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Posted 2010-December-30, 10:25

Wow - 5♣...


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Posted 2010-December-30, 10:50

gut reaction is all
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Posted 2010-December-31, 03:51

5♠ is rather obvious, I think. No way I'm doubling 5♣.

Tough luck the dbl was probably as light as it gets.
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Posted 2010-December-31, 13:05

I don't double with north's hand but seems I am against the current trend
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Posted 2010-December-31, 13:21

View PostFluffy, on 2010-December-31, 13:05, said:

I don't double with north's hand but seems I am against the current trend

That makes two of us...any more and we have a counter-trend :rolleyes:
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Posted 2010-December-31, 16:05

Does your partner have a warning on his card - "Takeout doubles may be made with utter rubbish?"
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Posted 2011-January-01, 07:58

View Postmikeh, on 2010-December-31, 13:21, said:

That makes two of us...any more and we have a counter-trend :rolleyes:


I'll triple that :)
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Posted 2011-January-01, 08:33

I do think 5S is an easy choice. Dble is not my preference regardless of result.

I do not want to yell about this t/o dble. a bit skinny yes, but not at all so poor for any aggressive partnership. To see calling this rubbish is a bit too much. Facing the same hand, but alter the K of H to the ace and that is going to be enough to call it an ok t/o dble? Are n/s then not on a hook for a make?
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