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East dealer: Both vulnerable
Team game, EW a catch up partner, play 2/1
2♦ a weak jump overcall
What would you do as West?
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Negative Double
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Posted 2012-April-15, 03:21
Try this problem:
East dealer: Both vulnerable
Team game, EW a catch up partner, play 2/1
2♦ a weak jump overcall
What would you do as West?
East dealer: Both vulnerable
Team game, EW a catch up partner, play 2/1
2♦ a weak jump overcall
What would you do as West?
Never growl at your partner. You never know what fine player is watching and would have asked you to play.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 04:18
5 diamonds.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 08:26
rduran1216, on 2012-April-15, 04:18, said:
5 diamonds.
What does it mean?
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Posted 2012-April-15, 10:19
I'd bid 6♣.
To me opening 1 and then bidding 5♣ shows a 5 ♣ opener with a side A or KQ-KJ with probably a void somewhere if only 7 card.
I think pd has 7-8 solid ♣ (probably 8 since he didnt care about 3 NT), void or stiff ♦, not neccesarilly but probably no 4 card major, and either ♥K or ♠A but not both.
Ax
Jx
x
AKJxxxxx
xxx
Kx
void
AKQxxxxx (i hope they dont lead ♠)
Qx
xx
x
AKQxxxxx (he probably shouldnt open 1♣ with this)
I like my chances in 6♣ especially on ♦ lead.
To me opening 1 and then bidding 5♣ shows a 5 ♣ opener with a side A or KQ-KJ with probably a void somewhere if only 7 card.
I think pd has 7-8 solid ♣ (probably 8 since he didnt care about 3 NT), void or stiff ♦, not neccesarilly but probably no 4 card major, and either ♥K or ♠A but not both.
Ax
Jx
x
AKJxxxxx
xxx
Kx
void
AKQxxxxx (i hope they dont lead ♠)
Qx
xx
x
AKQxxxxx (he probably shouldnt open 1♣ with this)
I like my chances in 6♣ especially on ♦ lead.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 10:30
mikl_plkcc, on 2012-April-15, 08:26, said:
What does it mean?
Cuebidding your lowest control.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 10:33
I would bid 5D, and if partner bids 5S I would bid 5NT as a last try for the grand. Over 5H I'll just bid 6C. Raising to 6C immediately is another reasonable option, with the benefit that you might avoid a killing spade lead. However I would say the combined odds that partner has ace of spades, queen of spades, singleton spade, they don't lead one anyway, or they lead one with an honor onside and we guess right, is good enough to make trying for the grand worthwhile.
Another possibility is partner bids a bad grand, but I'm not too concerned about that. Ace of spades and 7 solid clubs doesn't sound like a 5C bid. Ace of spades and 8 solid clubs is obviously not a cold grand but has plenty of play. Anything more than that and we are likely to be cold or nearly so.
Another possibility is partner bids a bad grand, but I'm not too concerned about that. Ace of spades and 7 solid clubs doesn't sound like a 5C bid. Ace of spades and 8 solid clubs is obviously not a cold grand but has plenty of play. Anything more than that and we are likely to be cold or nearly so.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 10:43
mikl_plkcc, on 2012-April-15, 08:26, said:
What does it mean?
A of diamonds, and interest in a grand.
I could have made this negative double with a 4441 9 count, so if partner is heading to 5C alone I'm thinking he's something like 2119 with 9.5 tricks in hand or something like that. idk why with 8 solid and a side K I'm not bidding 3D over the negative double if its what partner has. 2 card clubs and K AQ A has got to be the nuts for a 5C bidder, so exploring for 7 has to be right.
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