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Posted 2015-February-01, 20:31


IMPs; head to head match; What do you choose?
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Posted 2015-February-01, 20:38

6♦.
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Posted 2015-February-01, 22:06

just 5. partner seems odds on to have 0 aces and there's the 4th spade to worry about.
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Posted 2015-February-01, 23:11

5♦ Partner has a bid. He won't bid 6 with one ace, but will surely bid 6 with two.
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Posted 2015-February-02, 00:06

5♦. Along the lines of what wank said - even if partner has an ace (even the spade ace!), there is still the issue of the 4th spade.

And, as mason said, 5♦ does not necessarily end the auction.
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Posted 2015-February-02, 02:01

4NT and convert 5♣ to 5♦, showing a one-suited slam try.
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Posted 2015-February-02, 03:04

7♠, surely partner has ♠A10xx ♥Qxxxx ♦x ♣Qxx or something like.


On real life 5♦ looks like enough, but Andy is right, if we can invite with 4NT we should. I don't plan on selling to 5♥ anyway.
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Posted 2015-February-02, 04:08

5♦. Even if pard has a fitting ace, slam is FAR from cold.
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Posted 2015-February-02, 05:42

Would 4NT -> 5D not show a two-suiter with diamonds and spades?

5D sounds right; I'm not punting slams at IMPs.

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Posted 2015-February-02, 11:09

Thanks all. I bid 5D.
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Posted 2015-February-02, 17:23

View Postlamford, on 2015-February-02, 11:09, said:

Thanks all. I bid 5D.


I know it does not matter what the result is, and I agree with 5♦ unless I have an agreement like Andy does, but just out of curiosity, was it the result or post discussion or both/neither that made you ask this question?
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Posted 2015-February-02, 18:29

View PostMrAce, on 2015-February-02, 17:23, said:

I know it does not matter what the result is, and I agree with 5♦ unless I have an agreement like Andy does, but just out of curiosity, was it the result or post discussion or both/neither that made you ask this question?

In the other room they doubled and reached a making slam. I did not think double was right, with one downside that partner might pass with scattered balanced values. I agreed with wank about the chances of partner having an ace and the possible spade loser anyway.
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Posted 2015-February-03, 04:08

I think you were just outlucked. :D
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