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On
Monday 2 November, started a new auction contest, and the
problems suggested in this opportunity will be taken from the
last World Bridg Championships, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2009. 2° Problem:
"This is a common situation: An opponent makes a high level preemptive bid and partner doubles. How best to respond? If you happen to have significant values in the opponent’s suit then a penalty pass becomes an option, but that does not happen too often.
You might pass with this hand, but at the vulnerability West is unlikely to be fooling around and you will probably be looking at around +500.
Given that partner is known to be very short in hearts we have the possibility of finding an excellent fit in clubs, or a reasonable one in diamonds. (There are some negative inferences in so far as that partner has not overcalled in spades – he must surely have some values in that suit – or bid 4NT to show a pronounced two suiter.)
If we bid we are hoping that one of two things will happen. Either that we can score a vulnerable game, or that partner has a significantly stronger hand and that we might make a slam.
With more than one place to play we could bid 4NT but with this hand 5
I Think it is a clearcut 5 I only pass when I have defensive values and no fit for partner. With a 6 cards suit I know we have a fit when partner takeout double. Even though partner does not promise a perfect distribution on this level, she will have some kind of fit for the 3 unbid suits or a VERY strong hand. This means that partner sometimes will have to pass in the second seat if she has a balanced hand with some length in hearts even though she has quite a strong hand. But again - like last week - that is why they
prevent
Some
problems I feel strongly about, some I'm neutral on.
Here I feel extremely strongly that no action facing a
trustworthy partner except 5
is anywhere remotely conceivable.
It is easy to see how this might be
wrong but equally facing a typical 4-1-4-4 hand both
games may hinge on who has the HJ or DJ. Far too close
for a penalty pass. Would it amaze you if partner has:
And declarer has ten tricks in the majors while we have 11 in the minors?
Or as here (looking at the full record)
500 against 1390...and if the HJ were on my left it
would be 200!!
The Italian style under this circumstances bids sixth suits or unbalanced hands. If I had 2 hearts and 2 spades, I would think a little more. But with this hand I'm a little scared that the openning hand has an 8-4 heart-spade distribution...or a 7-5... This hand can win 7 There's something positive else, if my partner
answers with 5 He can have:
If I pass is very probable that we will get a positive result, but I prefer to take the risk that is my kind of game spirit. I think that declaring is a good bet.
I am very familiar with this hand, having used its
companion hand in "Marks & Comments" for "BRIDGE" , Mark
Horton's magazine (and having played the hand in Sao Paulo). Although partner has made a takeout double, he has not
promised four cards in every suit so, the theory goes, responder
to the double should have some length. When I bid 5 BUT, without the spade ruff, England would have said unlucky
as partner held
With balanced hands yor have to pass the double but with
a 6th suit and values you want to play....that's why I
declare 5
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I played this hand in the last World Championship and I passed and now...I regret it.... The spade
singleton and the vulnerability made me do a bad choice...I
think that is better to say 5
5 If I pas, I decide to go with the "safety bid" so
too speak. It will probably go down and its not my fault if
we can make 5 We have the agreement, that if we bid, especially at
the five level, we bid to make the contract, so you show
some values or/and distribution.
I like to play, so it will be 5
I think that Pass is not an alternative; over Doubles with a strong take out tendency; and with a 6th suit. In this example the Q10x heart, is a mirage , my voice is 5
We have
possibilities to defeat their contract, vulnerable doubled...
and danger to be down in 5 Both chances are almost equal so I think it depends on each player style... But in this cases you have to try to find the most profitable choice. Pass limits us to 500/200, talking, with risks, we have good chances to write 600 or more if the bidding continues.. |
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for example)
Qxxx
AKxx
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In this situation, common practice is to bid over the double if
you think you can make what you bid, that is you have some
length in your suit or some distribution. 
If I pull to 5
