Maybe this isn’t a good problem, since everyone is bidding like me. To make it a discussion, I’ll make the case for passing: partner is still there and has heard you imply a good deal of shape (though not necessarily 6-6.) He is marked with length in hearts, and if he has strength there also it could be right to defend; with weak hearts maybe he’ll find another bid. Well, ok, this doesn’t convince me pass is right…partner had some reason to come alive with 5S, and you know it wasn’t his diamond holding! So here’s the story:
At the table I bid 6S without much thought, beyond that partner could have Axx or Axxx in trumps and have not thought his hand was worth 3S the first time, and that 1430 is a lot more than 100 or 300, not to mention -200 being better than -920 or -1090! Tempo probably wasn’t that crucial, but it felt like the kind of situation where I shouldn’t betray doubt, because there is an excellent chance the opponents will save; of course, maybe I want that and maybe not, who knows? Well, unfortunately partner had Jxx AKxxx xxx xx and I’m sure was hoping to double 6C. Even so, the whole operation could have worked if the opponents had saved, as they might on many layouts. They can't know that I'm void in hearts and not clubs. But alas, lefty had AQx QJxxx --- AJxxx and that was an easy double. The “good news” was that he led the CA for down 2 rather than underleading for a ruff and 800 J. The other “good news” was that our teammates had scored -620, selling to 4S after not finding clubs, meaning that -500 was only 4 imps worse than +100. The non-ironic good news was that we had good cards at both tables otherwise, and after expertly “crashing” these bad results for -15 we won the match by 11.
3 comments:
I see it didn't work, but bidding 6S is going to be right so often, that it's really double dummy to do otherwise. Take out some insurance and don't apologize.
I pretty much agree with MM. I would add that it seems like your partner operated a bit on this hand (by passing over 2S). Though I suppose if he'll always bid with non-operating hands then you might as well pass to cater to an operation.
Also, after 1S-(2S)-3S-(4C) you might just bid 6S and go for the same 500.
Your 'other "good" news' is important -- it means that the IMP odds were very favorable towards bidding. Normally game vs slam requires about a 50% slam, but slam vs collect a small penalty is justified when the slam odds are much lower.
This is why I don't care for the usual treatment of 1s-2s-X. I guess most people just play that it's cards/ penalty oriented, but it seems to me that there are more hands where you just want X to mean I have a 2S call.
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