[eagles123]

System = acol 3 Wk 2s
Scoring = Imps
Partner = Me (but first time partnership)


what do you bid and why?

Thanks,

Eagles

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[gordontd]

It's not my turn.

[eagles123]

sorry edited

[broze]

I would have bid 4H splinter on the previous round.

[whereagles]

5♠. Too shapely to give up on it.

[TylerE]

Pass for me. Every contract at the 5 level could be -3 or even -4.

I also should probably abstain because I think 4♠ is just gross. You opened this because it's a two suiter, show your second suit - a simple application of the MTBTMRYH principle.

[akwoo]

I would have bid 4♣ my previous turn.

Having done so, I can pass in good conscience since partner has a bid.

Not having done so, I am a little worried that partner takes me for being more balanced than I am, but I think I really have to pass.

Also, what was North's double? A beginner's failure to pre-empt properly the first time?

[Jinksy]

5♠. Assuming 3♦ showed ♠ support, and given that this is Acol so I'd expect 4 cards, I expect to make this.

I'm more worried about missing slam: AQxx♠ from P and the likely ♦ stiff is prob just about enough to make it odds-on given the bidding. Like others, I'd have bid something different on the way to this point, though. Too late now.

[Siegmund]

One more vote for "you needed to bid 4C last time, but since you didn't, 5S now."

[Jinksy]

I might have preferred 3♥ last time. It won't help much with slam bidding but a ♥ lead is prob worth an extra trick in defence, maybe two.

[Tramticket]

Pass - partner is still there and free to bid (or double).

Nobody seems to be questioning the 1 spade opening bid. There must be a case for passing initially. We all have plenty of gadgets to allow us to compete on two-suited hands, if that is appropriate. My experience is that you can describe your hand quicker and more accurately by starting with a pass. (particularly as you own the spade suit).

[whereagles]

The spade bid should be fine. The hand becomes a monster if there's a spade fit across (as it happens).

[gszes]

This hand will rarely shine if p does not have spade support so it seems
much better and safer to open 1s. But I freely admit I do not see why no
4h splinter round 2 (3h 4c could both be natural and we do not want p to
thinking their KQ of hearts as useful and bidding 4c seems like wasting
space).

5s

I have sort of boxed myself into a corner since I failed to splinter so since
I expect to go down more than one only rarely it seems to make sense to push
one more round (as long as the 3d bid was a spade raise that is).

[eagles123]

My feeling was

1- I also disliked partners bidding on the previous round

2 - I definitely thought she should have bid 5s here rather than pass which she actually chose. The reason is that imo pass is forcing and P is just gonna make the wrong choice way too often

Eagles

[Jinksy]

I don't know why people are talking about going down - I would put 5♠ heavily odds on to make, whereas I have no idea if 5♦ is down 2 or up 2.