Phil, on 2014-December-23, 14:48, said:
Just don't expect this to be cold.
Also, make sure you partner isn't jumping around with 15's.
Also, make sure you partner isn't jumping around with 15's.
Yeah, after posting it I was thinking about it in relation to this hand, which most of the posters want to bid 3 with. Rotate the suits downwards and it could be the hand you find opposite here:
KQJ965
Q7
AQJ
T9
vs
Tx
ATxx
xx
Kxxxx
I think even at this scoring, that's not a game you want to be in - though obviously that's scraping the bottom end of P's set of possible hands (and if you switch opener's round suits it looks much better).
I also wonder if Kxxxx isn't a worse holding than eg Kx, since on hands like this with a large disparity in strength, it seems like the weaker hand's values work best when they're supplementing the stronger hand's longer side suits (though maybe that's less relevant here, since he doesn't have a 4-card side suit worth mentioning).