im on bridge tilt from my last BBO team game lol

heehee I watched that. Pretty brutal. At least you weren't shut out!

Played a MBC match and was like +60, then played a team game for -35... SWONGS. Now playing BBO money bridge lol.

w/r imps last seat

AJ98765
J62
Q
A9

p - p - 3 - 3
4 - 4 - 5 - ?

does partner turn up with enough help in the other suits enough that we can bid on?

Definitely doing something. Instinct says 5S, but 2 aces w/r says X. Of course, one is in a 7-card suit. Hmmm.

5S I think.

Let's think about the double. We may be unlikely to get a spade trick, but since you're on lead, it is very possible to set up a diamond ruff, or your partner's KJ or diamonds. The spades are certainly splitting 2-0 or 3-0 here though.

I'm not exactly sure 5S can make here. Let's assume that partner has KTx or better in spades (so you have no losers there). You lose a max of heart, but have to hold your minor losers to 2. They'll probably start by leading a heart, and with either minor king, you have one minor loser, assuming they don't attack the clubs before you can lose your diamond (assuming your minor K is diamonds). I think I'm bidding 5S here, because it is very likely there are two voids on this deal, which is great for offense.

Wouldn't it be easier to avoid this mess and just bid 4S in the first round?

If anyone will be in NO and wants to meet up I'm stayin at the Mariott lemme know.

Not sure what's right (at the table I'd bid 5S on the principle that if it's wrong it can't be TOO far wrong), but bidding 4S the first time is horrible and deserves to go for -800 against a non-making game. What gives us the chance to think about 5S the second time is the fact that we know partner has spade support (so our missing KQT9 is no big deal) and extreme heart shortness (where before we had 1.5 heart losers or so, now we have closer to 0.3).

Edit: I have a hunch that my 5S bid is closer to a good save than it is to a make--but again, I can be a little wrong here and turn +100 into -100 or something. That's better than turning +450 into -650 by not bidding (or, more realistically, -50 into -650).

yeah at mps I think I double on principle. But at IMPs I think I have to bid 5s

result was 5sx-1, opponents cash two red suit aces and K was offside. meh.

Hmm looked up the full hand in question. You were actually r/w. That might change my bid to pass if forcing, and x if it isn't. Opps are usually bidding to go down for sure when they are nv. Looks like 5h goes down 2 if you can lead the Ac and a small club and partner gives you a trump uppercut. Or 5h can make if you try to cash the As first.

was i really? oops lol

I'd like to be in 6D, which makes on clubs 4-2 or better (need clubs 3-3 with a spade lead) or 3-3 spades. So maybe I'll get lucky and find RHO with a club void. Then I can make 5D by ducking the first 2 clubs (and ruffing the 3rd) to avoid one of my 11 winners being ruffed (unless RHO has no clubs and 2 spades)

Duck the trump shift. now you are cold if trumps were 3-2. If you win the trump, cash another trump, and start clubs, you may go down if clubs break badly. If opening leader had 1 or 4 trumps, he would very likely cash 2 hearts (and shift to a diamond) looking at that dummy.

If the club finesse is on, there's no need to take it (unless clubs are 5-1, in which case LHO might have led a stiff club. So I'd win the club ace, cash one trump in hand, and lead the club Q. If clubs are no worse than 4-2, I have the entries to set up the 5th club w/o taking a spade finesse.

This basically guards against LHO having Kxxx xx xx Kxxxxx (ie, they get a club ruff when spade K was always onside (leaving RHO with JTxx x AKQUTxx x).

Finally, if LHO has stiff J or ten of clubs, dummy's 98 of clubs will come into play.

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NEW ORLEANS ANYONE!?!

Not gonna make it to new Orleans but glgl to you and fmk