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What do you bid? A negative double...

#21 User is offline   keylime 

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Posted 2012-July-12, 13:36

4♠ for me. Pard never has what I need for slam in these auctions.
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Posted 2012-July-12, 19:31

The problem with 5♠ is that it might wrongside the contract against a ♥ lead. It might also goad partner to slam with minimum negative doubles: xxxx, Kx, KQxx, xxx. Undiscussed I would expect 4♥ shows a control (a la one ask 2 show). Last train, and strong support asking for control bidding are possible with prior agreement. I trust partner has enough sense to know that my jump to 4♠ is very strong opposite his/her 8 HCP minimum. With xxxx, Kx, Kxxx, Axx I would hope partner would continue on...
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