What would North bid, had West passed 4
♠ instead of bidding ? If we believe N should make another move over 4
♠ with west silent, then i totally agree with Gnasher. But if we believe North shd not make any other move over 4
♠, then i think his forcing pass intending to pull the dbl later was wrong. If so, he shd have bid 5
♠ now.
Since i dunno what exactly what 4
♠ meant in their agreement, i cant tell if N shd make another move or not over 4
♠.
But if i were North, i probably would have passed 4
♠if it meant bad hand. Am i totally safe at 5 level ? There are some hands pd may hold that i dont have a play even in 5
♠. And the worst part is, by making another move, i wont be exchanging too much info that worths the risk. I will still never be crystal clear sure. No need to mention, pd will get excited too, thinking he already showed a bad hand so now he will be more agressive to bid it with some hands that we dont have a play in 6.
One thing Gnasher said "we cant be very accurate when opps are involved" I % 100 agree with that statement, but my action in these situations are conservative in style. I prefer +680 to -100 Maybe thats why i miss a lot of slams
Here are the hand types that we are in danger at 5 level i came up with, thinking everyone would agree to open. There are some hands we open that i dont even wanna put them here, because probably 4
♠ wont be making
AQxxx Qxx Jx Axx (hey, pd said he has a bad hand, didn't he ?
)
AQxxx QJxx Kx xx
AQxxx KJxx Qx xx (with
♥ ruff)
AQxxx AJxx Jx xx (at least he has 2 aces)
AQxxx KQJx xx Jx
etc etc
Now, i can make those hands more sexy, but the problem is, as i said b4, then we won't be able to hold pd at 5 level, since he told us he had a bad hand.
it's matchpoints. 5♦ would have gone for 800. you may not think it's reasonable to defend, but 5♠ feels better than 6♠ on a diamond lead.
or maybe i'm wrong and 6♠ is fine - i'm terrible at bridge maths but the double heart hook seems to be 47% if hearts are 5-2. there's a reasonable chance they're 6-1 or more.
no unusual agreements.
obviously there are 3 actions you might not agree with, should south volunteer 3♥ on the way to game, should north pass-and-pull and should south raise to slam?