[phoenix214]

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This hand happened today playing with some juniors. There is not much agreement with partner, playing precision. Now opps decide to dbl 6♣ for penalty.
What you do? Any comments welcome

Spoiler

If you decide to bid 6♥, then RHO dbls again

[Bbradley62]

It's been 30 years since I played Juniors Precision, but... I think I've shown my hand... Partner is now in charge, so I pass.

[gszes]

phoenix214, on 2014-May-30, 15:20, said:

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This hand happened today playing with some juniors. There is not much agreement with partner, playing precision. Now opps decide to dbl 6♣ for penalty.
What you do? Any comments welcome

Spoiler

If you decide to bid 6♥, then RHO dbls again

P may all too easily have a 3064 or more likely 2164 hand and has been
endplayed during the bidding. P has no reason to suspect you do not have 4
clubs since trying for heart game/slam is much more important than worrying about
clubs where support can be delayed until the 5 (or in this case 6) level.

It is all to easily possible the x of 6c is from just so many clubs the opp
could not bring themselves to pass (a poor decision) while we make 6n all
along when we are lucky and the heart J drops (or p has it singleton). give
p something like xx J AKxxxx Q9xx and I fail to see how the bidding would be
any different and 6n looking pretty darn good and 6c maybe not so much.

A 6h bid here might also work well but may run the risk of a club and a ruff
so all in all running to 6n seems reasonable. The world is not always a kind
place and anything you do could be really bad at this point.

I have seen some players use xx here as an option to cast doubt about strain and
that might be a useful bid here except that there may be nowhere for p to run and
all we would be doing is making matters worse. IMHO I hate that treatment and would
prefer to save my slam level xx as I have pretty good trumps rather than skeptical
about our trump suit.

[Zelandakh]

phoenix214, on 2014-May-30, 15:20, said:

What you do?

Take back the 6♣ call and replace it with something sensible like 5NT perhaps? It would also not hurt to know what other options, if any, partner had on the first response with a diamond positive. Presmably with some minimum rubbish like ♠xx ♥x ♦KQJxxx ♣QJxx partner would have bid 3♠ over 3♥ so we can be confident that there is a decent hand over there.

[Fluffy]

Why did I want to play on a moysan fit at the 6 level?, I'd rather play in the 6-1, now we are guessing. I think 6NT is our best strain.