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4♥ says " strong two suiter - 4-losers ".
If rebidding 5♣ promises less than 4 losers,it is very easy to raise to slam.
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Posted 2015-April-19, 01:39
4♥ says " strong two suiter - 4-losers ".
If rebidding 5♣ promises less than 4 losers,it is very easy to raise to slam.
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Posted 2015-April-19, 01:55
It doesn't show fewer than 4 losers. It shows fewer than 5 losers, which is a weaker hand.
I don't think that it is ever easy to bid slam on the basis of losing trick count. As an evaluation method its accuracy shines at the 2 - 4 level, where the precise location of losers tends to be less relevant as aspects that reinforce the potential of the hand and those which detract have a good chance of cancelling out.
It may still be right for GIB to bid slam on this hand, on balance of probabilities, but I would not call it easy.
I don't think that it is ever easy to bid slam on the basis of losing trick count. As an evaluation method its accuracy shines at the 2 - 4 level, where the precise location of losers tends to be less relevant as aspects that reinforce the potential of the hand and those which detract have a good chance of cancelling out.
It may still be right for GIB to bid slam on this hand, on balance of probabilities, but I would not call it easy.
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2015-April-19, 09:06
1eyedjack, on 2015-April-19, 01:55, said:
It may still be right for GIB to bid slam on this hand, on balance of probabilities, but I would not call it easy.
We don't know whether GIB would do it, sitting West.
But, I agree with Jack that the slam bid isn't clear; you could easily have had two spade losers off the top.
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Posted 2015-April-20, 16:27
Bbradley62, on 2015-April-19, 09:06, said:
We don't know whether GIB would do it, sitting West.
But, I agree with Jack that the slam bid isn't clear; you could easily have had two spade losers off the top.
But, I agree with Jack that the slam bid isn't clear; you could easily have had two spade losers off the top.
GIB sitting West would pass on 5♣
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