[Cyberyeti]

So I sit down dealing the boards for my teams match this evening, and tell the opponents about the wild set of boards I played on Friday where I kicked off with a 7-5-1-0 hand.

Anyway, we start playing, I look at my cards and see:

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RHO opens 1♣ so I bid 2♣ showing ♠/♦ good/bad, partner bids 2♠, I decide I'll look on tghe rosy side, bid 5♣ exclusion, he bids 5♥ showing A♥, I bid 5N asking for the Q♠ and partner bottled out and bid 6♠ picking up 2 imps against the superior 6♦ at the other table.

Partner's hand:

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Not sure how frequent 7510s are, but to get two of them as my first boards of my last 2 sessions is uncanny, this one was a lot better than the x, Jxxxxxx, void, xxxxx I had the previous time.

[daveharty]

It's the solar flares.

[the hog]

Why did your partner panic over your 5NT bid?

[Cyberyeti]

the hog, on 2012-March-27, 22:19, said:

Why did your partner panic over your 5NT bid?

He decided (in fact in some ways correctly, it's not a wonderful grand, 60% ish) that 2-1 in my suits wasn't going to be great.

[the hog]

Yes but he doesn't know you don't have AKQJ of ds. He should trust you.

[Cyberyeti]

the hog, on 2012-March-28, 05:10, said:

Yes but he doesn't know you don't have AKQJ of ds. He should trust you.

This is what I said to him, I might have had the J♦ or 10♠.

[billw55]

Cyberyeti, on 2012-March-28, 03:46, said:

He decided (in fact in some ways correctly, it's not a wonderful grand, 60% ish) that 2-1 in my suits wasn't going to be great.

What difference does it make what his cards are or what he thinks of them? When you ask a specific question (♠Q?), you deserve a true answer.

[Cyberyeti]

billw55, on 2012-March-28, 15:07, said:

What difference does it make what his cards are or what he thinks of them? When you ask a specific question (♠Q?), you deserve a true answer.

Agreed, he also has played with me for a long time, so knows that I would bid like this with what I actually had (I can hardly have any less although I'd be tempted with AKQJxxx, AK10xx or AKQxxx, AKxxxx hoping he had 3 spades).

[barmar]

the hog, on 2012-March-28, 05:10, said:

Yes but he doesn't know you don't have AKQJ of ds. He should trust you.

Panic is emotional, not rational.

Sometimes you worry that your bid showed something other than you thought, and partner is going to expect a better hand. Of course this isn't true when partner simply asks you to take a preference, but that doesn't stop you from worrying.