Keep it alive?
How far should one go to keep things alive? Playing IMP’s with
neither vul, partner opens 1
and you hold the following:
J T 9 6 5 K 4 
J 6 
J 7 6 5
You respond 1 and partner rebids 2, opponents silent throughout.
What is your call?
I go with the percentage action — pass. It is possible to have game.
February 4, 2007 Mohan
This is a close decision. But I also vote for pass. If partner has invented a 2C bid with say xx, Axxxxx, AK, AKx, then we are in the wrong strain, but game is still very unlikely, so it makes sense to stay low with such a poor hand.
February 6, 2007 Mark Kinzer
I agree with the others that pass is the right action. How about part 2 of this problem? You pass, and LHO balances 2D, which comes back around to you. What now? (To fix ideas, let us say that partner was dearler.)
February 25, 2007 Christopher Monsour