Bridge: MSC 202602 vote for our panelist picks

It was hard to submit comments, when several were not my first choice. For breaking the ties on A and B, a majority on A wanted to try for slam. A majority on B wanted to try for game.

The comments I submitted:

A. With a decent six card suit, Axx in partner’s suit and a side A and singleton, surely worth some slam try. The drawback is that partner cannot show a first round control below 4H.

B. vul at imps, not passing. Let partner know that a diamond card would fit well with our hand

C. Since diamonds is a likely source of tricks, this is the best start

D. Too good to quit

E. It’s matchpoints. This might be a good fit, and diamonds is likely bad.

F. We have a heart stopper, and diamonds are likely to run.

G. With this strong heart holding, go for 3NT

H. we know our side has a 5-card diamond suit. We don’t know which major, if either, has 5 cards.

I especially had trouble defending the choice on E. Like 4Sigma, I would have preferred 2H to 2S (strongly preferring P to both) but couldn’t justify submitting anything besides 2S.