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Posted 2011-December-23, 20:08
Your call?
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Partner, I don't play tempo signals...
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Posted 2011-December-23, 21:24
Furlan, on 2011-December-23, 20:08, said:
Your call?
Partner seems to have four hearts yet could not act.
The spade finesse is probably working. Getting to partner's hand enough times to take it seems like a problem.
Consistent with my reputation as a nit, I will pass.
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Posted 2011-December-24, 09:52
I doubled in order to bid NT (most of the times, after hearing partner's 1/2♥). 2NT now.
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2011-December-24, 10:06
This hand has fallen apart. I think its way to dangerous to act, besides we may be beating it.
Pass and lead 3 rounds of trumps.
Pass and lead 3 rounds of trumps.
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Posted 2011-December-24, 12:01
Phil, on 2011-December-23, 21:24, said:
Partner seems to have four hearts yet could not act.
The spade finesse is probably working. Getting to partner's hand enough times to take it seems like a problem.
Consistent with my reputation as a nit, I will pass.
The spade finesse is probably working. Getting to partner's hand enough times to take it seems like a problem.
Consistent with my reputation as a nit, I will pass.
Is it MP or IMPs, if it's mentioned anywhere, I can't see it. If it's IMPs I'll go quietly with a pass. At MP however it needs more thinking. Even if they can make +90, going one off for -100 will put you at a disadvantage. The bidding by opponents however is a 3rd chair 1♦ followed by a single raise by a passed hand over your double, which is about as weak as a competitive auction gets. Partner could easily have something useful and still not act. Say Txx Jxxx xx Qxxx. It'd be ideal if I could double now and pull partner's expected 2♥ to 2♠ to show 4-4 in blacks, otherwise I'll chance a 2♠ bid. If it goes 3♦ by LHO, there's a risk of course that he'll raise to 3♠ when you wish he hadn't.
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Posted 2011-December-26, 15:29
I pass. Even if partner has a good hand there very likely no entries to it, and his ♥ will be badly positioned for NT.
2♦ may very well be going down, so even though I was going to bid 1NT over the 1♥, but bidding 2NT seems like a good way to convert plus to minus (which is not good in any scoring).
2♦ may very well be going down, so even though I was going to bid 1NT over the 1♥, but bidding 2NT seems like a good way to convert plus to minus (which is not good in any scoring).
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Posted 2011-December-28, 02:11
I have not seen a situation like this in a lifetime of bridge, but selling out for 2♦ doesn't seem right. The majors are unaccounted for, so I'm bidding 2♠.
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Posted 2011-December-28, 16:56
Seems like a canonical 'dbl + NT' hand, so why shouldn't I bid 2NT now?
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Posted 2011-December-28, 21:43
sathyab, on 2011-December-24, 12:01, said:
Is it MP or IMPs, if it's mentioned anywhere, I can't see it. If it's IMPs I'll go quietly with a pass. At MP however it needs more thinking.
IMPs. Sorry, should have made it clearer.
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Furlan asks "Your call?"
IMO Pass = 10, 2N = 9.
When you doubled, you intended to rebid 2N but now, in spite of opponents's admission of weakness, bidding seems dangerous.