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Strong hand that doubled KTxxx KJTx AK AK

#1 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2013-July-19, 18:03

Butler, both red:

♠KT832
♥KJT4
♦AK
♣AK

(Pa)-Pa-(1♣)-X
(Pa)-1♥-(2♣)-???

What do you bid? What's your plan?

 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 2013-July-19, 18:31

I don't know Butler scoring, but given the bidding, 4♥ seems like a huge favorite. Even if partner has a 6-high Yarborough, we're still a favorite to make. With the 3rd-seat opening, and lack of bidding by oppponent's partner, game seems even more likely.

I'd probably try to make sure partner actually has 4+♥, stopping in 3♠ if things seem ugly. Lacking any way to do that, I'd just go 4♥ and hope for the best. Maybe we can even make a doubled game.
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Posted 2013-July-19, 18:36

View PostHanoi5, on 2013-July-19, 18:03, said:

Butler, both red: ♠ K T 8 3 2 ♥ ♥ K J T 4 ♦ A K ♣ A K
(Pa)-Pa-(1♣)-X
(Pa)-1♥-(2♣)-???
What do you bid? What's your plan?
Edited because I didn't read the auction correctly: IMO 3♣ = 10, 4♥ = 9.
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Posted 2013-July-20, 03:38

I would like to suggest spades as trumps in case partner is 3-3 in the majors, but I don't find a sensible way to do so, bidding spades followed by hearts sounds like 6-3 or 5-3 rather than 5-4 for me. So 4♥.
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