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Posted 2014-October-11, 08:04

Ww mp sorry on phone can't do diagram

3c x p

J
kqjx
Qxxx
qtxx

Playing leb

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Posted 2014-October-11, 08:06

Sorry leb not relevant
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Posted 2014-October-11, 08:06

Sorry leb not relevant
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2014-October-11, 08:22

Ken rexford has an easy 3h bid. The rest of us have it difficult. I think I try 3nt. Pass, 3h, 4c and 4h are reasonable alternatives
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Posted 2014-October-11, 10:02

Pass.
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Posted 2014-October-11, 10:04

Pard need not have 4 hearts, and opps probably have a better fit in spades. Thus:

Pass.
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Posted 2014-October-11, 10:14

I try 4♥. Passing seems risky when partner could have a nice hand. We could make 3NT or 4♥ easily and sometimes 4♠, 5♦ or more.
If I pass now, I omit really nice contracts, which we can find easily. 3NT is possible, but hiding good hearts makes me unhappy.
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Posted 2014-October-11, 10:23

Life's tough. Sometimes you have to bid 4♥ even though it could go wrong.
"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision"
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Posted 2014-October-11, 10:44

3nt

Partner cannot really expect me to have the worlds fair in club stoppers at these
colors and bid vs pass. This choice at least leaves other contracts open if p has
some extras. Bidding hearts here is a "are you feeling lucky" type bid since it
will probably require p to hold great intermediates (at least T9 if not T98) to
play well. 3h seems wrong since that is the same bid we would make with zero and
while 4h is closer on value the luck factor is scary (w/o those great intermediates
we will end up playing the hand like 3n anyway and a level higher). Pass has some
potential since the risk side is only a board when the opps make but the collected
penalty will far too often be insufficient for what we can make.
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Posted 2014-October-11, 13:49

Pass against most, against a very solid preempter I would bid 3N.
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