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To balance or not to balance
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Posted 2015-July-13, 01:47
Having ♣A76 means its unlikely partner has a good hand with long Clubs (and so was unable to bid).
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Posted 2015-July-13, 11:34
I think we have to pass, since balancing at imps at the 3-level, in this situation, should be about finding a game if possible, and we have real reason to fear that game isn't possible.
We cannot double since we risk a 4-2 or bad 5-2 major suit fit, and certainly can't double then pull a major, at any level to diamonds, without suggesting a MUCH stronger hand.
Bidding 3♦ on this suit and hand will make it difficult to reach 3N when it is right: catch partner with AKx in diamonds and a side A, and there is little chance he can bid 3N. Meanwhile, 11 tricks in diamonds is a long way away.
Opener rates to hold a decent suit for a 1st seat red pre-empt, and may well have an entry. xxx Ax x KQ109xxx is a clear 3♣ call in my books. Thus 3N by us is a huge gamble.
As against that, this may be a misfit hand with RHO sitting with a stack and very short clubs. AQxx QJxxx AJ10x void is a hand on which one passes smoothly, dreaming of a balance
I never advise passing out of fear, if there is a plausible upside, but this one has little upside and seems like a clear pass.
We cannot double since we risk a 4-2 or bad 5-2 major suit fit, and certainly can't double then pull a major, at any level to diamonds, without suggesting a MUCH stronger hand.
Bidding 3♦ on this suit and hand will make it difficult to reach 3N when it is right: catch partner with AKx in diamonds and a side A, and there is little chance he can bid 3N. Meanwhile, 11 tricks in diamonds is a long way away.
Opener rates to hold a decent suit for a 1st seat red pre-empt, and may well have an entry. xxx Ax x KQ109xxx is a clear 3♣ call in my books. Thus 3N by us is a huge gamble.
As against that, this may be a misfit hand with RHO sitting with a stack and very short clubs. AQxx QJxxx AJ10x void is a hand on which one passes smoothly, dreaming of a balance
I never advise passing out of fear, if there is a plausible upside, but this one has little upside and seems like a clear pass.
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Posted 2015-July-13, 19:35
I'd bid 3♦. One of the reasons partner didn't bid over 3♣ is because he's got three himself. I don't want to give up on 3N when I have a hand this good.
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Posted 2015-July-13, 21:49
pass clear cut
I have a bad hand.
I have a bad hand.
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Posted 2015-July-14, 05:40
I'd pass at IMPs. Game seems too unlikely to me. At MPs there is at least a case for 3♦ imo, though I'd be hoping pard doesn't do anything rash.
"Pass is your friend" - my brother in law - who likes to bid a lot.
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Posted 2015-July-14, 06:33
3D
We all prefer to have a better suit.
We all prefer to have a better suit.
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Posted 2015-July-14, 09:19
You could sell me a 3♦ overcall against opponents who play weak preempts in the minors (a style I strongly disagree with at these colours).
But against most people I would pass. If I bid 3♦ and follow through with 3NT over 3M, I will make it a superficially sufficient amount of the time, but the problem is that when I do go down, it will often be by four or five tricks.
But against most people I would pass. If I bid 3♦ and follow through with 3NT over 3M, I will make it a superficially sufficient amount of the time, but the problem is that when I do go down, it will often be by four or five tricks.
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Posted 2015-July-14, 09:57
PhilKing, on 2015-July-14, 09:19, said:
but the problem is that when I do go down, it will often be by four or five tricks.
Not to forget the possibility of a double. If West's pass was borderline this is not going to be pretty.
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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