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What now?

]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:37:54 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51414-help-do-you-have-an-agreement-here/ 3D or 4D? http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51413-3d-or-4d/

You hold as dealer white vs.white,

7
T3
AQT75432
T2

Assume you are playing in the semifinal of a top flight regional knockout against a reasonable but not exceptional team.

Do you open 3D or 4D?

If you polled 100 expert players, how many do you think would select 3D and how many would select 4D?

Would your answer change if it was matchpoints or some other different condition of contest?

Bud H]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:47:37 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51413-3d-or-4d/ Linux problems lately http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51412-linux-problems-lately/ )

Peter]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:36:04 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51412-linux-problems-lately/ Dummy makes the opening lead... http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51411-dummy-makes-the-opening-lead/
2♣-Pa-2♦-X
Pa-Pa-Pa

Dummy leads, the defender tables his hand and 2-3 tricks later somebody notices the mess.

How is this treated?]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:55:58 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51411-dummy-makes-the-opening-lead/ One GOOD Thing About GIB :-) http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51410-one-good-thing-about-gib/
One if that I play at a good pace in all of them. In all of them, once you finish a hand, you go right to the next hand. No waiting for other tables to finish like in clocked round tourneys like ACBL, Sky Club, etc.

But, the main thing is that: No matter how badly I mess up the bidding and play (I've been known to do this several times in several of the GIB tourneys), the GIB Partner just stays silent.

No unwanted lectures or lessons. Just nice silence like nothing happens. Your score (whether it's MPs, IMPs, or TPs) still takes a huge hit whenever do anything you go down in a cold game, go down in slam, misbid your hand so badly that you do something like end up in an unmakable 3H contract while 4S is cold, having the opponents make an overtrick in a doubled contract, go for -1100, or any other bonehead move etc, so I don't need the insult to injury, and I don't get it with GIB.

In fact, I've never had the GIB chat anything to GIB. Keep it like this, please.

Since I've (and others) been known to complain about GIB, I just would like to make a post to appreciate the GOOD things about GIB tourneys.]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:40:43 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51410-one-good-thing-about-gib/ How to bid this hand? http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51409-how-to-bid-this-hand/ http://tinyurl.com/742t2oo

I came across an unusual hand where a lot of players had trouble bidding it very well. I tried to bid it the same way GIB would, since that often seems like a reasonably good way to do things with uncommon hands, but I wanted to know how an expert would bid this hand. I had 20 HCP and a void, which is worth 3 points, giving me 23 total points, which is enough to open 2C by GIB's system. I don't count a doubleton with a K as worth any extra or fewer. Partner responds 2S so of course I want to show my diamonds. Then partner jumps to Blackwood, which I didn't really like, since he could have bid 3S and I wouldn't pass, but that's what he did. I was worried we didn't really have an agreed upon trump yet, but I went with the last suit bid, which was my diamonds. So, I responded 6D to try to show an odd number of keycards with a void above the trump suit, which I don't know if my partner understood, but I was trying to dissuade him from bidding spades. He was bidding in amounts of time where he seemed confident, so I felt I could tell spades was really where he wanted to go. Then he puts it on 6S. Now here I don't respond like GIB because I know most people try to make this kind of bid to play, and after a long amount of thinking, I decided to pass, since he'd only bid that with really good spades and I should trust him, but I really wasn't sure what to do.

Also, an interesting puzzle for anyone interested is, can you find any way that making any grand slam is possible with these hands? And assume opponent's don't lead a diamond because then it's just all locked up. I don't think it's otherwise possible, unless south happens to drop a spade or diamond on the 4th round of clubs.]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51409-how-to-bid-this-hand/ What is 4C? http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51408-what-is-4c/ ♦ is not GF and 2♠ can be 5c♠ with less then GF:
1♠-2♦
2♠-3♥
4♣
What is 4♣ here?

(BTW: Can opener bid 2♠ with a minimal hand and 64xx & is responder promising a 4c♥?)

Edit: 1S-2D-3D would also be GF]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:29 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51408-what-is-4c/ Opening with 8cD http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51407-opening-with-8cd/

MP's

What do you open with this?
We had following options:
- 1♦
- 3♠=gambling 3NT (3♠ is not really 3NT, but same meaning

)
- 2♦...3♦=GF with ♦
- 3NT=preempt ♣ or ♦
- 5♦ to play

If you start with 1♦ then it goes:
1♦-(P)-1♠-(2♥)
??

..or at another table it was..
1♦-(P)-1♠-(3♥)
??]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:25:03 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51407-opening-with-8cd/ Best way to bid this?... http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51406-best-way-to-bid-this/
I am dealt a hand something like...(we are N/S)

SOUTH (YOUR HAND)
S: T87x
H: Axxx
D: xxx
C: Ax

The bidding goes...(starting with partner sitting N)
1S-2S
3N-??

The 3N says maximum points and a balanced hand with 5+ spades...most likely 5.

I now have a decision to make...and we as a partnership have never really discussed a situation like this.

I chose to bid 4C...which he took as Gerber rather than a control showing cue. I knew he took it as Gerber because the opponents asked him about my 4C bid, which he then stated is most likely Gerber. To me, Gerber is useless at this point, being that if I have the points for slam I can go directly to aces...however, I chose to use it as a cue. He replies 4S showing 2 aces. I chose to pass and have him play it at the 4 level with no support outside my 2 aces, no spade honors, and a very bad diamond suit. I could of gone to 4N to ask for kings, but at this point I am taking a shot in the dark. Even if my partner shows 2 kings, is this enough for me to try slam?

So my main question is this...after my partner bids to 3NT, is Gerber acceptable to use, or should all suit bids become cue bids?]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:14:34 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51406-best-way-to-bid-this/ 7 Clubs and 12 HCP opposite 1NT http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51405-7-clubs-and-12-hcp-opposite-1nt/
R v W, MPs

AKQJ
K982
K8
JT9

5
A6
AQ5
Q876532

Its not something we have discussed and when partner bid 5C opposite my 1NT opening I considered he had a similar hand and would have bid 6C with more controls. As it happens 5C making wasn't a great score, 30%, as 3NT plays well.

In the circumstances I think partner made a good bid, but is there a better way to bid it? We play 2S as minor transfer with 3C response as pass or correct. Partner was worried that a transfer to 3C and then bidding 3NT would miss a slam. Was he right to consider slam an option? Was he unfortunate to find so many of my points wasted in spades?

As always, thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Simon

PS As a supplementary question, I considered upgrading this hand and opening 1S and then 2NT. Would that have been a reasonable decision? I was put off by the adverse vulnerability, first seat and as a new partnership we tend to be honest with our NT bidding.]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:23:04 +0000 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51405-7-clubs-and-12-hcp-opposite-1nt/