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Swiss match against a good but not great team.
Favorable vulnerability. [Apologizing for originally saying West dealt and opened:] EAST deals and passes, South passes, West opens 1♠, but the opps are never heard from again.
♠AQTx
♥AKJxx
♦---
♣AKxx
♠xx
♥x
♦ATxxx
♣Q8xxx
We were quite happy with our bidding sequence, as it turned out, but it was a fun one to bid and to play, and wanted to share.
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Slam in Missoula #2 Bid-em-up
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Posted 2012-January-16, 22:14
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Posted 2012-January-16, 22:18
(1♠) - x - 2♦ - 2♠ - 4♣ - 7♣
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Posted 2012-January-17, 04:58
I think 2♦ is a bit of an underbid. Lacking a way to show both minors invitational, I'd bid 3♦, so
(1♠)
dbl - 3♦
3♥ - 4♣
7♣
(1♠)
dbl - 3♦
3♥ - 4♣
7♣
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2012-January-17, 05:16
wank, on 2012-January-16, 22:18, said:
(1♠) - x - 2♦ - 2♠ - 4♣ - 7♣
What means 2♥ and 3♥ instead of 2♠ on your style?. What I mean is... I though 2♠ denied offshape double or perhaps allowed balanced hands, but not void in partner´s suit.
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Posted 2012-January-17, 05:48
Fluffy, on 2012-January-17, 05:16, said:
What means 2♥ and 3♥ instead of 2♠ on your style?. What I mean is... I though 2♠ denied offshape double or perhaps allowed balanced hands, but not void in partner´s suit.
2h would be non-forcing. 3h would be forcing but would also pretty much set trumps. 2s would be anything that wants to force without stressing a suit
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Posted 2012-January-17, 05:53
Some Souths might open this hand 2NT (or equivalent)...
(-: Zel :-)
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Posted 2012-January-17, 09:05
gnasher, on 2012-January-17, 04:58, said:
I think 2♦ is a bit of an underbid.
2♦is an underbid not knowing what kind of T/O DBL partner made ??
wank, on 2012-January-16, 22:18, said:
(1♠) - x - 2♦ - 2♠ - 4♣ - 7♣
Jumping to the grand ??
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I might reach 6C starting with Michaels :
( 1S ) -
......
2S! ( Hts/minor ) - 2NT! ( asking for minor )
3H ( forcing, showing a strong 2-suiter ) - 4NT! ( 5/5 in the minors )
6C
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"imo by far in bridge the least understood concept is how to bid over a jump-shift
( 1M-1NT!-3m-?? )." ....Justin Lall
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"imo by far in bridge the least understood concept is how to bid over a jump-shift
( 1M-1NT!-3m-?? )." ....Justin Lall
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Posted 2012-January-17, 09:44
We got to 6C by an auction similar to wang's:
X - 2D ; 2S - 5C; 6C.
Yes, I thought 2D was an underbid too, but I expected West to come back in with more spades or partner to bid hearts next, and my plan was to bid "as many clubs as I had to." After the 2S call I was ready to insist on game in a minor and partner liked his hand even more.
I do think it's right to bid only 6 not 7, since there is a risk of a light 3rd seat opener and losing a major suit finesse.
Partner felt his hand was too big to just rebid 2H, and like some in this thread, our only path to showing a really huge hand that isn't one-suited is to X then cuebid then bid naturally.
X - 2D ; 2S - 5C; 6C.
Yes, I thought 2D was an underbid too, but I expected West to come back in with more spades or partner to bid hearts next, and my plan was to bid "as many clubs as I had to." After the 2S call I was ready to insist on game in a minor and partner liked his hand even more.
I do think it's right to bid only 6 not 7, since there is a risk of a light 3rd seat opener and losing a major suit finesse.
Partner felt his hand was too big to just rebid 2H, and like some in this thread, our only path to showing a really huge hand that isn't one-suited is to X then cuebid then bid naturally.
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