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Can you sit?
#1
Posted 2012-May-19, 17:12
"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"
-- Bertrand Russell
-- Bertrand Russell
#2
Posted 2012-May-19, 22:01
Am I directionally challenged? Or did I overcall in my void?
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
#4
Posted 2012-May-19, 23:30
Assuming I'm North, I think I will sit for this - there's no guarantee that 3minor will play any better. Hopefully partner wasn't messing about at this vulnerability.
#5
Posted 2012-May-20, 00:48
aguahombre, on 2012-May-19, 22:01, said:
Am I directionally challenged? Or did I overcall in my void?
Sorry, gwnn insisted I rotate the hand for your convenience at it was past 1 AM. Fixed now.
"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"
-- Bertrand Russell
-- Bertrand Russell
#6
Posted 2012-May-20, 00:54
2nt it is after 1 am here into the fire.....
sure 2h may play better than 3 ofminor but.....it is 2 am.
sure 2h may play better than 3 ofminor but.....it is 2 am.
#7
Posted 2012-May-20, 08:50
at MP I would xx figuring if we are getting slaughtered
it doesn't hurt for it to maybe be a bit worse if p has
to leave it in and who knows maybe 3 of a minor wont be x:)))
at IMPS I must pass since the hand figures to play badly at 3
of a minor even if we have a fit. xx if p leaves it in is
turning a poor score into a catastrophe if p has to leave it in.
do not bid 2n here that shows values. xx is the only way to warn p
of impending doom and desire to play in a minor.
it doesn't hurt for it to maybe be a bit worse if p has
to leave it in and who knows maybe 3 of a minor wont be x:)))
at IMPS I must pass since the hand figures to play badly at 3
of a minor even if we have a fit. xx if p leaves it in is
turning a poor score into a catastrophe if p has to leave it in.
do not bid 2n here that shows values. xx is the only way to warn p
of impending doom and desire to play in a minor.
#8
Posted 2012-May-20, 09:17
gszes, on 2012-May-20, 08:50, said:
at MP I would xx figuring if we are getting slaughtered
it doesn't hurt for it to maybe be a bit worse if p has
to leave it in and who knows maybe 3 of a minor wont be x:)))
at IMPS I must pass since the hand figures to play badly at 3
of a minor even if we have a fit. xx if p leaves it in is
turning a poor score into a catastrophe if p has to leave it in.
do not bid 2n here that shows values. xx is the only way to warn p
of impending doom and desire to play in a minor.
it doesn't hurt for it to maybe be a bit worse if p has
to leave it in and who knows maybe 3 of a minor wont be x:)))
at IMPS I must pass since the hand figures to play badly at 3
of a minor even if we have a fit. xx if p leaves it in is
turning a poor score into a catastrophe if p has to leave it in.
do not bid 2n here that shows values. xx is the only way to warn p
of impending doom and desire to play in a minor.
+1 on Paragraph two above. (Wouldn't do your MP recommendation with this hand, but it is close, IMO.)
Disagree on the last paragraph. Values are not a consideration, IMO. 2NT would be a run-out with extreme minor-suit distribution, not 4-4. Redouble is an accident waiting to happen.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
#9
Posted 2012-May-20, 15:09
Yeah, it's disconcerting looking at a void opposite partner's overcall. But, if you take a call are you likely to improve the result any? There's no guarantee partner has any good fit for your minors. At a minimum, you're increasing the level of the contract or the cost of the set by doing anything except pass.
On a good day, however, you might just find partner with something like ♥ AKJ9876 where the damage can be minimized even though there's a trump stack behind him.
If partner can hold the damage to down 1 or 2, you might not be too badly off versus, say, 3 NT making their way.
On a good day, however, you might just find partner with something like ♥ AKJ9876 where the damage can be minimized even though there's a trump stack behind him.
If partner can hold the damage to down 1 or 2, you might not be too badly off versus, say, 3 NT making their way.
#11
Posted 2012-May-20, 17:45
I don't think we will get away with 3m undoubled. Partner probably has shortness in ♠, but chose not to double, so should have good ♥. Sit, but It's close.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem – Albert Einstein
#12
Posted 2012-May-21, 03:57
I know people where you better run now. But I do not partner them that often (everyone just once), so this looks like a clear pass.
Kind Regards
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
#13
Posted 2012-May-21, 23:40
This shows why you need a good suit to overcall at the two-level vulnerable. In my first month of playing bridge I was 22 and overcalled on something like Q2 QT652 Q653 KJ [I was told, "10 HCP to overcall, 12 HCP to open..."] - this exact auction happened - and I went for Newcastle (Australians will figure out this meant I didn't make a trick). I think I cried. But I learned the lesson and started having my bid when vulnerable! Of course pass is right - and if pard goes for a postcode then you should hang onto him cause he will have learned his lesson and won't ever do it again ...
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