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Why I changed partners absurd bidding

#1 User is offline   mosesgreen 

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Posted 2014-August-18, 06:50

Swiss Teams
North deals and holds:
S A 10
H K
D A K Q J 10 9 x x
C A Q

the bidding:
2 C pass 2 H pass

3 D pass 4 C pass

7 D pass pass pass

spade lead

dummy lays down:
S 5
H Q 10 9 7 3
D 6 5
C J 8 7 5 2

In our system the 2 heart bid shows at least one ace and a 5 card heart suit.

down two the other table bids 6 diamonds and goes down two.

I would rather play 12 point pitch.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 07:05

Ok thanks for sharing with us.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 07:29

Your partner is probably used to the style where 2♥ is 0-3 and forgot.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 08:49

No double no trouble.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 08:55

View PostCyberyeti, on 2014-August-18, 07:29, said:

Your partner is probably used to the style where 2♥ is 0-3 and forgot.

In that case he would probably have bid 3♥ at his second turn. Or maybe pass, or 3NT. In any case his 4♣ bid shows that he intended his 2♥ bid as natural.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 09:10

View Posthelene_t, on 2014-August-18, 08:55, said:

In any case his 4♣ bid shows that he intended his 2♥ bid as natural.

Not in face to face bridge. It might also mean partner's lack of alert woke him up.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 09:23

Barring a trump lead and another one after you force out ♥A, I'm puzzled as to how you lose more than one trick.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 09:40

View PostBbradley62, on 2014-August-18, 09:23, said:

Barring a trump lead and another one after you force out ♥A, I'm puzzled as to how you lose more than one trick.


On a trump lead you can just ruff a spade and take the club finesse instead of gambling the A♥ and remaining trump are in different hands, if that loses and the second club gets ruffed, that's -2 so either route can be -2.
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Posted 2014-August-18, 14:20

So your partner forgot your system. Only you know if this is chronic problem. Also it seems that your understanding about the 4♣ bid may not be well developed. I don't think ♥Axxxx and out, plus some club length, is enough to justify a leap straight to 7♦. Is that hand within your understanding of partner's bidding? Have you discussed it with him?
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Posted 2014-August-18, 17:51

I'm glad that you realized that your partner (north) is such a bad bidder. Although a hand where you misbid (as south) may not be a great example of this...
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Posted 2014-August-19, 03:28

He probably plays other times with a partner where 2♦ is the positive reply, so he is just bidding his weak hand naturally. It happens. No problem, move on to the next hand.
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Posted 2014-August-19, 08:06

Interesting
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Posted 2014-August-19, 10:12

View PostFree, on 2014-August-19, 08:06, said:

Interesting

...and definitely a bridge hand.
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