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Decent Hand

Poll: Decent Hand (14 member(s) have cast votes)

what to do

  1. 2 Diamonds (11 votes [78.57%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 78.57%

  2. 5 Diamonds (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. 3NT (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. X (3 votes [21.43%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  5. Other (0 votes [0.00%])

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#1 User is offline   eagles123 

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Posted 2014-September-09, 15:46

Mp you are currently doing quite badly



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"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2014-September-09, 15:57

2d

no problem yet.

I will not gamble on forcing to game at MP.

Pard being a paased hand is allowed to make a nonforcing suit bid to show some values or a cuebid to force. if they pass we should be ok at MP.
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Posted 2014-September-10, 05:16

2♦ for me as well. Who knows, maybe pard can come up with a 2♥ bid.

The plan is simple: drive to 4♦ by myself and double 4♠ if I'm outbid. Will however bid 5♦ if pard happens to support me at some stage.
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Posted 2014-September-12, 02:12

This kind of hand is a matter for agreement and to some extent it depends on the age of your partner. Traditionally this 8.5 PT hand would comfortably be worth a double. Modern bidders tend to raise the bottom end of their double-then-bid quite a lot, especially for 2 level overcalls, and will get their suit in immediately to avoid having to do it at the 5 level later. Finally, as we are "doing badly" there is the option of just jumping somewhere like 5♦. This would be quite tempting if up against a "bid one more" pair but is unlikely to be the percentage action.
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