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ATB NAOP DIstrict Final

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Who should bid spades - North or South?

  1. South directly over 3H (7 votes [20.59%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.59%

  2. North directly over 4H (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. South after 4H is passed around to him (21 votes [61.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 61.76%

  4. Both North and South should have bid spades (3 votes [8.82%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.82%

  5. Neither should bid - no one is at fault (3 votes [8.82%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.82%

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Posted 2014-October-19, 20:03



This is from the second final session of my District's NAOP. My partner and I stood fourth after the first final session, with the top 3 qualifying for the National finals in New Orleans next March. This hand is one of the reasons why we did not qualify.

So, which one of us should bid (both or neither are acceptable answers, even though "neither" is obviously wrong)?

If it matters to you, East is a client and West is a pro.
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Posted 2014-October-19, 21:39

Well north certainly cannot bid
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Posted 2014-October-19, 21:45

S and I don't think it close

He can't (imo) overcall, tho make that spade 8 the Q and it's an easy overcall.

N can't bid, imo, because S will usually have a far, far less satisfactory hand. West doesn't promise a lot of hearts...he could have simply a good hand without willingness to play 3N....Kxx x AKJxxx AQx.....4 is far superior to 3N imo, even with a client on play.

However, after 4 passed back to S, I think S has to take a chance.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 01:35

S needs to balance taking his lumps when he is wrong. Surprising how often it is right to bid 4S over 4H in these cases.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 05:09

I think S could have bid 4 over 4. Direct overcall seems frisky and selling out to 4 after opps fit is found seems tame.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 07:00

Whoever is balancing should bid spades with both hands, perhaps not north after 4-p-p but I think I would.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 08:03

View PostArtK78, on 2014-October-19, 20:03, said:


This is from the second final session of my District's NAOP. My partner and I stood fourth after the first final session, with the top 3 qualifying for the National finals in New Orleans next March. This hand is one of the reasons why we did not qualify.. So, which one of us should bid (both or neither are acceptable answers, even though "neither" is obviously wrong)?
If it matters to you, East is a client and West is a pro.
IMO: N = 0%, S = 30%, EW = 70%.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 08:53

View Postnige1, on 2014-October-20, 08:03, said:

IMO: N = 0%, S = 30%, EW = 70%.

The EW bidding was not remarkable. To give then the credit would be an error.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 09:40

The final pass by South, 100%

Gotta man up especially at mp's.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 11:56

South has a tremendous positional advantage that north lacks.
S is pretty darn sure the opps have few heart losers and they also
know west does not have all the remaining stuff since all they did
was bid 4h. N has something over there. bidding 4s now gives us a
great chance not just because spades might make but because our
hand can also play in either minor and if 4s get x'd maybe it would
be a good time to xx (save the 4n runout for when you really gambled
on your spade length).

There is zero reason to xx here since you did not bi 3s your p cannot
expect the worlds fair in spades so if they do not try to (run or xx) you
should not (if the opps x 4s that is).

I have to lump all of my blame on south not backing in.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 15:57

I would bid 4 after 4 comes to me. But to be fair, it is not auto and pass is hell of an alternative. Maybe I see too many players who are raising the 3 level M preempts with a stiff honor or sometimes small singleton. After all this is still an 8 card fit for them. Some of them does it with spades, incase their opponents are believers of "4 by them is a transfer to 4 spades for us" Your pd maybe sitting there with 5 hearts and not enough spades if any. Perhaps this is why we should have entered the auction the previous round.

I don't know. All I know is Art should have given only the S hand and the auction, since N hand can not act in this auction anyway. This would get us unbiased replies imho.
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Posted 2014-October-20, 17:28

I agree that if South passed on the first round he should bid 4 after the raise to 4. Maybe that's an indication that he shouldn't pass on the first round?
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Posted 2014-October-20, 17:50

View Postgnasher, on 2014-October-20, 17:28, said:

I agree that if South passed on the first round he should bid 4 after the raise to 4. Maybe that's an indication that he shouldn't pass on the first round?


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Posted 2014-October-20, 17:55

View PostMrAce, on 2014-October-20, 15:57, said:

I don't know. All I know is Art should have given only the S hand and the auction, since N hand can not act in this auction anyway. This would get us unbiased replies imho.

I would hope that you can give an unbiased answer even if you are looking at both hands. At the table, that is what you are presented with after the fact. Of course, my partner had already passed out 4 so I got his opinion (and his opinion was worth 25% of the matchpoints).

Quite frankly, I agree with you that the North hand cannot act in this auction. I held the North hand and did not bid over 4. But I considered it (in tempo).
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Posted 2014-October-21, 04:24

IMHO South has a (very close) 3 on the first round and a pretty easy (still not automatic) balance on the second.
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Posted 2014-October-21, 04:55

huh... I don't think 3 is close 1st round.. your playing strength is very limited and you have absolutely no clue as to what LHO holds. Agree that one should prefer to act soon, but this is too much.

2nd round is a whole new ball game. Now your hand is exactly what a delayed overcall is about: opps have a known fit and you have shape.
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Posted 2014-October-21, 14:48

View PostArtK78, on 2014-October-20, 17:55, said:

I would hope that you can give an unbiased answer even if you are looking at both hands.


LOL, the history of these forums is that almost everybody bids (and plays) double dummy when seeing more than their hand. A small percentage usually do a pretty good job of ignorning the UI, although you can't help but be biased by UI. The vast majority may think they are ignoring the UI, but fail most of the time.
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Posted 2014-October-21, 16:20

View Postwhereagles, on 2014-October-21, 04:55, said:

huh... I don't think 3 is close 1st round.. your playing strength is very limited and you have absolutely no clue as to what LHO holds. Agree that one should prefer to act soon, but this is too much.

2nd round is a whole new ball game. Now your hand is exactly what a delayed overcall is about: opps have a known fit and you have shape.

Not sure whether this is really true.
Assume West would double 3 what will he do with such a hand if you pass?
In that case West will usually be strong enough to look for game, which will be 4 almost always. West might raise with a strong hand and a void.
So bidding 4 now instead of 3 on the previous round will only mean 200 or 300 extra points more for East West and that comparison assumes that 3 will not make.

I am a frequent balancer and I would bid 4 with the South hand but I much prefer 3.
That balancing is safer here is a mirage and shows muddled thinking.
The likelihood that East West have a heart fit does not come from West raise. It comes from looking at your void and East preempt.

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Posted 2014-October-21, 16:49

View Postrhm, on 2014-October-21, 16:20, said:

Not sure whether this is really true.
Assume West would double 3 what will he do with such a hand if you pass?
In that case West will usually be strong enough to look for game, which will be 4 almost always. West might raise with a strong hand and a void.
So bidding 4 now instead of 3 on the previous round will only mean 200 or 300 extra points more for East West and that comparison assumes that 3 will not make.

I am a frequent balancer and I would bid 4 with the South hand but I much prefer 3.
That balancing is safer here is a mirage and shows muddled thinking.
The likelihood that East West have a heart fit does not come from West raise. It comes from looking at your void and East preempt.

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I don't disagree entirely but in context, if I bid 3 directly my regular pard is going to smash them next and we won't like the result.
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Posted 2014-October-22, 06:48

View Postggwhiz, on 2014-October-21, 16:49, said:

I don't disagree entirely but in context, if I bid 3 directly my regular pard is going to smash them next and we won't like the result.

Agree.

There is a big difference between bidding 3 in direct seat and balancing with 4.

Bidding 3 shows some values (admittedly, there is quite a bit of inflation, but still). Balancing with 4 shows a good ODR.

The problem with the actual South hand is that it is only just short on values for a 3 overcall, and it has only just enough ODR for the 4 balancing action. That makes pass and balance the correct action, but you will not find this hand as the prototype in any bridge book. There you will see a hand like:
QJT876542
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