[manudude03]

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Party bridge night at my local club. Total points scoring with honors bonus counting.
12-14 NT, 4 card majors (old acol style). The only conventions allowed are stayman, transfers, and takeout double, none of which apply here.
What do you bid here?

[nige1]

manudude03, on 2015-May-21, 16:36, said:

Party bridge night at my local club. Total points scoring with honors bonus counting.
12-14 NT, 4 card majors (old acol style). The only conventions allowed are stayman, transfers, and takeout double, none of which apply here.
What do you bid here?

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2♠ = 10, 3♣ (tempting because of the honours) = 9. 2N = 8, 2♥ = 6.

[billw55]

Simple preference for me.

[Jinksy]

Voted for 2♥ and then it sank in that it wasn't 4sf. Sheesh, how did those old bridge players survive in the dark ages?

I dunno. 2N I guess. At total points, I don't want to be missing vulnerable games. Maybe I should bid 3N, but I can't bring myself to be that optimistic with no stop. P can see the scoring/vul too, and will presumably raise with about a jack or half stop to spare.

[mcphee]

I can see no reason to advance with anything but 2S, everything else is bad.

[KurtGodel]

We have a good hand with a nice trick source, I'll bid 3♣, partner can make a move towards game with any extras, whereas they might be thinking more about 4♠ rather than 3NT if we bid 2♠. I don't think the pull of the honours is that major a factor, but it is a bonus.