[Winstonm]

Aces and a decent-to-good 9 card minor fit conbine to be hard to beat. Case in point again tonight where we held:

Scoring: IMP

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I opened 1D and pard bid 1S. I bid 2C and he preferred back to 2D. I gave myself a raise to 3D and he bid 3N and we rattled off 10 tricks.

This is another hand for discussion; my view is even opposite as little as Qxx of diamonds my hand will produce 8 tricks - hence the self raise. High cards and such are nice, but we talk about 9 and 10 trick contracts, not 25-26 point contracts. IMO this hand has enough potential source of tricks to try for game.

Any thoughts on this one?

Winston

[helene_t]

Jlall, on Sep 25 2005, 10:24 PM, said:

Not sure how you will achieve that after 1C-1D-2C-3C you will prob just bid 3N?

1♣-1♦
2♣-3♣
3♥-3♠* asks for spades stopper
3NT

or, assuming that 1♦ allready "promised" a diamond stopper,
1♣-1♦
2♣-3♣
3NT

But it isn't such a marvelaous 3NT, if spades break 5-3 you'll probably go down and there could be a problem with diamonds as well.

[reisig]

I'm confused. Are people suggesting that North should Pass 2♣? Is that a "real" option here? Game or no game ..you must raise.

[helene_t]

Jlall, on Sep 26 2005, 02:45 PM, said:

I don't agree that it isn't a very good 3N. Spades may be 5-3 but clubs may come in too. You can pickup 2-2 clubs (not QJ on left) or stiff honor on your left. Even if they don't run immediately, you have chances on 4-4 spades or a non spade lead.

You're right, my mistake.

[joker_gib]

3♣ automatic by North

Alain

[civill]

david_c, on Sep 25 2005, 12:27 PM, said:

I really dislike the idea of opening 1NT.

If the responder bid 1NT instead of 1♦,the game is more possible to reach as below:

[1♣-1NT]
[2♣-3♣]
[3NT-//]