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Partners opens 1♠ which is 11-15 and at least 5. Righty bids 3♥ (weak jump overcall). Your go.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 07:57
Partners opens 1♠ which is 11-15 and at least 5. Righty bids 3♥ (weak jump overcall). Your go.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 07:59
ICK!!!
I bid 3N will very little convinction
I'd very much prefer a third heart for this bid
I bid 3N will very little convinction
I'd very much prefer a third heart for this bid
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Posted 2005-November-28, 08:00
I will go for 3NT but 
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Posted 2005-November-28, 08:24
DBL or 3♠... dbl if we play Thrump doubles here.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 09:05
Very difficult decision...
3NT is the practical bid, but will turn out wrong reasonably often.
Double is the most flexible bid, but will leave pard with a headache on many hands and if he happens to bid 4♦, he'll buy a very disappointing dummy.
3♠ is also a good bid. It will be playable opposite most hands, and after all pard can still have 6 spades.
Not easy. I'd bid any of these options depending on who pard is and how the match is going. For instance, if pard is a weakish player, 3NT is in order. If he his trigger-happy, then double. If he's a sound bidder, 3♠. If I need points, 3NT. If I need a swing, double. Etc...
3NT is the practical bid, but will turn out wrong reasonably often.
Double is the most flexible bid, but will leave pard with a headache on many hands and if he happens to bid 4♦, he'll buy a very disappointing dummy.
3♠ is also a good bid. It will be playable opposite most hands, and after all pard can still have 6 spades.
Not easy. I'd bid any of these options depending on who pard is and how the match is going. For instance, if pard is a weakish player, 3NT is in order. If he his trigger-happy, then double. If he's a sound bidder, 3♠. If I need points, 3NT. If I need a swing, double. Etc...
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Posted 2005-November-28, 09:09
3NT but not happy about it.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 09:25
3NT if we are doing well, 6♣ if we are not.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 11:35
Double seems the correct rhing to do.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 11:46
Double and try 4♣ over 4♦
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Posted 2005-November-28, 11:53
3NT. might go horribly wrong...
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Posted 2005-November-28, 13:55
I said 3NT when Matt asked me this question earlier.
I'm not sure I like the double. (to clarify: I really mean that I'm not sure, not that I'm sure I don't like it)
I'm not sure I like the double. (to clarify: I really mean that I'm not sure, not that I'm sure I don't like it)
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 15:10
Hmmmnn, LHO has yet to speak and pard is limited to 15 hcp, you say? You have 22-26 hcp and 3 quick D losers......will 3H make? (It is matchpoints and plusses are good and -140 is better than -300 so I vote for a nice pass......come what may.
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Posted 2005-November-28, 17:00
3N. It's a gamble, agreed. IMHO, it is a reasonable one 
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Posted 2005-November-28, 18:14
i'd pass also... if partner reopens, i guess i'd try 3nt
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Posted 2005-November-29, 03:46
Bocchi's rule: Always 3NT. Game try.
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Posted 2005-November-29, 07:33
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1♠ - (3♥) - 3NT - All Pass
1♠ - (3♥) - 3NT - All Pass
Like many of you, I bid an unhappy 3NT and played there. LHO lead the ♥Q and my only hope of getting any tricks was that hearts were 7-2 and clubs 3-2.
I ducked the first round and a small heart came back to the J, K, and my A. I then lead a low club (as had no entry!) and West hopped Q. He then played the ♥10! Huh? That held of course, but he had blocked the hearts. He returned a club and I ran all my clubs. They lost their way in the end game and I was able to make a 2nd spade trick for a very unlikely game.
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Posted 2005-November-29, 10:03
I wouldn't have opened your pard's hand Matt.
I think you have the right to expect a little more when you try 3N.
I think you have the right to expect a little more when you try 3N.
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Posted 2005-November-29, 10:24
pclayton, on Nov 29 2005, 11:03 AM, said:
I wouldn't have opened your pard's hand Matt.
I think you have the right to expect a little more when you try 3N.
I think you have the right to expect a little more when you try 3N.
1 ♠ is fine opening bid. This is why Thrump double is good idea. With ACES, and with no ♥ stopper, north has two options. Pass the thrump double (partner has clubs after this double after, given our diamond holding). Rebid a non-forcing 3♠.
Surely 3♥ is at least one off (2♣, 1♦, 1♠, 1♥) and might be two off (if ♦KQ with LHO, and RHO has three clubs).
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Posted 2005-November-30, 09:07
I wouldn't think of anythign but opening 1♠ with that cards.
After X-p-3♠-p I would bid 3NT. And I wouldn't blame partner if he left me there.
After X-p-3♠-p I would bid 3NT. And I wouldn't blame partner if he left me there.
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Posted 2005-November-30, 10:51
Fluffy, on Nov 30 2005, 10:07 AM, said:
I wouldn't think of anythign but opening 1♠ with that cards.
hehe, I wouldn't think of anything but pass. Different strokes for different folks I guess, but I still have not been convinced that opening 6322 hands with 10 points and a stray jack and a terrible suit is winning bridge. This hand has done nothing to convince me of that either.