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Safe or Sorry To act or not to act, that is the....

#1 User is offline   Winstonm 

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Posted 2005-December-18, 10:46

Scoring: IMP

W N E S
1♠ P 4♠ ??

Do you act? If so, how? What is your estimation of gain/loss for your action?

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Posted 2005-December-18, 11:31

Hi everyone

I pass.

Some will bid here and get a good result. That should not happen too often.

Meckwell plays 1M-4M might be normal 5+ trumps 'or' a weak NT type of hand.

They recently 'plucked' a +800 penalty out of thin air when one pair bid anyway.

I think that this method was listed with the FD methods for 'simple' Precision.

Shortly after reading it about this method, I switched to this dual meaning tactic.

My current method is a Big Club system.

If the 'dual meaning' method gains more widespread use, bidding with the

example hand should be greatly reduced.

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Posted 2005-December-18, 12:13

This is really tough, I think I'll pass and hope for only +50, if I had to act it would be 4NT, but -300 when I had easy +50 is a very bad result.

at MP it would be closer, yet I think I would pass.
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Posted 2005-December-19, 02:51

Hi,

having a fair chance to beat the contract,
3 defencive tricks + a King, I will Pass.

I will only go to the 5 level, if you pay the
loss.

Marlowe
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Posted 2005-December-19, 03:16

The only actions to consider here are pass and double. Double isnt penalty here but partner wouldnt take it out unless he has a shapy hand, which is exactly what we want.
The risk is ofcourse that partner is weak.
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Posted 2005-December-19, 04:32

Argh ! They got me ! Pass ! :(

I hope for a small plus :P
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Posted 2005-December-19, 04:59

Pass. I lack the shape to bid on.
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Posted 2005-December-19, 12:37

Da da da da......that's the power of ....SPADES.....pass and try to take 4 tricks (which is what you might lose in a 5H contract....)
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Posted 2005-December-19, 18:00

the 4♠ bid is preemptive, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily weak (hope those 2 things aren't mutually exclusive)... i can't bid here, pass
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Posted 2005-December-20, 12:10

Pass, an easy one imo.
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Posted 2005-December-20, 12:40

Pass

It is far from clear that you have been fixed. Even if you have been, once fixed, stay fixed. Doubling is for adrenaline-junkies. 5♥ is for the terminally suicidal.
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Posted 2005-December-20, 12:50

mikeh, on Dec 20 2005, 01:40 PM, said:

5♥ is for the terminally suicidal.

So much for reincarnation.....lol
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