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9 tricks with a major flaw Inelegant Auction

#1 User is offline   Winstonm 

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Posted 2006-January-08, 18:42

Scoring: IMP

E S W N
1♦ dbl p 1♠
2♦ 3♦ p 3♠
p 5♣ p p
p


This was our inelegant aution. Is it practical to reach the right spot - 3N from the north hand?
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Posted 2006-January-08, 18:48

Winstonm, on Jan 8 2006, 07:42 PM, said:

Is it practical to reach the right spot - 3N from the north hand?

no.
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  Posted 2006-January-08, 19:51

I'd rather like south to mention his solid 7-card suit in one of his first two calls. 3♦ seems misguided as you know what you want to mention about the hand - clubs. But if you are consulting partner with 3♦ then surely right to agree spades? 4♠ doesn't seem such a bad contract (and looks to be where you land after 3♣, as well).
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Posted 2006-January-08, 20:18

"4♠ doesn't seem such a bad contract (and looks to be where you land after 3♣, as well)."

Agree.

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Posted 2006-January-08, 20:47

Problem I have with 3C is that it is not forcing as I play and doesn't have to be anywhere near this much trick-taking potential. I'd hate to languish in 3C opposite as little as the K10xx of spades and out.

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Posted 2006-January-09, 03:28

I'd rather Double a second time over 2♦. This is not penalty, and North will certainly pull to 2♠. Now you can find 4♠, but 3NT is quite difficult imo. Bidding 3♥ after the 2♠ bid will probably ask for a stopper (since you'd bid 2♥ instead of Double with a strong hand with ♥), but these agreements aren't written down... :P
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Posted 2006-January-09, 03:38

The only thing you need to worry about the bidding is how to make 5♣ :P
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Posted 2006-January-09, 11:07

Winstonm, on Jan 8 2006, 09:47 PM, said:

Problem I have with 3C is that it is not forcing as I play and doesn't have to be anywhere near this much trick-taking potential. I'd hate to languish in 3C opposite as little as the K10xx of spades and out.

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you double and then bid 3C, still not strong in your method?

If you couldn't mention 3C at any round, how would you get pd play 3NT?
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Posted 2006-January-09, 11:25

HeartA, on Jan 9 2006, 12:07 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jan 8 2006, 09:47 PM, said:

Problem I have with 3C is that it is not forcing as I play and doesn't have to be anywhere near this much trick-taking potential.  I'd hate to languish in 3C opposite as little as the K10xx of spades and out.

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you double and then bid 3C, still not strong in your method?

If you couldn't mention 3C at any round, how would you get pd play 3NT?

I didn't say it wasn't strong - I said it was non-forcing. It could be:

Ax, AKx, xx, AKJ98x. If partner only holds a king or a couple of queens he doesn't have to bid again.

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Posted 2006-January-09, 13:52

After the 2D bid, seems to me that pard is likely to consider 3C freely bid to show about what you have. His 3S bid is not a stretch but he might try 3D to see if you can get to 3NT but when you go back to 3S he will be better placed to decide.
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