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#1 User is offline   whereagles 

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Posted 2006-January-21, 00:13

IMP team match, intermediate pard, expert opps. You hold:

♠ Qxx
♥ Qxx
♦ Qxx
♣ ATxx

Pard RHO you
1♦* . 2♥ . ..?

*1♦ = natural or preparatory with 15-17 balanced

Pard would have opened 1♣ on a balanced 12-14, so, if he has a min, he has 5 diamonds (eventually 4 with 4441). Possible bids are:

pass
dbl, take-out
2NT, natural around 11-12
3♦, natural around 8-11. No clear agreements as to how many cards it shows.

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Posted 2006-January-21, 00:40

playing weak NT these hands are a problem. I would X and hope for teh best.
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Posted 2006-January-21, 01:10

At IMP's, in practice I'd bid 3H, asking for a heart stop. I hope partner is 15-17 with Kx of hearts. If he is not, or lacks a heart stopper, this is a really bad board, probably. Hopefully we can figure out 9 tricks at 3S. LOL
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Posted 2006-January-21, 08:23

Double caters to most hands I think. I'd like a 4th S but what can you do.
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Posted 2006-January-21, 08:56

if 2NT does not promise a solid ♦ stopper, than i prefer 2NT.
Otherwise dbl is the bid of choice here.
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Posted 2006-January-21, 12:15

I'll try 3♦. If partner has a minimum, this will usually be an 8-card or more fit. If partner has the strong 1NT hand, he will make a move over this (since the raise shows 8-11 or thereabouts) and this should get us to 3NT.

The only really imaginable hand where 3♦ is not an 8 or more card fit and partner doesn't have the extras to move over it, partner has 4-1-4-4 shape (partner holding four hearts is tough to imagine). In this case the opponents have nine hearts, and may well "save" us from the seven card diamond fit.

Honestly I don't have that much experience playing weak NT except in the context of a strong club (or diamond) system. But it seems like raising partner's minor on three cards is probably often a good tactic when in doubt in these methods, since the probability of partner's five-card minor is much higher than in standard, and these bids conveniently show enough values to permit the strong notrumper to bid a game.
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Posted 2006-January-21, 12:30

I don't understand the methods: this is not about weak notrumps: the weak notrump is opened 1♣ and the strong 1♦: were you guys playing Romex or something else with an artificial 1N?

As it is, I overbid with 2N. And change methods asap.
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Posted 2006-January-21, 13:21

1NT would be 9-11; that's why you open 12-14 and 15-17 with a preparatory 1♣ or 1♦. System is fine. You're just not used to it :)
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Posted 2006-January-22, 05:24

X and 3♦ show the right strength, and the wrong shape,
2N the right shape, and the wrong strength (would be an overbid).
I cannot convince myself to consider 3♥.
Overall, X is the least evil (hoping not to hear 4♠ from pard).
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Posted 2006-January-22, 15:16

What Adam said - Have 3♦ require pard to bid 3NT with the balanced range.
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Posted 2006-January-22, 17:22

I would double
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Posted 2006-January-23, 04:13

Thx all. Hands were
Scoring: IMP

Pard RHO you
1♦ .. 2♥ .. ??

I believe the technically correct bid here is 3♦, as pard will pass on a 11-14 hand with 5 diamonds, or bid on to 3NT with a 15-17 hand. Double allows pard more rebids, but it can also lead to a hopeless spade contract. Hopeless and needless, as 3♦ is good enough to get you into the right spot.

Unfortunately, pard did have the worst-case-scenario hand. LHO bid 3♥ and pard, hoping for 4-5 diamonds across, bid to a bad 4♦ diamond contract. That was indeed a risk of 3♦, but since a 4441 hand is about 2%, I still think it's correct to bid 3♦.
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Posted 2006-January-23, 06:29

whereagles, on Jan 23 2006, 10:13 AM, said:

Thx all. Hands were
Scoring: IMP

Pard RHO you
1♦ .. 2♥ .. ??

I don't understand, the original hand posted was

Qxx,Qxx,Qxx,ATxx

not

Qxx,Axx,Q9x,Qxxx

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Posted 2006-January-23, 07:10

Oh, you're right. The original hand was misquoted. It was Qxx Axx Q9x Qxxx. Too many queens :rolleyes:

Still, I think it doesn't change the conclusion.
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