[AceOfHeart]

occured during a team match.

psyche vs psyche

Scoring: IMP

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WEST ---------NORTH-------EAST------- SOUTH
P--------------- P ------------1H(1)----------X
1S(2)----------2C --------------P-----------2NT
P ----------- 4H(3) ------------ P------------4S
ALL Pass

(1) psyche
(2) psyche
(3) texas

What do you think of the texas by north hand? Do you think south should explore further?

[mikeh]

I assume that this post is a joke, as is the question about 'texas' by north.

North is transferring into a 2 card suit when all S has done is to show a balanced hand too big for a 1N overcall: say a 3=3=4=3 20 count, as an example.

[AceOfHeart]

It is a true hand played. God knows why the opps transfered to spades. when asked he said he thinks west is psyching so he transfered to spades. Which i hold my opinion on that about their partnership ethics anyway what should north bid to expose the psyche by west?

[awm]

How does north know west is psyching? Certainly there are some missing values here, but couldn't west have bid 1♠ on a five-carder in a weak hand?

It's south who needs to expose the psych. Perhaps a 3♠ call at second turn?

[joshs]

AceOfHeart, on Feb 23 2006, 12:29 PM, said:

It is a true hand played. God knows why the opps transfered to spades. when asked he said he thinks west is psyching so he transfered to spades. Which i hold my opinion on that about their partnership ethics anyway what should north bid to expose the psyche by west?

North has no idea west psyched, and there is nothing he can do about that. South made a strange bid at his second turn. After making a takeout x, if you next bid one of the other 3 suits, its natural and strong, even if by chance your LHO bid it before you did.

The Auction Should go:
1H-x-1S-1N(This hand is too good for a 2C bid, so the choice is 1N or 3C)
P-2S-P-3C
P-?
Now the choices are:
3S, 3N, 4S
I don't really like 3S, although I do think its forcing (since the player xed when he could have overcalled spades, and obviously has 6+S, so not a 5044 hand, he must have a hand to good for a 1S overcall. This plus the 8-10ish promised by the 1N bid is clearly enough for game.

The reason I don't like 3S, is that it doesn't really express the strength of the suit. 4S is a better description of the power of the hand/suit. Getting to the spade slam is still tricky. The only way I can see getting to the spade slam is:

1H-x-1S-3C
P-4S(3S would have been forcing)-P-5S
P-6S-All Pass

This is assuming that 4S is natural and a strong suit and not a splinter for clubs...I think it should be natural and a very strong suit, but thats partially since you need an absolute moose to x 1H for takeout holding a singleton spade, so the splinter hand is even rarer than the actual hand. But I would not try this bid undiscussed....

If instead it goes:
1H-x-1S-3C
P-3S-P-3N
P-4S-P-?
North will have no idea that south's suit is solid, so its hard to make another bid here.

[joshs]

joshs, on Feb 23 2006, 01:37 PM, said:

AceOfHeart, on Feb 23 2006, 12:29 PM, said:

It is a true hand played. God knows why the opps transfered to spades. when asked he said he thinks west is psyching so he transfered to spades. Which i hold my opinion on that about their partnership ethics anyway what should north bid to expose the psyche by west?

North has no idea west psyched, and there is nothing he can do about that. South made a strange bid at his second turn. After making a takeout x, if you next bid one of the other 3 suits, its natural and strong, even if by chance your LHO bid it before you did.

The Auction Should go:
1H-x-1S-1N(This hand is too good for a 2C bid, so the choice is 1N or 3C)
P-2S-P-3C
P-?
Now the choices are:
3S, 3N, 4S
I don't really like 3S, although I do think its forcing (since the player xed when he could have overcalled spades, and obviously has 6+S, so not a 5044 hand, he must have a hand to good for a 1S overcall. This plus the 8-10ish promised by the 1N bid is clearly enough for game.

The reason I don't like 3S, is that it doesn't really express the strength of the suit. 4S is a better description of the power of the hand/suit. Getting to the spade slam is still tricky. The only way I can see getting to the spade slam is:

1H-x-1S-3C
P-4S(3S would have been forcing)-P-5S
P-6S-All Pass

This is assuming that 4S is natural and a strong suit and not a splinter for clubs...I think it should be natural and a very strong suit, but thats partially since you need an absolute moose to x 1H for takeout holding a singleton spade, so the splinter hand is even rarer than the actual hand. But I would not try this bid undiscussed....

If instead it goes:
1H-x-1S-3C
P-3S-P-3N
P-4S-P-?
North will have no idea that south's suit is solid, so its hard to make another bid here.

Actually, After 1H-x-1S-1N-P I think south should bid 3S, showing the strong suit and the great hand immediately (2S would have been forcing, so 3S shows a powerful suit)