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#1 User is offline   whereagles 

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Posted 2006-March-10, 05:05

Matchpoints, intermediate field, system: 2/1, you hold:

♠ J5
♥ QJ3
♦ JT5
♣ QT932

All vuln

RHO you LHO pard
3♦ . pass pass dbl
pass ??

Your bid?
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Posted 2006-March-10, 05:16

4C, wtp?

Do I have a 4 card mayor? No
Do I have the power and trump length to pass? No
Do I have the power and stopper to bid 3NT? No

What is left?

With kind regards
Marlowe

PS: Of course, I could try to be clever and Pass hoping
for 200, but since I am better than the field (am I?), I
will try to go plus, and try to win on a other board.
With kind regards
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Posted 2006-March-10, 05:31

P_Marlowe, on Mar 10 2006, 12:16 PM, said:

Do I have a 4 card mayor? No
Do I have the power and trump length to pass? No
Do I have the power and stopper to bid 3NT? No

4C, wtp? :lol:
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Posted 2006-March-10, 06:53

4C. I'm guessing this is wrong, since it is the obvious bid :lol:

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Posted 2006-March-10, 07:34

4♣. Double is for take-out, is it not? So I take it out in my longest suit. Maybe partner is 4522 or 5422 and preferred a double to 3MA, but I can't know, so anything but 4♣ would be master-minding, pass included.

Since this is presented as a problem, there must be more to it than this. Did partner tank before he doubled? If he did, I'm not in a better position, because I am not allowed to take advantage of the UI.

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Posted 2006-March-10, 07:46

Hmm. Longest suit at the lowest level clearly isn't the correct call here because it's presented as a problem. But it's what I'd bid.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 09:07

Gerber seems clear.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 09:12

Jlall, on Mar 10 2006, 04:07 PM, said:

Gerber seems clear.

ROFL :P
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Posted 2006-March-10, 09:13

4♣ is clear, but I'm sure we can come up with hands where 3NT wins the day.

For example if partner has:

♠Qxxx
♥AKxx
♦Q
♣AKxx

But it is a pretty contrived example and I'm not going to try be a hero on this hand.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 10:24

I agree with Gerber. My problem will come on the next round: is this hand really strong enough to ask for kings (via 5♣)?
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Posted 2006-March-10, 12:04

Thx all. 4♣ is best, yes. Pard held:

♠ AKxx
♥ KTx
♦ --
♣ AKTxxx

You'll get to 5 or 6♣ now. As long as you don't "try" for something like pass or 3♥, all is well.
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