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#1 User is offline   Echognome 

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Posted 2006-March-10, 18:41

Scoring: MP

(1♠) - P - (1NT) - X*
(2♦) - ? - (3♣) - 3♥
(P) - ?

*Takeout of 1♠

What are your two calls in this auction?

If your first call was 3♣, West passes.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 18:47

Dbl
3N (you have serious extras, but this is still not a favorite)
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Posted 2006-March-10, 19:18

1) double

2) 'I WANT A NEW PARTNER!!!!!'

I would raise to 4♥: that will teach him. Seriously, he should have something like Ax AKQJxxx Axx x or better for this sequence.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 19:44

X then 3N.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 22:01

I chose X then pass. I had a bit of AI from opponents though. They were chomping at the bit.

Partner held:

♠K
♥QT97642
♦KQ632
♣---

I decided however that my pass was a really bad bid. I had a clear 3NT/4♥ bid. Screw opps giving the ballgame away. Make partner pay! Mike had it right, except his partner was sane.
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Posted 2006-March-11, 06:28

I would bid 3NT rather than 4H. If partner has solid hearts he can always pull.

One interesting point: once we have volunteered a double of 2D showing values, shoud partner's pass of 3C be forcing? (My partner who is lying on the sofa watching cricket says no, but I'm not sure I completely agree)
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Posted 2006-March-11, 15:18

FrancesHinden, on Mar 11 2006, 10:28 PM, said:

(My partner who is lying on the sofa watching cricket ...

Dishonest b***ard.

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Posted 2006-March-13, 11:55

FrancesHinden, on Mar 11 2006, 07:28 AM, said:

I would bid 3NT rather than 4H. If partner has solid hearts he can always pull.

One interesting point: once we have volunteered a double of 2D showing values, shoud partner's pass of 3C be forcing? (My partner who is lying on the sofa watching cricket says no, but I'm not sure I completely agree)

I don't think so. I think the auction is akin to partner xing and you making a free bid of 2D and then them competing in clubs.

E.G.
1S-x-2C-2D
3C-?

You are not in a force here, and the x of 2D in the actual auction didn't show much more than the freebid of 2D did in this auction (maybe an extra 2 points?).
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Posted 2006-March-13, 13:32

nickf, on Mar 11 2006, 10:18 PM, said:

FrancesHinden, on Mar 11 2006, 10:28 PM, said:

(My partner who is lying on the sofa watching cricket ...

Dishonest b***ard.

nickf
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[totally, completely off-topic]
Only yesterday he stopped watching SA v. Aus towards the end of the first innings because he said the second innings it would be a boring anti-climax. Lying was right...
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