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London Champioship Pairs 2 hands your bid

#1 User is offline   Wackojack 

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Posted 2006-April-15, 03:39

Scoring: MP

1♣- P -1♥-1♠
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Scoring: MP

p-1♣-4♦-?
(Opening 1♣ could be as short as 2 with 4432 distribution)

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Posted 2006-April-15, 03:46

1. (Trap) Pass. I don't have any other good bid. 3♣ is a distant 2nd for me, but I can understand it's appeal.

2. Dbl. I have the values for this and my hand sure looks like it has the other 3 suits.
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Posted 2006-April-15, 07:58

On the first hand I am not willing to pass and hope partner re-opens dble. I have a horrible lead to 1S dbled, and they may be able to play D, or even worse partner might re-bid a red suit. At least if I bid 2C partner will know I have 6 and game is notout of the picture.

#2. Dble is t/o for me and looks better than 4H. Lets hope that if partner is 3-3-2-5 he bids low lower of the 2 majors, hehehe, because I am sadly passing 4S.
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Posted 2006-April-15, 08:15

1. pass, and quick!

2. I prefer 4♥, but dbl is a good alternative...
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Posted 2006-April-15, 09:57

3 Club and X
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Posted 2006-April-15, 10:21

1) Pass a reopening dbl is mandatory at pairs. At MPs if the final contract is 1♠ it is going to be a tragedy for some side so pd will always reopen, if he has a red suit monster he won't double then we'll probably end up in some number of NTs.

2) 4♥ not many options, dbl is bad because we'll play 4♠ in a 4-3 fit 4♥ in a 5-2 fit can be better.
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Posted 2006-April-15, 12:16

2♣ and 4♥.
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Posted 2006-April-15, 13:46

Pass and X.

I prefer X to 4♥ on the second one since my hearts are poor. Partner might not even have 2! Even if partner bids 4♠ with 4, my spades are good for playing the 4-3 fit, and I can take on ♦ ruff in the short hand to help with control.
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Posted 2006-April-15, 17:34

pass & 4♥
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Posted 2006-April-16, 01:10

Pass and double - happier with 4-5 as partner will choose hearts with equal length (but I'd also double with 5-4).
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Posted 2006-April-16, 09:07

2♣ now. in real world i would probably be in trouble having opened 3♣ misiry

4♥ but not happy about it.
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Posted 2006-April-16, 09:12

Pass.

Double. If it were only about the majors, double and 4H probably have similar chances to work out, but double has a better chance to get to 5♣ when that's right.
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Posted 2006-April-17, 03:09

inquiry, on Apr 16 2006, 03:07 PM, said:

2♣ now. in real world i would probably be in trouble having opened 3♣ misiry

4♥ but not happy about it.

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