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whta is your opening bid?

#21 User is offline   pclayton 

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Posted 2006-June-23, 10:24

4♠ works a lot more than it should.

When was the last time you sat as the opening lead with 4 trump and wanted to tap the hand? Or, you lead a high club and ♣Qx comes down with ♠xx. Does it occur to you to give pard an overruff, which caters to a SIX card side suit?

Frequently the opponents will ♠xxx and 'know' their partner has some shortness, and take more agressive action.
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Posted 2006-June-23, 10:28

1♠ has the advantage that you may be able to bid a slam (I predict lots of intervention), where 4♠ has the advantage that it's probably the right spot and you keep opponents from bidding the reds - or you can penalize them.

I think 4♠ is probably the best choice, but I don't like it... I still prefer 1♠.
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Posted 2006-June-23, 10:47

Free, on Jun 23 2006, 11:28 AM, said:

I think 4♠ is probably the best choice, but I don't like it... I still prefer 1♠.

Uhhhhhhh.......what? :D
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Posted 2006-June-29, 18:51

1S now, with a direct 4S being a close second for me.
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Posted 2006-July-03, 01:35

1♠ is very good.

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Posted 2006-July-03, 17:14

inquiry, on Jun 23 2006, 08:02 AM, said:

I would like to open 3♣ (long story, I will not go there now)

and i won't go to my 2♠ opening (5+ spades, 4+ clubs) :)
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Posted 2006-July-04, 10:27

Years ago I lost a Canadian National team trial when I opened 1♠ on AKQxxx void QJ98xx x. After LHO overcalled in ♥ and RHO bid 2N, I ended up in 4♦ doubled for -500. My opponent, with my cards, was Alan Graves and he opened the pragmatic 4♠, got a 5♥ overcall which his partner was delighted to double...-500. Lose 14 imps, lose the match by....14 imps....I wish I could say that the other 71 boards were pushes B)

Had my CHO and RHO swapped hands, I would have made (and may well have bid)6♦ or 6♠... so I am not sure what the moral of the story is, but I do know that, since that time, I have become a pragmatic 4♠ bidder on these hands.
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Posted 2006-July-10, 13:08

4♠ seems ok since clubs are weak and spades are very strong. I'd open 1♠ without the ♠10.
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