[Walddk]

7 bidding decisions and 1 lead problem from real life (teams); some perhaps more difficult than others. For convenience, you are always South. What do you suggest?

1.

Scoring: IMP

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LHO opens 1♣, your partner overcalls 1♦ and double to your right (4-4 in the majors). You?


2.

Scoring: IMP

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1NT (3♣) double pass
??
3♣ is pre-emptive, your partner's double shows values. Your bid?


3.

Scoring: IMP

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1♠ - 2♣*
?

* standard, 1-round force.


4.

Scoring: IMP

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1♣* (1♠) ??

* 4+ cards.


5.

Scoring: IMP

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1♦ - 1♥
1♠ - 2♣*
2♦ - ?

* 4th suit GF.


6.

Scoring: IMP

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1♦ - 1♠
3♦ - ?


7.

Scoring: IMP

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What do you open?


8.

Scoring: IMP

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Your side remains silent and the opponents' auction is (opening to your right):

1NT - 2♣
2♦ - 2NT
3NT

What do you lead?

Roland

[han]

1. 2C, I'm not done bidding yet. It looks like this is our hand, so I don't feel like lying (for instance with a 2♥ support jump shift) or masterminding (by bidding 5♦).

2. 4C, I will bid 4H over 4D. Partner will understand that I have both majors. Pass is tempting.

3. Very common problem, possibilities are 2S, 3C and 3D (if this is played as a splinter). I'm starting with 2S.

4. 3♠, splinter. This one is easy, I have no problem forcing to game with this hand.

5. This depends on agreements. I hope that I could have bid 3C last round with a strong 5-5, so 3C now can't be a suggestion to play in clubs and must show this kind of hand. Anybody for XYZ?

6. Tough. Red at IMPs I bid 3NT, hopefully smoothly to avoid a double.

7. 2C, but what will I rebid?

8. An invitational sequence makes it more likely that a passive defense will set the contract, ♦J. I would have lead a low spade after 1NT-3NT.

[luke warm]

with apologies for bruising anyone's bridge sensibilities, i'll try it

Walddk, on Jul 2 2006, 07:32 AM, said:

1.

Scoring: IMP

♠	KQ65
♥	A1096
♦	76
♣	AK2

 

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1NT (3♣) double pass
??
3♣ is pre-emptive, your partner's double shows values. Your bid?

too tough for me.. i need to take 7 tricks at clubs to beat the game bonus and i'm just not sure of it.. i wish i knew what "values" meant... game only i presume... i think i'll just pass

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3.

Scoring: IMP

♠	KQ65
♥	A1096
♦	76
♣	AK2

 

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1♣* (1♠) ??

* 4+ cards.

2♦ if forcing else 2 (or 3)♠

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5.

Scoring: IMP

♠	KQ65
♥	A1096
♦	76
♣	AK2

 

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1♦ - 1♠
3♦ - ?

pass

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7.

Scoring: IMP

♠	KQ65
♥	A1096
♦	76
♣	AK2

 

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Your side remains silent and the opponents' auction is (opening to your right):

1NT - 2♣
2♦ - 2NT
3NT

What do you lead?

♥9

[pclayton]

1. 2♣

2. 3N. LHO has some kind of 7-4 or 7-5 I'll bet. Hearts are splitting miserably.

3. 4♦ is a splinter? I'll try that.

4. 3♠ (see comment under #3)

5. 3♦ but it sort of depends on our agreements about what pard does with a 4=2=4=3 without a club stop.

6. Pass

7. 1♠

8. J♦

[mike777]

1) 2clubs takes away one level of bidding for the opp.

2) 3nt, trusting vul opp bidding.

3) 3clubs, 4D splinter not an option for me.

4) 3S, splinter

5) 3D, nice bridge logic problem.

6) 3NT Just bid game at imps. Maybe h's are 4-4?

7) 1S, easy, I could have less than this.

9) JD, As some famous Robot once said I believe, Passive! Passive! Will Robinson!

[hrothgar]

1. 4♦

2. 3♦ (Which would be some kind of artificial advance)

If you're going to play a flexible double style, you need to add some compensating complexity in the rebid

3. 2♠

4. 3♠

5. 2♠

6. 3♥

7. 1♠

8. ♦J

[Gerben42]

#1: 2♣ forcing ♦ raise.

#2: 4♣, steering towards 4 of either major.

#3: 4♦ splinter

#4: 2♠, forcing ♣ raise.

#5: 2♠

#6: 3♥, lead avoiding?

#7: 2NT

#8: ♦J

[Winstonm]

1) 3D if a limit raise. A good treatment after a double or negative double is to use 3m as natural and limited and use 2N for a weak raise.

2) 3N. I have no big surprise in clubs but do have a double stop which should give the play flexibility.

3) Jxxx is highly overrated as support so for me a simple 4S rebid.

4) Abstain. I would never open 1C without a suit good enough to ribid 2C.

5) 3D.

6) 3N. Should be at worst on the diamond finesse.

7) 2C. I'm going to treat this as a 22+ NT hand.

8) J of diamonds. Let them find their own tricks.

[Walddk]

Winstonm, on Jul 2 2006, 08:41 PM, said:

4) Abstain. I would never open 1C without a suit good enough to ribid 2C.

You are responder after your partner opened a 4+ 1♣ and RHO overcalled 1♠. Now you see the ?? because it's your turn to bid.

Roland

[Winstonm]

Walddk, on Jul 2 2006, 02:37 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jul 2 2006, 08:41 PM, said:

4) Abstain.  I would never open 1C without a suit good enough to ribid 2C.

You are responder after your partner opened a 4+ 1♣ and RHO overcalled 1♠. Now you see the ?? because it's your turn to bid.

Roland

Oops. So I see.

Now I bid a pedestrian 2S, limit raise or better. NT is certainly not out of the question and my hand is not so strongly suit-oriented to splinter.

[cherdano]

1. I was tempted to make a fit-showing jump in hearts, but it would be impossible to persuade partner to play in diamonds later. Just 2♣.

2. I pass. No alternative, given the agreement.

3. 3♣, I hope I can bid 3♠ and 4♠ later.

4. 3♠.

5. 2♠

6. Pass, but I don't feel very good about it. I don't like my hand for NT.

7. 2♣.

8. ♦J.

Arend

[Codo]

1. 1 ♥

2. 3 NT

3. 2 ♠ followed by 3 Club after 2 NT if this is forcing
3 ♣ if this is forcing
3 ♦ else

4. 3 ♠ easiest problem of the set...

5. 2 ♥ this must be waiting, pd showed exactly 4 spades and around 5+ diamonds, less then 3 Hearts.

6. 3 NT, pd has values outside Diamonds and nearly never 3 Spades, that gives him a stopper in H. If 3 H had been artifical and asking for a stop or spade support, this would be the easy choice. But in that case, this problem had been no problem.

7. 2 NT

8. 2 of spade, 4. best from my longest and strongest.

[P_Marlowe]

1) 3D, trying to buy the contract
2) Pass
3) 4C, alhough 4D is certainly better
4) 2S, fit, inv. or better
5) 3C, asking for a half stopper
6) 3NT, red IMP's
7) 1S
8) spade

With kind regards
Marlowe

[han]

Could the people who don't bid 3♠ on 4 explain why?

[P_Marlowe]

Hannie, on Jul 3 2006, 05:11 AM, said:

Could the people who don't bid 3♠ on 4 explain why?

My first impuls (I was scrolling a lot up and down),
of course 3S is more descriptive.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[olegru]

1. hard.
3♣ - Partner, bid 3NT if you have stopper in clubs. Will run to 4♦ if 3NT fot doubled.
2. pass
3. 3♣
4. 2♠. Invitation.
5. 2♠.
6. 3NT
7. 1♣ (Polish)
1♠
8. ♠

[Gerben42]

7. 1♣ (Polish)

That's cheating, in that case: 1♠: 5+♠ 13+, forcing...

[Winstonm]

Hannie, on Jul 3 2006, 05:11 AM, said:

Could the people who don't bid 3♠ on 4 explain why?

My reasons:

1) I don't consider that hand worth a splinter - splinter to me is game force and I
don't think this hand is up to that standard.
2) Splintering in singleton honor cards can make life tough on partner when
he holds something like Q10xx of spades for 3N. If partner bids 2N over my
2S the Jack may well be useful and I will raise to 3N.
3) I believe I can better limit my hand now and if partner shows some signs of life
the spade control can be shown later either with a secondary splinter over 3D
or by a simple cue bid.

[luke warm]

Hannie, on Jul 3 2006, 05:11 AM, said:

Could the people who don't bid 3♠ on 4 explain why?

is 2♦ forcing there? neither 2 nor 3♠ is bad, but what if 3nt is right and opener is afraid of diamonds?

[cherdano]

luke warm, on Jul 3 2006, 06:35 PM, said:

Hannie, on Jul 3 2006, 05:11 AM, said:

Could the people who don't bid 3♠ on 4 explain why?

is 2♦ forcing there? neither 2 nor 3♠ is bad, but what if 3nt is right and opener is afraid of diamonds?

With a good (double) stopper in spades, he won't worry about diamonds. Anyway, you can never show everything, and with 3♠ you show
- a game forcing hand, with
- spade shortness, and
- good club support, and
- some stuff in the other suits
all below 3N.
The only thing you can't shows is that diamonds are better than hearts.

If you start with 2♦, you can't even show a game force and club support below 3N, not mentioning the spade shortness.

Arend