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Kind of support?

Poll: Your bid? (27 member(s) have cast votes)

Your bid?

  1. pass (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  2. 2D ("high-card" good 3 card raise or low ODR 4) (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  3. 2S (whatever 3 card raise) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. 2NT (offensive limit+ raise with 4+) (1 votes [3.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.70%

  5. 3D (good-ish 4+ card raise) (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  6. 3S (weak-ish 4+ card raise) (4 votes [14.81%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.81%

  7. 4D (splinter raise to 4 level) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. 4S (weak-ish 5+ card raise) (18 votes [66.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 66.67%

  9. whatever else, pls specify (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2006-November-13, 14:47

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1♦-1♠-X-?


1♦=11-15 natural-ish (weak bal or 4+).
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Posted 2006-November-13, 14:54

4♠. Keeping it simple while maximizing the pressure. Bridge is not always about perfection... I wrote in another post against randomizing, but some hands are best handled by randomizing (bashing) and this is a perfect candidate. No-one can have any idea of who makes what, so make them guess last.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 15:06

mikeh, on Nov 13 2006, 02:54 PM, said:

4♠. Keeping it simple while maximizing the pressure. Bridge is not always about perfection... I wrote in another post against randomizing, but some hands are best handled by randomizing (bashing) and this is a perfect candidate. No-one can have any idea of who makes what, so make them guess last.

We agree. Why give then time to sort out which hand type opener has ? This is not a strong raise to 4♠ to me since the Q of ♦ is probably useless and there may be some H losers.

The opps may be under great pressure to guess whether to X 4♠ or try something at the 5 level. I'd expect to be doubled rather often, but maybe it makes, or maybe the opps can make something. One thing's close to certain vs good players and that is if you take a slow route to 4♠ and it is more likely to be doubled if it is in trouble.

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Posted 2006-November-13, 15:13

4S.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 16:33

4s
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Posted 2006-November-13, 16:35

4♠. Attacking bids pay off.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 18:39

4♠. A LOTT bot would get this one right :(
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Posted 2006-November-14, 05:21

Even though we have about one and a half defensive tricks... I still think it's weak enough for the jump to 4, but I'd do so reluctantly, and only because there's no better alternative. (Not quite strong enough for 3♦.)
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