[Free]

You're playing an individual tourney, 2nd board. We're NV vs V. You hold:

Q72
K97
Q975
QJ2

Partner opens in 3rd hand 2D, RHO Dbls. What do you do?

[luis]

I bid 5d

[EricK]

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You're playing an individual tourney, 2nd board. We're NV vs V. You hold:

Q72
K97
Q975
QJ2

Partner opens in 3rd hand 2D, RHO Dbls. What do you do?

3D. Partner possibly only has a five card suit at this vulnerability, else would open 3D. I have a lot of defense, so I don't necessarily want to keep them out of the bidding.

Eric

[pbleighton]

With one pd, she will probably have 6 - 5D.

With my other pd, - he won't have 6 - if he did he would bid 3D - 3D.

Peter

[mishovnbg]

Hi Frederick!
Pass and pray they to bid . Last time Rado playing with me open 2SP with: QJxxx,Kxx,xxx,Ax, not vul against vul from 3th position.
Misho

[Free]

I'm thinking similar to Luis it seems, because I also bid 5D. The total bidding went:
pass - pass - 2D - Dbl
5D - Dbl - 5H - Dbl
all pass

My dear friend played multi, but he forgot to mention that in the beginning of the game... It was my only minus score, but it was a big one: -11.8!

Free

[hotShot]

Well i'd bid 2NT because:

if 2D was Benjamin GF 2NT is OK
if it was 2D = weak 2 you can stand 3 to 5 D
if if was Mutli you can stand 3 in any Major and have Support to a strong minor and if it was 4441 strong you can play 3NT all the time.

So i bid 2NT and guess next round what partner holds, some of the options might be eliminated than.

Have a nice day
hotShot

[jjsb]

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I bid 5d

so i guess i really have long way to go to become expert i never ever thougth of that bid 1 second . personally i'd pass this hand is nto for us IMO

regards
syl

[patrickC]

This brings up a question for me. Im not quite sure how to bid or play in the cross imp. Playing tonite, my partner said that I should not play to win, and play my Ace right away. Someone have time to explain that?

[bearmum]

OK I'll assume you have asked BASIC questions to pard about what conventions to play ?
So if 2D is weak -- 3D as further obstruction

IF 2D is multi - I have NO idea as I don't play multi 2's (but assuming it COULD be a week 2M - reply 2H correctable by P to 2S and if it's a BIG hand partner can change suit to FORCE me to bid again :-

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You're playing an individual tourney, 2nd board. We're NV vs V. You hold:

Q72
K97
Q975
QJ2

Partner opens in 3rd hand 2D, RHO Dbls. What do you do?

[patrickC]

Not really experienced in this, but looks as if pass would be a good bid. Please correct me, trying to learn.

[inquiry]

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Not really experienced in this, but looks as if pass would be a good bid. Please correct me, trying to learn.

Hi Patrick,

Forgetting about Multi 2D for a moment, consider that your partner has a weak two in diamonds with 6 diamonds and less than an opening hand. You have 4Diamonds, giving your side a ten card diamond fit. The people raising diamonds are doing so based upon the "law of total tricks". Some bid 3D (since the hand has reasonable defense with honors in all the side suits, they are bidding conservatively), some jump to 5 Diamonds (since they are vul and we are not, they are bidding agressively), maybe a 4D bid would be the average raise.

(For a review of the law of total tricks, see http://www.bridgeworld.com/default.asp?d=a...r&f=samltt.html )

If you knew that 2D was "multi-2D" showing (among others) a six card major and a weak hand, you would jump to 3H on this hand for the same reason (you have either a 9 card heart fit or a nine card spade fit...partner will pass with hearts, and correct to 3S with spades).

Ben

[Free]

Let me put it this way: if I would've known it was multi, I'd NEVER bid 5D... My partner didn't say anything (not even "hello") so I suspect he was playing sayc, and the normal weak two's.

[inquiry]

we all understand free... play in individuals at your own risk.. lol.. If this is the worst that happens to you in one of these, you will be pretty lucky. We all have horror stories. I had a partner open 1NT with a balanced 26 hcp once.

Check teh "where do these ideas come from" thread in this forum. As I have said here before. Play in individuals for fun and to meet new people... not for serious bridge. It helps if you are not uptight about "winning" and a few beers first to steady the nerves helps too.

Ben