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p-p-1♣*-2♥-
X*-p-?
1♣ is strong club
X shows genuine takeout with inv values OR any GF hand. you may think this is a silly agreement - you can change it after the board, but not now.
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Posted 2007-January-07, 04:47
p-p-1♣*-2♥-
X*-p-?
1♣ is strong club
X shows genuine takeout with inv values OR any GF hand. you may think this is a silly agreement - you can change it after the board, but not now.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2007-January-07, 04:59
3NT
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Posted 2007-January-07, 05:19
3C. 3NT isn't bad, but given the vulnerability, I don't like Qx as a stopper. It could depend on the opps. A lot of players are more conservative than they should be vul against a strong club. Playing against someone like myself, I would probably bid 3NT 
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Posted 2007-January-07, 06:01
I don't like 3H "looking for a stop". If partner HAS the stop then you have just wrong-sided 3N.
Possibly another case for Leb/g-b 2N? 3C is nice bid if it shows extras, then P can bid 3H with a little something in the suit. Without that, the case for 3N is looking stronger. Perhaps you don't need a stopper in the play if you have shown one in the bidding? RHO didn't raise H so perhaps you can hope that p has some help, but that doesn't mean much at this vul.
Possibly another case for Leb/g-b 2N? 3C is nice bid if it shows extras, then P can bid 3H with a little something in the suit. Without that, the case for 3N is looking stronger. Perhaps you don't need a stopper in the play if you have shown one in the bidding? RHO didn't raise H so perhaps you can hope that p has some help, but that doesn't mean much at this vul.
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ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2007-January-07, 07:08
3NT is a bit of a mastermind, but I'd definitely bid it with a weakish pard. With expert pard I'd probably try 3♣.
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Posted 2007-January-07, 07:13
3C
Don't really know where this is going yet.
Don't really know where this is going yet.
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Posted 2007-January-07, 09:57
Only two choices, 3♣ and pass...I guess i will bid 3♣ because partners hand could be GF and we might easily have slam (and i would change the agreement immediately after this hand). This hand is not as good as it's 19 hcp indicate, and 1♣ already showed a good hand.. long suit weak, high cards in short suits, and the heart Queen is questionabe value.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 13:22
gwnn, on Jan 7 2007, 06:47 AM, said:
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p-p-1♣*-2♥-
X*-p-?
1♣ is strong club
X shows genuine takeout with inv values OR any GF hand. you may think this is a silly agreement - you can change it after the board, but not now.
3♣. It seems like I need pard to have two club honors including the Ace AND a heart partial to make 3NT. He will probably bid 3♥ (over my 3♣) with these cards even if this is all he has.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 16:04
I assume inv. means in the 5-7 range or so?
3♣. I'm a little heavy, but the overcaller can see the vulnerability too, so my ♥Q isn't a great card. My suit sucks too, so I need pard to hold great clubs and a partial club stop which seems like a longshot.
Pass is intriguing, but risks a huge loss when its wrong.
3♣. I'm a little heavy, but the overcaller can see the vulnerability too, so my ♥Q isn't a great card. My suit sucks too, so I need pard to hold great clubs and a partial club stop which seems like a longshot.
Pass is intriguing, but risks a huge loss when its wrong.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 16:32
3♣. No need to mastermind: will bid 3N over 3♦ or 3♥, and partner may draw inference from lack of immediate 3N. Partner won't (shouldn't) bid 3N with a single stop unless he has good ♣s.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 19:17
mikeh, on Jan 8 2007, 04:32 PM, said:
3♣. No need to mastermind: will bid 3N over 3♦ or 3♥, and partner may draw inference from lack of immediate 3N. Partner won't (shouldn't) bid 3N with a single stop unless he has good ♣s.
I am in complete agreement.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 19:22
3♣
You opened a strong club for a reason. You might wish to inform partner of the reason.
Unless things have really changed, wouldn't a 3NT rebid show a strong, balanced or semibalanced hand (whatever range you agreed upon) and not a 1-suited hand?
If you rebid 3C, 3NT is still in the picture.
DHL
You opened a strong club for a reason. You might wish to inform partner of the reason.
Unless things have really changed, wouldn't a 3NT rebid show a strong, balanced or semibalanced hand (whatever range you agreed upon) and not a 1-suited hand?
If you rebid 3C, 3NT is still in the picture.
DHL
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