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Scoring, MP's. Both vully I think.
You hold A10x, A, 10xx, Qxxxxx
Auction, (1S) - 2H - (P) - ?
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What, if anything, do you do with this odd in-between hand
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Posted 2007-January-15, 21:36
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy - but it might improve my bridge.
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Posted 2007-January-15, 22:56
2N. 3C could work better but it's MP so I'll aim to play 2N/3N or 3H/4H. 3C since its forcing could just get us too high.
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Posted 2007-January-16, 02:17
3♣ if it is non-forcing, otherwise 2NT.
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Posted 2007-January-16, 09:11
I speculate and pass. No Fit, no good suit, no second stopper.
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More system is not the answer...
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
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Posted 2007-January-16, 12:30
I'm bidding something, and I wish I were a passed hand here. 2N looks good at MPs, especially since I can run to 3♣ if it gets hit.
Pass is very reasonable, and I would pass if I was in Heat 3. This is exactly the kind of pushy hand that comes up a lot in Heat 3 that inevitably ends up -300.
Pass is very reasonable, and I would pass if I was in Heat 3. This is exactly the kind of pushy hand that comes up a lot in Heat 3 that inevitably ends up -300.
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Posted 2007-January-16, 13:15
Pass
No bid seems to be an accurate portrayal of my hand. That stiff A is not as good as it sounds, unless partner has internally solid cards in the suit. Unless he has that, and delivers a ♠ card, to give me a second stopper, 3N is a long way off, and he will bid 3N on many, many hands that have no play.
3♣ is forcing, but where does it rate to get us? Obviously, it will work well if we catch him with xxx KQJxxx x AKx, which is entirely possible and I will have missed slam. Otherwise he is going to be endplayed in the bidding, or will be making a bid that endplays me. He bids 3♦? He bids 3♥?
My own methods allow me to bid 2♠ to show ♣s, with unlimited values, but at a minimum a sound 'weak 2' type of holding. He can express varying degrees of delight over that... but, even now, I am not sure that this is better.
What tips the scale for me, and it is close between bidding and passing is:
1) I don't know whether 3♣ or 2N is better: if we play notrump and they run ♦s (or ♠s) I am going to be unhappy: if I bid 3♣, the bidding endplays may ensue
2) the opps are not through bidding yet. I concede that my hand suggests that opener may well hold ♥ length, and so will pass... but certainly stranger things have happened than the opps reopening and getting into trouble.
3) it is mps. This makes me feel a little better about any game I may miss: and I am enough of a realist to know that missing game may be the least of my worries.
4) I would have to turn in my certificate of chickenhood were I to bid now....
No bid seems to be an accurate portrayal of my hand. That stiff A is not as good as it sounds, unless partner has internally solid cards in the suit. Unless he has that, and delivers a ♠ card, to give me a second stopper, 3N is a long way off, and he will bid 3N on many, many hands that have no play.
3♣ is forcing, but where does it rate to get us? Obviously, it will work well if we catch him with xxx KQJxxx x AKx, which is entirely possible and I will have missed slam. Otherwise he is going to be endplayed in the bidding, or will be making a bid that endplays me. He bids 3♦? He bids 3♥?
My own methods allow me to bid 2♠ to show ♣s, with unlimited values, but at a minimum a sound 'weak 2' type of holding. He can express varying degrees of delight over that... but, even now, I am not sure that this is better.
What tips the scale for me, and it is close between bidding and passing is:
1) I don't know whether 3♣ or 2N is better: if we play notrump and they run ♦s (or ♠s) I am going to be unhappy: if I bid 3♣, the bidding endplays may ensue
2) the opps are not through bidding yet. I concede that my hand suggests that opener may well hold ♥ length, and so will pass... but certainly stranger things have happened than the opps reopening and getting into trouble.
3) it is mps. This makes me feel a little better about any game I may miss: and I am enough of a realist to know that missing game may be the least of my worries.
4) I would have to turn in my certificate of chickenhood were I to bid now....
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Posted 2007-January-16, 14:24
3♣. A bit of an overbid but is don't like 2NT.
Good hand for transfer advances... lol.
Good hand for transfer advances... lol.
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Posted 2007-January-16, 14:41
3C
Good hand, five card suit no fit.
Good hand, five card suit no fit.
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Posted 2007-January-17, 02:42
Thanks as always for your comments.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy - but it might improve my bridge.
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Posted 2007-January-17, 04:48
Rebound, on Jan 17 2007, 09:42 AM, said:
Thanks as always for your comments.
what happened at the table?
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Posted 2007-January-17, 05:37
2NT for me.
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