[cherdano]

Thanks for your thoughts Mike.

[Codo]

cherdano, on May 24 2007, 01:28 AM, said:

Codo, on May 23 2007, 09:50 AM, said:

1.  2♥ is enough opposite a 3316. Pd did not promise 16+, didn´t he?

He did not? How much did he promise?

I won´t sell out to 2 Diamond with QJx, Kxx,x,AQJxxx, would you?
And if you won´t, there is just one sensible bid to make, X.

So I guess, he more or less promised an opener even Mike777 would open.

[han]

I wouldn't double with the hand Codo gave.

[FrancesHinden]

cherdano, on May 23 2007, 09:21 AM, said:

All problems are IMPs.

1. All vulnerable, you hold Jxx AK7x 97xx xx in 4th.
(1D) 2C (P) P
(2D) X (P) ??

2. All white, you hold AKQJTx xx xx Txx in 3rd
3C (3H), your plan?
(If you bid 3♠ or 4♣, what do you bid over 4♥?)

3. All white, void KJT9xx xx AQ98x in 1st
1H - 1S
2C - 3C
your plan, if any?

4. All vulnerable, you hold AKTx K9 Kx AQT7x in 2nd seat
(1D) X (2D) P
(P) X (P) 2S
Agree so far? Now what?

Getting a bit late to these, but

1. 2H. That's plenty. We might make game, opposite the perfect hand but note that even something pretty suitable such as like Axx QJx x AKJxxx needs clubs 3-2 with the Q onside and hearts 4-2.

2. Part of this is down to pre-empting style. Opposite one of my regular partners I would bid 3S and pass out 4H. Opposite another I would bid 4S.

3. This is one of those auctions that is worth discussing. Coming from an Acol-based background I'm not going to bid 3H here because it's not forcing, and I don't want partner to pass when I have such good clubs (the Acol-limit-bidding approach to life says that 2C was non-forcing, 3C was non-forcing, how can I now have a forcing 3H bid?). 3H is certainly encouraging, but it's inviting partner to raise with a doubleton heart and it seems to be landing on a pinhead to reach exactly 4H with 5C not making (if we have 2 diamonds and a heart to lose, surely we are very likely to have 2 diamonds, a heart and a club ruff to lose playing in hearts). I would bid 4C, which on similar principles is also non-forcing (a good hand bids 3D, 4D (splinter), 5C....). Partner can bid 4H over that with something juicy like Ax. Now I know what partner's hand is, he's probably going to pass 4C, but it's very close.

4. 3S. Closer to pass than to 4S.

[Apollo81]

FrancesHinden, on May 24 2007, 05:48 AM, said:

cherdano, on May 23 2007, 09:21 AM, said:

All problems are IMPs.

1. All vulnerable, you hold Jxx AK7x 97xx xx in 4th.
(1D) 2C (P) P
(2D) X (P) ??

2. All white, you hold AKQJTx xx xx Txx in 3rd
3C (3H), your plan?
(If you bid 3♠ or 4♣, what do you bid over 4♥?)

3. All white, void KJT9xx xx AQ98x in 1st
1H - 1S
2C - 3C
your plan, if any?

4. All vulnerable, you hold AKTx K9 Kx AQT7x in 2nd seat
(1D) X (2D) P
(P) X (P) 2S
Agree so far? Now what?

1. 2♥, avoids embarassment when partner is (34)15 with strong clubs and extras, may be right even if partner is 3316.

2. 4♠. I think this will be 500 most of the time, but there's still the chance that the opps bid 5♥ and go down (especially against weak opps like the post says)

3. auto-3♥

4. Three (and a half) spades.