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a simple problem

Poll: Would you do it? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you do it?

  1. Yes, I would bid 2s (11 votes [39.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 39.29%

  2. No, I'd pass (17 votes [60.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 60.71%

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#1 User is offline   Apollo81 

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Posted 2007-September-07, 08:19

All white, MPs

(2♥)-p-(p)-?

♠AQJ84
♥Q84
♦974
♣32
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Posted 2007-September-07, 08:25

Yes.

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Posted 2007-September-07, 08:25

I'm passing...

I know that I have 5 Spades, but partner is passed hand and I have (some) Heart length. 2♠ could work out brilliantly. It could also be deadily if RHO is sitting on values and short Hearts.

I consider this a very hard problem.
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Posted 2007-September-07, 08:33

Pass it out you have Qxx of hearts and partner couldn't bid. He probably has either heart length or not much in the way of values (or both). I know it's white/white MP and that you have to auto bid at that but partner is gonna bid something and RHO is gonna start Xing.
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Posted 2007-September-07, 08:49

I would pass
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Posted 2007-September-07, 09:22

Pass really looks like the odds on action, so that's my choice.
Of course you could hit gold by bidding 2♠, but not too often.
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Harald
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Posted 2007-September-07, 09:24

This is a fairly clear pass I think. But move the heart queen to the diamond queen (same shape) and that would make it much closer.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-September-07, 10:14

cluck...cluck..cluck.... I join the flock of chickens passing this hand... sometimes pass is the toughest call to make...

My thinking is that if we could tell partner to pass our reopening 2♠ (so long as he has at least a couple of them), then balancing is probably the right call... but the problem is that we do not have the right to tell him:' 2♠...TO PLAY!'... he wil have to cater to your having a potentially much better hand, and will therefore tend to get you too high...
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Posted 2007-September-07, 10:25

At imps pass is a stand out. At matchpoints I would venture 2♠ some of the time (even though it's technically dubious, this bid works more often than it should).
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Posted 2007-September-07, 10:47

White at matchpoints? I'm a 2S bidder. Sorry.
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Posted 2007-September-07, 10:59

I thought my opps warranted it so I bid 2♠. An interesting play problem resulted. See my other thread.
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Posted 2007-September-07, 12:28

I would bid 2♠ w/w at mps. Good problem it's very close, but I just don't want to pass without mentioning the spades.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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