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#1 User is offline   paulg 

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Posted 2007-October-08, 07:04

Scoring: IMP

(1♦) Pass (Pass) Dbl
(Pass) ?

All players are Scottish experts (an oxymoron?). Anyhow it's your call?

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Posted 2007-October-08, 07:08

The principle of the defered king ..... I still have two aces, just enough for 2♠ I suppose.
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Posted 2007-October-08, 08:53

whatever she says
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Posted 2007-October-08, 09:03

Fluffy, on Oct 8 2007, 09:53 AM, said:

whatever she says

agree.
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Posted 2007-October-08, 09:36

I saw yesterday that Duboin-Bocchi play 1H shows spades. I don't know the rest of the structure but I'd like to use it here, just for fun. Otherwise I'd bid 2S.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-October-08, 10:13

Hannie, on Oct 8 2007, 04:36 PM, said:

I saw yesterday that Duboin-Bocchi play 1H shows spades. I don't know the rest of the structure but I'd like to use it here, just for fun. Otherwise I'd bid 2S.

In their final set I noticed that Duboin-Bocchi played 1NT as showing clubs over (P)-P-(1♠)-Dbl-(P), which is an unusual treatment.
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Posted 2007-October-08, 10:52

Hannie, on Oct 8 2007, 07:36 AM, said:

I saw yesterday that Duboin-Bocchi play 1H shows spades. I don't know the rest of the structure but I'd like to use it here, just for fun. Otherwise I'd bid 2S.

I saw this too, and I think its very intriguing. I like the opening bidder on lead, but these transfers allow you to make a low level force which looks very flexible.

Does anyone know more about this structure? I would assume 2 level bids and higher would be 'blocking'?

Not playing anything like this, 2♠ looks accurate to me.
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Posted 2007-October-08, 12:27

2S
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Posted 2007-October-08, 13:47

Aye, just about par for 2♠.

Unless you rank aces as 5 points, that is.. lol.
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Posted 2007-October-08, 16:46

I, the doubler, held
♠ Qxx
♥ Qxxx
♦ Jx
♣ AKxx

2♠ is a tricky contract but you are likely to make it.

My esteemed CHO decided he didn't want to play in the wrong fit and cue bid 2♦. As you see, when you do not have a fit this approach is doomed to failure, the auction speeded ahead and I played the hand well to make eight tricks in hearts (down 2, don't ask!).

At the other table they responded a simple 1♠ and played there.

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Posted 2007-October-08, 21:13

Want to play Herbert to X so 1S isn't weak.
Or Xfer advances so I make a 2nd noise.
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Posted 2007-October-09, 05:03

IN SEF this is easy:

2 ♦ shows BOTH majors 8-10 OR a strong hand.

CHOs hand did not qualify for one of these explanations.
So in SEF it is a very easy 2 Spade bid. And 2 Spade is surely as good to play as 2 Heart.
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Posted 2007-October-09, 05:30

Codo, on Oct 9 2007, 12:03 PM, said:

IN SEF this is easy:

2 ♦ shows BOTH majors 8-10 OR a strong hand.

CHOs hand did not qualify for one of these explanations.
So in SEF it is a very easy 2 Spade bid. And 2 Spade is surely as good to play as 2 Heart.

My view exactly.

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