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#1 User is offline   jocdelevat 

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Posted 2008-January-14, 23:03


Dealer: West
Vul: All
Scoring: IMP
AK5
AQ953
KJ543


1. 1d or 1c
2. can you reverse with this hand?
3. pard bid 1s what you bid next?

I bid it this way:


West North East South

 Pass  Pass  Pass  1
 Pass  1    Pass  2
 Pass  Pass  Pass  

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Posted 2008-January-14, 23:26

The answer to #1 and #2 is the same -- you do not go out of your way to reverse. So, open 1. So far so good.

Now, partner bids 1. Bid 2. If partner passes, this is probably right. If more should be bid, he will usually at least be able to make a courtesy correction of 2.

Without any special connventions to handle this problem, your auction seems fine.
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Posted 2008-January-14, 23:32

Your bidding was fine.

Never* open the lower of two 5 card suits, so 1.
Then, your hand is not strong enough to force to game, so 2.
Perfect!

* Never = 0% of the time.
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2008-January-15, 00:06

655321, on Jan 14 2008, 09:32 PM, said:

Never* open the lower of two 5 card suits, so 1.
Then, your hand is not strong enough to force to game, so 2.
Perfect!

* Never = 0% of the time.

You should be aware that there are divergent opinions as to how to handle 5-5 hands with clubs and spades. Some people insist on opening them 1 club, others 1 spade, and others still will have it depend on the strength of the hand. So never is not necessarily accepted fact, but merely an opinion of that poster. The fact that I share that opinion should not close your mind to the other methods available.
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Posted 2008-January-15, 02:40

i didnt get it. why cant i reverse with that hand?
i always thought reverse shows strong hands with @ least 5-4 distr.
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Posted 2008-January-15, 03:06

open the higher ranking suit with 5-5. Opening clubs and reversing would show longer clubs than diamonds.

1D followed by 2C is correct.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-January-15, 04:00

As hannie.

If something, you could take a rosy view and bid 1-1-3, but the spade void warns against being frisky, so 2 is good.
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Posted 2008-January-15, 04:34

#1 1D
#2 sure, but you would misrepresent
the length of the suits you hold
#3 2C - heavy, but sometimes you
hold a maximum hand, if you dont
like 2C, bid 3C, which would force to
game

I would replicate your auction, which is
nothing to cheer about.

If your partner holds 8-9 HCP in his hand,
he should try to keep the bidding alive,
this is usally done by giving preference
to diamonds, even if he holds 3 clubs and
only 2 diamonds.
Only if he holds 2 more clubs than diamonds
he should pass clubs.
With 4 clubs and a ruffing value and 8/9 HCP
he should raise.

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