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Matchpoints

Poll: See below (24 member(s) have cast votes)

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  1. 1NT (2 votes [8.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.33%

  2. 2NT (5 votes [20.83%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.83%

  3. 3NT (3 votes [12.50%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  4. 2C (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. pass (14 votes [58.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 58.33%

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#1 User is offline   Ant590 

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Posted 2008-February-15, 18:56

♠ J72
♥ Q9
♦ AJ6
♣ KJT84

MPs, both vul.

(1♣) – dbl – (pass) - ?

Opponents system: 4 card majors, weak NT
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Posted 2008-February-15, 18:57

MP both vul I go for the throat, mainly because I don't want to bid 1N(underbid) or 2N(overbid) and we seem very very likely to get 200 here vs no clear game (and they usually run on this auction anyways).
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Posted 2008-February-15, 19:38

Agree with pass. We haven't made 3N and 1♣ could be a massacre.
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Posted 2008-February-15, 20:27

Wow, 2N and overbid Justin :P I thought I had to downgrade my hand to bid that . OK I know the modern theory is some 12 points rather than the 10-11 from the beginner's book. Anyway I bid 2NT.
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Posted 2008-February-15, 20:44

helene_t, on Feb 15 2008, 09:27 PM, said:

Wow, 2N and overbid Justin :P I thought I had to downgrade my hand to bid that . OK I know the modern theory is some 12 points rather than the 10-11 from the beginner's book. Anyway I bid 2NT.

Heh I did not know beginner books recommend 2N with 10-11, but that seems a little crazy to me! I would rarely bid 2N with 11, maybe it's because takeout Xers have become lighter, or because 1N bids have become sounder?
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Posted 2008-February-16, 00:26

Partner's 12 +/- ; my 12; opponents points known LHO, I make 3NT +OTs. Beats 1C-X-2.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 00:53

I'd 1NT seriously.. and im a junior :P
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Posted 2008-February-16, 00:59

red at mps? i don't even need the ♣T for pass

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Posted 2008-February-16, 01:01

djehuti, on Feb 16 2008, 01:53 AM, said:

I'd 1NT seriously.. and im a junior :)

my problem with 1N is this: certainly partner rates to pass 1N most of the time. If that happens, wouldn't you rather have passed 1C X? Surely you rate to beat it like..almost always. So when partner passes 1N then you know pass was better, and partner will pass 1N usually... and even when he doesnt passing may have been right (if you could get 800, which you might if he has a bid over 1N..). So it just seems like pass is better than 1N.

oh and im a junior 3
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Posted 2008-February-16, 01:27

i dont think this will go all pass... I mean, they dont want what we want. I would have to have a serious hand to pass 1 [C] X if declarer...
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Posted 2008-February-16, 13:50

♣8 is a good card for pass. without it I'd go with 2NT.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 15:46

I'm a passer.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 16:25

Nuno, sorry, your argument makes no sense to me. How much better off are you if you bid 1NT? You totally give up on defending and are under pressure of not going down! BTW will leftie really pull the double with a random 5332 hand? or 4333? or even 5♣4M? right into our pard's holdings?
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Posted 2008-February-16, 16:28

Jlall, on Feb 16 2008, 03:44 AM, said:

Heh I did not know beginner books recommend 2N with 10-11, but that seems a little crazy to me! I would rarely bid 2N with 11, maybe it's because takeout Xers have become lighter, or because 1N bids have become sounder?

There is obviously a correlation between the two factors, but even with sounder doubles, responding 1NT with 6 points is a little weird since you could just bid a suit.

I think the 6-9 and 10-11 thing is related to the fact that beginners learn to respond 1NT and 2NT to a 1suit opening with those ranges. Maybe it's just a Dutch thing, I thought I saw the same ranges for notrump responses to doubles in Bergen's books but I could be wrong.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 17:44

djehuti, on Feb 16 2008, 02:27 AM, said:

i dont think this will go all pass... I mean, they dont want what we want. I would have to have a serious hand to pass 1 [C] X if declarer...

I agree, but partner has indicated length in all the other suits, and you have 2 or 3 in all the other suits. There is a good chance they have nowhere to run, and if they do let them do it and then you can still bid NT.
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Posted 2008-February-16, 20:13

gwnn, on Feb 16 2008, 10:25 PM, said:

Nuno, sorry, your argument makes no sense to me.

It wasnt a strong one..i want to go back and pass :)
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