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Posted 2008-February-15, 11:50

Scoring: MP


p-1♥-p-2♥
?

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Posted 2008-February-15, 11:56

2♠. Looks obvious at MPs to me.
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Posted 2008-February-15, 12:00

Sorry Phil, the clubs were Qxx. does that change your mind?
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Posted 2008-February-15, 12:03

No but its probably the minimum I'd have.

In a really good field, I might not make this call, but I usually would.
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Posted 2008-February-15, 13:15

Had a similar hand on Monday night at the club.

QJ9xx
Q
QTxx
xxx

or thereabouts.

Auction went:
(P) - P - (1♥) - P;
(P) - ?

And here, I decided to pass against what I felt were bad oppos. The reason being that good oppos are more likely to find a call if it's right. Sure enough dummy had:

xxx
xxxx
x
Axxxx

And declarer made 10 tricks easily enough.

I think that would be an automatic 2♥ call for most of us, but it wasn't the required 6 hcp. I grant that 1♥ - 2♥ is quite different though.
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Posted 2008-February-15, 15:49

Yes, I'd also bid 2S at matchpoints, even at these colors.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-February-15, 19:18

I would bid 2S at imps red/white lol, this is clear.
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Posted 2008-February-17, 16:13

1♥-p-2♥-2♠
3♥-x

I was a little freaked out, but pd really had the nuts and we got +500 out of it. Mind you, the T of diamonds was a big card, it proved to be crucial in shortening leftie who had the red suits. the clubs were actually JTx, but i'm bad at remembering hands.
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Posted 2008-February-18, 03:53

Balancing in direct seat. Though I might panic a little when pard doubles them as well! :)
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