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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2008-March-12, 20:33

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What would be your favorite auction with these two hands?
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-12, 20:41

3N all pass.

Oh, you meant my favorite realistic auction. 1♠-2♣-2♠-4♠. I really don't think I would find 3NT here. Maybe if north rebids 2NT and then either (a) passes a raise to 3NT or (be) rebids 3NT (!) over 3♠ then it would happen. I really don't see that happening with ♥J9x.
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Posted 2008-March-12, 20:45

I would never find 3NT here :)
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Posted 2008-March-12, 20:49

This is from partnership bidding, Han and I got to 3N on a semi-natural auction. Can you guess it? Only widely used gadgets came up.
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Posted 2008-March-12, 20:54

The only way I could ever get to 3NT is for North to screw around and for South to gamble. Something like 1♠-P-2♣-P-2♠-P-2NT-P-3NT.

In real life, 4♠-1.
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Posted 2008-March-12, 20:54

1NT - 3NT

OK, just kidding. I would always bid to 4♠.
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-March-12, 21:45

4♠ -1
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Posted 2008-March-12, 21:52

south opens an off-shape 1nt, upgrading for the 7 card suit, North raises to game. wtp?
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Posted 2008-March-12, 22:17

1♠ 3NT * 13-15 balanced with three spades NF
Pass!!!

Pass is certainly tempting but I am not completely sure I would find it.

If I did then it would be my favourite auction with these cards.
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Posted 2008-March-13, 13:43

no way I'd play 3NT on these cards.
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Posted 2008-March-13, 13:53

I'd get to 4♠ with every partner with whom I play, and I would expect 45% mp score and a push in any imp match... except against Han and cherdano, of course :)
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Posted 2008-March-13, 13:54

It seems very difficult to construct an auction that reaches 3NT on these hands but not on responder hands like:

♠KJx
♥xxx
♦AQ
♣K98xx

♠KJx
♥Jx
♦AQx
♣K98xx

opposite the same hand for opener. Note that on these hands 3NT is off (at least) the first five tricks whereas 4♠ is on the club finesse.

Perhaps this is worth a shot:

1♠ - 2♣
2♦(1) - 2♠(2)
2NT(3) - 3♦(4)
3NT(5) - Pass

(1) Any minimum hand
(2) GF spade agreement
(3) Good spades
(4) Diamond control
(5) No heart control, no club control, suggest playing 3NT
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Posted 2008-March-13, 14:07

cherdano, on Mar 12 2008, 09:49 PM, said:

This is from partnership bidding, Han and I got to 3N on a semi-natural auction. Can you guess it? Only widely used gadgets came up.

Ok I'm dying to see it.
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Posted 2008-March-13, 14:47

So, one advantage of playing relay is that you can give partner a bidding problem knowing both hands yourself.

So playing with Jason, we bid:

1♠(1) - 1NT(GF ®)
2♥(2) - 2♠®
3♦(3) - 3♥(min/max?)
3♠(min) - 4♠

(1) 10-15, 5+♠
(2) Single-suited spades, unbal (with the obvious exception)
(3) 7=2=2=2 exactly

So didn't get to the magic 3NT in the end.

Edit: Partner was concerned about AQxxxxx xx Kx Kx and felt 3NT was too swingy.
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Posted 2008-March-13, 15:20

jdonn, on Mar 13 2008, 03:07 PM, said:

cherdano, on Mar 12 2008, 09:49 PM, said:

This is from partnership bidding, Han and I got to 3N on a semi-natural auction. Can you guess it? Only widely used gadgets came up.

Ok I'm dying to see it.

He lied, the joker.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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