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#1 User is offline   cnszsun 

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Posted 2008-March-11, 05:58

Scoring: IMP

East passed at 1st seat, south bid 2♠, then all passed.
Should anyone be blamed for missing game here?
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Posted 2008-March-11, 06:00

wtp? It's opps who missed their spade game (ok, maybe you found your diamond ruff and it made 8 or 9 tricks)
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Posted 2008-March-11, 06:10

I like a 1♥ opening at the vulnerability, but that is not for everyone.
West should probably do something with his shape - 3♣ and double both seem reasonable, but I would not call either bid clearcut.
Agree with East's final pass.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 08:42

I totally agree with all passes.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 09:07

gwnn, on Mar 11 2008, 11:42 PM, said:

I totally agree with all passes.

U R growing up too quick. Passing is for seniors.... like me.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 10:27

Also agree with the passes.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-11, 10:49

I can't ever seeing taking a call with the east hand. I might double with West, but I might not.

I'm really in a somber mood this morning. Soz.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 11:34

South gets 100% of the blame for E/W missing game.

Sometimes, preempts work.
Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
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Posted 2008-March-11, 14:43

No one would open EAST 1♥? He has 10 hcp, 3 control points, and 13 distributional points for a total of 26 ZAR points. Throw in two tens for good measure. Maybe instead of getting older, I am getting younger because I would open EAST 1♥. In support of hearts, WEST has something like 30 zar points, depending upon how you count them. And after EAST opens 1♥, will surely force to game.

Now if not opening on such mild values as EAST holds is against your view of bidding, ok... the passes are fine. But I would open east, so I would generally place the blame on east for passing a "clearly opening" hand (at least by Zar point standards).
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Posted 2008-March-11, 14:46

I'd open E only in my crazy partnership where we open all balanced 11 counts and most sexy 10 counts. I must admit, this is a very good 10 count, especially all the tens and the nice concentration.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 15:33

We open light at this vulnerability down to decent ten counts with this shape and have five or six-card weak twos. This hand i would definitely open either 1♥ or 2♥ - i don't too much mind which.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 17:44

I would open 2♥ with the east hand.
Over here that describes a weak hand with 5 hearts and 4 or more clubs or diamonds.
We (the Dutch) call it Muiderberg, others say Dutch two bid.

With a void in spades west would most certainly answer 4♥.
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Posted 2008-March-12, 04:09

inquiry, on Mar 11 2008, 08:43 PM, said:

Maybe instead of getting older, I am getting younger

Going out with teens already? :)
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Posted 2008-March-12, 04:29

Would 100 % X with the west hand. You can have a game or great save or partscore very easily, willing to risk them making 2S X.
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Posted 2008-March-12, 05:48

Pass with East, X with West
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Posted 2008-March-12, 07:18

Open with east's hand (we play precision) - playing standard, pass with both.
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Posted 2008-March-12, 09:40

cnszsun, on Mar 11 2008, 06:58 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

East passed at 1st seat, south bid 2♠, then all passed.
Should anyone be blamed for missing game here?

Pass by East is normal.

West may or may not make a t/o.

In view of the spade length, it is probably unwise
to reopen with 3H, ... I may have done it anyway,
but I do somtimes stupid things.

So I would say, never entering the auction is
normal.

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