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What's your bid? How do you evaluate your hand?

Poll: ...And you? (47 member(s) have cast votes)

...And you?

  1. Pass (6 votes [12.77%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.77%

  2. 4 Hearts (40 votes [85.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 85.11%

  3. 4 Spades (1 votes [2.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.13%

  4. 5 Clubs (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Double (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. Other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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Posted 2008-April-03, 07:15

You're West.

Scoring: BAM


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3♣ X 4♣ ???

Does the scoring matter?

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2008-April-03, 07:42

4H
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Posted 2008-April-03, 07:47

4♥ - it seems possible that partner won't reopen when this is cold, so I don't think I can pass. Hopefully partner doesn't put me in 6. No form of scoring doesn't matter to me.
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Posted 2008-April-03, 08:14

I would really feel better if King was in longer suits..
Anyone for responsive double here ( and correct 4♦ to 4H)?
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Posted 2008-April-03, 08:59

dcvetkov, on Apr 3 2008, 06:14 AM, said:

Anyone for responsive double here ( and correct 4♦ to 4H)?

No. Pard is too likely to leave a responsive x in, especially at BAM.

4♥ for me.

I'm betting they bid 5♣.
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Posted 2008-April-03, 09:20

4♥, any time, any scoring.
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Posted 2008-April-03, 09:22

4♥, close to unanimous, I would expect
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Posted 2008-April-03, 14:33

I see someone misclicked on 4♠
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Posted 2008-April-03, 15:05

Agree with 4H.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-April-03, 16:01

dcvetkov, on Apr 4 2008, 03:14 AM, said:

I would really feel better if King was in longer suits..

This one would be unanimous.

I voted for 4♥ but I am not that happy with it. There is a real danger when we are this light that partner will move expecting more and we could get too high. We can make 4♥ though with many minimum and near minimum takeout doubles so I must bid.
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Posted 2008-April-03, 22:12

4hearts
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Posted 2008-April-04, 00:54

Cascade, on Apr 4 2008, 07:01 AM, said:

dcvetkov, on Apr 4 2008, 03:14 AM, said:

I would really feel better if King was in longer suits..

This one would be unanimous.

I voted for 4♥ but I am not that happy with it. There is a real danger when we are this light that partner will move expecting more and we could get too high. We can make 4♥ though with many minimum and near minimum takeout doubles so I must bid.

But our hand is strong in terms of playing strength.

I rerally think that with most hands he will bid on, we have a t least 5 Level safety.

Will he have less then AKxx,AJx,Axxx,xx to move on?
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Posted 2008-April-04, 01:50

Partner should pass our 4 level freebid at least 93.61% of the time. I think agreeing "a 4 level freebid is a signoff" is better than agreeing "random strong NT's may move on if they like their honor location and control count".
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Posted 2008-April-04, 04:00

Codo, on Apr 4 2008, 07:54 PM, said:

Cascade, on Apr 4 2008, 07:01 AM, said:

dcvetkov, on Apr 4 2008, 03:14 AM, said:

I would really feel better if King was in longer suits..

This one would be unanimous.

I voted for 4♥ but I am not that happy with it. There is a real danger when we are this light that partner will move expecting more and we could get too high. We can make 4♥ though with many minimum and near minimum takeout doubles so I must bid.

But our hand is strong in terms of playing strength.

I rerally think that with most hands he will bid on, we have a t least 5 Level safety.

Will he have less then AKxx,AJx,Axxx,xx to move on?

Partner might have more:

AKxx AJx KQJx xx
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Posted 2008-April-04, 04:16

I would bid 4♥ but maybe 4♠ is better.
They will probably bid 5♣ and I think this hand is worth another bid.
In that case it's more flexible to bid spades first and hearts later.
OTH this is probably the best way to reach a slam and go one off.
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Posted 2008-April-04, 04:25

dicklont, on Apr 4 2008, 05:16 AM, said:

I would bid 4♥ but maybe 4♠ is better.
They will probably bid 5♣ and I think this hand is worth another bid.
In that case it's more flexible to bid spades first and hearts later.
OTH this is probably the best way to reach a slam and go one off.

No, 4♠ is not better.

There was a recent thread where advancer was 4-4 in the majors. On those hands, the reason it is normal to bid 1♠ is so that next round you can bid 2♥, and play in your best (8 card) fit at the 2 level.

This auction is very different. Partner has doubled 3♣ for takeout, and we have a QT987x major. We don't need to look any further for our trump suit.
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-April-04, 04:32

dicklont, on Apr 4 2008, 03:16 AM, said:

I would bid 4♥ but maybe 4♠ is better.
They will probably bid 5♣ and I think this hand is worth another bid.
In that case it's more flexible to bid spades first and hearts later.
OTH this is probably the best way to reach a slam and go one off.

If you are going to bid twice, make them both hearts.
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