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Posted 2008-April-29, 16:07

jtfanclub, on Apr 29 2008, 04:50 PM, said:

Jlall, on Apr 29 2008, 02:11 PM, said:

Passing is the mature bid

I'll have plenty of time to mature when I'm dead. :P

Seriously, I agree that, in a forum, the best bid is to pass. Is everybody here going to claim that they pass this at the table?

This is an "I should have" hand. I actually had one opponent who, had a chance to pass a hand like this when he partner doubled (I was the 2♦ bidder) and had a chance to pass almost the identical situation undoubled the very next hand, and pulled both times. Nonetheless, she insisted on saying over and over that she should have passed it like it was some kind of threat. Yeah, lady, when you start passing these, maybe I'll strengthen my red overcalls against you.

Maybe experts really do pass these guys at the table.
Maybe that's what makes them experts.

I'm not giving advice here...I already said that I X because I'm stupid. But am I truly alone in my stupidity?

I used the word maturity because, to me, bridge maturity (I don't know much about any other kind of maturity) means doing what you know is right and not going off on flyers that may be exciting/fun/gain a big score. Passing with a hand like this and taking your 100s is a good example of that, as is taking a finesse rather than going for a squeeze when the finesse is a 4:3 favorite, etc etc.

Playing good bridge is boring, so is passing with this 18 count. It means sometimes getting stolen from as well.

For a different example, wouldn't you easily pass the opps 1H opener with something like KQx AKQxx KQx xx? Don't you think lesser experienced players would have a hard time passing with a hand like this? To more experienced players this hand is similar to my example, it is not shocking to be able to pass with a good hand and length in their suit.
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Posted 2008-April-29, 16:30

That was well said, and good advice Justin.

Now the question is, do I have the, ah, maturity to learn from it?
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Posted 2008-April-29, 19:05

This is an obvious pass; bidding forum, table, whatever. Don't even need to think too hard about it.
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Posted 2008-April-30, 03:27

I guess a month ago I wouldn't have passed this hand the second time. Most of the time I search for any reason to upgrade a hand, but almost never to devalue one. It so happened that i just finished Mike Lawrence's book Hand Evaluation. We were the only pair (from 6 tables) that let the opps play, and consequently we were the only to score a plus.

I posted the hand here because I wanted to know whether the decision to pass was just a lucky guess, or I really have learned something.

Here is the full deal:
Scoring: MP


Btw, I would double 1♠ with West's hand, but he picked 2♦ for some reason.
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