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Just got back from sessions 5-8 of the trials for Beijing. We are currently 2nd out of 15 pairs, first 3 to qualify. The pairs between 2 and 6 are very close. I'll post a few hands we may or may not have got wrong.
AJxx
KJ9xxx
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Unfavorable IMPs, first seat, passing about half of balanced 11 counts, you bid 1♥.
1♥-5♣-X-p
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light ish opener
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Posted 2008-May-26, 00:39
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2008-May-26, 01:05
Pass.
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Posted 2008-May-26, 02:10
Pass wtppppppppppppppp.
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Posted 2008-May-26, 04:10
I'll Pass. 2nd? Keep up the good work Csaba =)
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Posted 2008-May-26, 06:56
Pass.
My partner knows my opening style, I assume this,
since we are talking about a regular partnership.
Besides, I have no place to hide anyway, so even if
I am in trouble, there is no other option.
With kind regards
Marhow light
My partner knows my opening style, I assume this,
since we are talking about a regular partnership.
Besides, I have no place to hide anyway, so even if
I am in trouble, there is no other option.
With kind regards
Marhow light
With kind regards
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Posted 2008-May-26, 10:19
what's a minimum 5H here?
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2008-May-26, 10:54
You need extreme shape to want to bid. 6-4 is not extreme though it is extra shape.
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Posted 2008-May-26, 11:25
Light opener or not, at least I have one ace I expect to score. I have to pass this as I just don't see where the tricks are coming from to try a 5 level contract.
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Posted 2008-May-26, 11:35
Pass and hope partner doesn't expect much from you...
wyman, 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-May-27, 13:38
Pass. Bidding will lead to a minus nearly 100% of the time, and passing is pretty likely to go plus.
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Posted 2008-May-28, 03:08
gwnn, on May 26 2008, 11:19 AM, said:
what's a minimum 5H here?
6-5, 7-4.
A hand partner cant reasonable expect.
If he wont expects such a light opener, thats
a different story. Because in this case you
made a decision to treat the hand as an
opening and if you now run away from your
original decision, than you should not have
made the decision in the first place.
I hate it, if partner make a speculative bid /
decision and run away from it, only to discover
later that all would have been well.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
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Posted 2008-May-28, 04:56
Apollo81, on May 27 2008, 02:38 PM, said:
Pass. Bidding will lead to a minus nearly 100% of the time, and passing is pretty likely to go plus.
I think this is correct. Of course it is possible that you lose a lot of IMPs by passing but the chance is too low to bid on.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-May-28, 07:42
pass ; what else ?
if this contract is making you will probably go for worse by bidding on ...if it isn't you are probably in the optimum contract
if this contract is making you will probably go for worse by bidding on ...if it isn't you are probably in the optimum contract
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Posted 2008-May-29, 13:42
Easy pass.
Of course it's possible that bidding would be the winning decision, and then that would net us a bunch of IMPs. But that's very remote.
The odds are (heavy) that neither side can make anything at the 5-level.
Of course it's possible that bidding would be the winning decision, and then that would net us a bunch of IMPs. But that's very remote.
The odds are (heavy) that neither side can make anything at the 5-level.
Kind regards,
Harald
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Posted 2008-May-30, 06:49
let me put it another way
pt thinks you have an opening hand
pt can see the vulnerability
pt knows you have 5+ hearts
you don't have a 2 suiter
and yet he/she doubles
would you insult him/her by bidding on ? doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong , pt has made a decision based on what you have announced , can't go on opposite an opening bid and hopes to defeat 5 clubs ; if it makes you will lose a few imps [ maybe ] ; if you bid on you can lose a bundle
what happened anyway ?
pt thinks you have an opening hand
pt can see the vulnerability
pt knows you have 5+ hearts
you don't have a 2 suiter
and yet he/she doubles
would you insult him/her by bidding on ? doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong , pt has made a decision based on what you have announced , can't go on opposite an opening bid and hopes to defeat 5 clubs ; if it makes you will lose a few imps [ maybe ] ; if you bid on you can lose a bundle
what happened anyway ?
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