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#21 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2008-June-13, 06:30

Yeah I also like 3♠ best.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-June-13, 07:23

3♠, please be understanding partner.

P is "safe", but not winning bridge imo. Could end up being right on the hand tho.
X confuses me. There are too many ways this could go way wrong. P = eek. 3NT = eek. 3H = blah.. what if we belong in spades?
3S would ideally be stronger, but at least we get our spade suit and OFFENSIVE hand out there.
The bids discussing leaping to 4m (whatever it shows) confuse me as well. This hand is iffy at 3♠, why are we suddenly eager to leap to the 4 level and -almost- GF?
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Posted 2008-June-13, 10:20

3♠ because someone has to act and we have the void. I strongly dislike all other calls.
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Posted 2008-June-13, 10:20

gnasher, on Jun 13 2008, 07:21 AM, said:

cherdano, on Jun 13 2008, 12:16 PM, said:

kenrexford, on Jun 12 2008, 07:38 PM, said:

4♦ (♦+♠) for me.  (4♣ is ♦+♥, right?)

Wrong.

Since we've embarked on this digression, I think that the standardish methods of
  4♣ = majors
  4♦ = ♦ + a major
are also wrong. 4♣ should be the ambiguous one, because you have 4♦ available as a relay to find out which it is. I prefer:
  4♣ = S + another
  4♦ = reds
which allows overcaller to bid his second suit without reversing if there is further competition.

I like this.

Except, you are not well placed after 3♣-4♣-5♦. After 3♣-4minor-5♣, Advancer is well-placed. After 3♣-X-5♣, Advancer is OK, and doubler still has the option to double again.

Not sure...
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