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Easy Everyday Problem

Poll: Easy Everyday Problem (33 member(s) have cast votes)

Easy Everyday Problem

  1. 3C (29 votes [87.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 87.88%

  2. Pass (4 votes [12.12%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.12%

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#1 User is offline   rogerclee 

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Posted 2008-July-03, 23:59

MPs, All Red, Fourth Seat

♠Qxx ♥x ♦xxxxx ♣QTxx

(1♥) - 2♣ - (2♥) - ?

Edit: Changed ♠K->♠Q.
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Posted 2008-July-04, 00:32

Ummm - 3♣?
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-July-04, 00:56

I think 4C is a little too much with this hand, 3 is enough.
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Posted 2008-July-04, 01:00

I voted 3♣
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Posted 2008-July-04, 01:08

Ok, three is enough to convince me I am not crazy. Partner seemed to show some mild disapproval when I bid 3♣ and then pulled his 3NT to 4♣.

Both are going at least down 1, but 3NT is down a ton on a switch after the heart lead. Partner has ♠x ♥KQxx ♦QJ ♣AKJxxx
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Posted 2008-July-04, 01:18

Jlall, on Jul 4 2008, 01:56 AM, said:

I think 4C is a little too much with this hand, 3 is enough.

lol, sorry I was not trying to be obnoxious, I often don't read the polls and just read the threads so I didn't realize it was 3C or pass. Needless to say I'm not a fan of pass.
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Posted 2008-July-04, 01:34

...but I wouldn't pull partner's 3NT bid.
There's nothing wrong with 3C on this hand. If partner thinks 3NT is making, why should we think differently?

Jxx
AQx
A
AKxxxx

OK, I agree 3NT may not be making, but also we haven't been doubled yet, and I'm not convinced that - opposite heart stuff - 4C is likely to be much better
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Posted 2008-July-04, 01:40

3C. Don't like passing with an ok unbal hand and 4 card support!
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Posted 2008-July-04, 01:50

I probably wouldn't pull 3N unless there was a double.
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Posted 2008-July-04, 02:05

I pass, I like the queen of clubs and the stiff Heart, but I hate anything else here, so I agree with your partner that I had expected more from you then this.
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Posted 2008-July-04, 03:00

3C for me.
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Posted 2008-July-04, 06:52

FrancesHinden, on Jul 4 2008, 02:34 AM, said:

...but I wouldn't pull partner's 3NT bid.
There's nothing wrong with 3C on this hand. If partner thinks 3NT is making, why should we think differently?

Jxx
AQx
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AKxxxx

OK, I agree 3NT may not be making, but also we haven't been doubled yet, and I'm not convinced that - opposite heart stuff - 4C is likely to be much better

Agree with Frances :) This hand is about what partner can expect as a minimum 3♣ raise, so why pull 3N? If 3N is a wrap, you may have some explaining to do :)
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Posted 2008-July-04, 07:04

Not to raise C looks criminal to me. Had my partner bid 3N that is where we play it. Passing after 2H should be a hanging offence!
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Posted 2008-July-04, 07:37

3♣
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Posted 2008-July-04, 11:16

3♣ I guess, but I would probably bid 4. I'm not ashamed to put this dummy down in 5 at MPs.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 22:57

Uh 3♣ wtp when sober? 4♣ to help it sink in if partner hasn't already noticed that I wasn't.

Judging from the ensuing 'discussion', the four pass votes came from terminals attended by monkeys with high probability. By the theory of monkeys, only about (22-4 =) 18 of the 3♣ votes are legitimate in expectation.
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Posted 2008-July-06, 03:20

Not convinced at all by partner's 3NT bid. He was evidently expecting a lot more, when the auction suggests that I haven't got a lot more. The club suit isn't anything more than one would expect for a vulnerable overcall, and the red cards are waste paper.
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Posted 2008-July-06, 05:03

Easy 3♣ IMO, and I'd be happy to pass 3NT.
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