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#1 User is offline   jillybean 

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Posted 2008-August-06, 10:09


Dealer: West
Vul: None
Scoring: IMP
♠ 6
♥ QT976532
♦ KJ97
♣


West North East South

 1♣    1♠    2♣    ?
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
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Posted 2008-August-06, 10:25

4♥.

Many would play 3♥ as a fit jump, but I don't believe 4♥ should be fitted. I also had 2♥ available, but why would I monkey around when what I really want to bid is 4♥?
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Posted 2008-August-06, 10:29

4H, can't do less with 8-4.
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Posted 2008-August-06, 10:30

8-4, bid two more?
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Posted 2008-August-06, 10:59

It's not a misfit. We have a heart fit!
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Posted 2008-August-06, 11:13

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

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Posted 2008-August-06, 11:26

han, on Aug 6 2008, 12:13 PM, said:

Stop 4H.

put the stop card on the table
fidget a little
look at p
make sure they notice thta you looked at them
slowly put 4H on the table
look at p again
place the stop card in the bidding box
smile
and sit up right





(yes. I AM kidding)
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Posted 2008-August-06, 11:36

matmat, on Aug 6 2008, 11:26 AM, said:

(yes. I AM kidding)

Right, you wouldn't smile.
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Posted 2008-August-06, 15:39

2H.

I have fit.

With kind regards
Marlowe
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Posted 2008-August-06, 16:30

4♥ for me and no second choice. I am hoping it makes or the opps do the wrong thing in ♣
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Posted 2008-August-06, 16:51

matmat, on Aug 6 2008, 10:26 AM, said:

han, on Aug 6 2008, 12:13 PM, said:

Stop 4H.

put the stop card on the table
fidget a little
look at p
make sure they notice thta you looked at them
slowly put 4H on the table
look at p again
place the stop card in the bidding box
smile
and sit up right





(yes. I AM kidding)

haha thats not too far from the truth
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
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Posted 2008-August-07, 01:06

4H, and liking it.
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Posted 2008-August-07, 02:49

I hear all the 4H bidders.

But I think you need to be slightly careful. The last time I bid 4H in this auction I had approximately this hand with the HK instead of one of the small ones. Partner raised to 6, and it made.

Partner will expect something a bit better for a 4H bid. It's not clear your side is the pre-empting side when the auction has started this way.
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Posted 2008-August-07, 07:57

I'm afraid partner will get a different message with 4 hearts - he might think I'm splintering! Anyway, I'm making a negative double followed by 4 hearts.
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Posted 2008-August-07, 08:19

P_Marlowe, on Aug 7 2008, 04:39 AM, said:

2H.

I have fit.

With kind regards
Marlowe

Agree with this. 4H is a bludgeon bid.
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Posted 2008-August-07, 08:37

The_Hog, on Aug 7 2008, 09:19 AM, said:

P_Marlowe, on Aug 7 2008, 04:39 AM, said:

2H.

I have fit.

With kind regards
Marlowe

Agree with this. 2H is a bludgeon bid.

Hi,

I am currently meditating about the meaning of this
remark, sry I am not a native speaker, I needed to
ask www.leo.org for help translating "bludgeon", but
a word by word translation did not help either.

Given the amount of 4H bidders, 2H is certainly a
"value" bid, but because of the poor suit quaity, 4H
can get expensive, and they will kill me, if they have a
chance, ... and I did not say I would sell out at a low
level.

With kind regards
Marlowe
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Posted 2008-August-07, 09:50

P_Marlowe, on Aug 7 2008, 09:37 AM, said:

I did not say I would sell out at a low level.

If you sell out below 4♥, you are selling out at a low level. If not then why not bid 4♥ right away?
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Posted 2008-August-07, 10:15

You really can't bid anything but 4H on this hand. If partner might think that this is a splinter then you have some talking to do.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

- hrothgar
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Posted 2008-August-07, 10:20

han, on Aug 7 2008, 11:15 AM, said:

You really can't bid anything but 4H on this hand. If partner might think that this is a splinter then you have some talking to do.

I have the agreement that if the opponents have bid at least one suit, you can't splinter in any suit they haven't bid. It seems to work well.
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Posted 2008-August-07, 10:38


Scoring: IMP


West North East South

 1♣    1♠    2♣    2♥
 3♣    4♥    Pass  Pass
 Pass  




Here's the full hand I took the whimpy 2♥ option, Ron what is this bludgeon bid? :)
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