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Partner jumps in minor my most dreaded bid

#1 User is online   jillybean 

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Posted 2008-August-08, 10:07


Dealer: North
Vul: All
Scoring: IMP
♠ T8
♥ 98762
♦ 8
♣ AK842


West North East South

 -     1♦    Pass  1♥
 Pass  3♦    Pass  ?  
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Posted 2008-August-08, 10:13

Pass. I hope he doesn't have Kx AQx AKJxxxx x.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 10:21

OK this is painful. Make the hand a bit better, or just even the heart suit, and I would bid 3H, forcing with 5+ hearts. Now I agree with Arend that pass is probably right. You may still have a good game in hearts but it is much more likely that 3D is the last making spot. The singleton diamond is a big negative.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 10:37

cherdano, on Aug 8 2008, 11:13 AM, said:

Pass. I hope he doesn't have Kx AQx AKJxxxx x.

Pass. Hope that if he has Kx AQx AKJxxxx, they lead the spade Q from QJ109x against either 3N or 4♥, and, in the latter case, hearts are offside (they might even be 4-1, but that is unnecessary).

This is not a time to get excited.. partner will more often have a mundane hand such as Axx Kx AKJ9xx Jx and you hope to go plus in 3♦.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 11:19

3♥ It's IMPs, I'm vulnerable, and we have enough count for game.

God willing, if I bid 'em twice, they won't lead 'em. :)

EDIT: Yes, I know it's less than 50%.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 11:25

This is a very easy pass to me, the singleton diamond is a big negative.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 11:36

If everybody else is in 3♦=, then 3NT= is 490 higher while 3NT-1 is only 210 lower.

-210 is -5 IMPs, +490 is +10 IMPs.

C'mon, I know you're tempted....lol.

That's a heck of a nice side suit you have in clubs. I don't know what the odds are that it'll run for 5 tricks, but it can't be that bad.

If I had more self control, I'm sure I would pass too.

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This is not a time to get excited.. partner will more often have a mundane hand such as Axx Kx AKJ9xx Jx and you hope to go plus in 3♦


OK, if partner bids 3♦ (or even opens 1♦) with that, I'll reconsider.
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Posted 2008-August-08, 11:50

Have you considered the odds of going down 2 or 3 in game?? Have you considered how short on values you probably are??
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Posted 2008-August-08, 16:48

This is a clear pass.
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