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Overcall with a 5-6, but garbage suit

#1 User is offline   Quarky 

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Posted 2008-November-21, 16:59

In teams, vuln, your RHO opens 1♦ (implying 4+)

You hold

♠ x
♥ 987xx
♦ KQ7xxx
♣ A

Without any special conventions, what's your bid and why?
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Posted 2008-November-21, 16:59

Pass. My RHO opened my main suit.
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Posted 2008-November-21, 17:07

There are certain hands where I would overcall on xxxxx, but this is not one of them.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2008-November-22, 19:48

I'd overcall. Lots of ways to gain, I am happy to compete to 3♥ if partner can raise. I am also thrilled if partner can bid game.
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Posted 2008-November-23, 01:20

Pass
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Posted 2008-November-23, 03:11

You could convince me to overcall on this if the suit were spades. Not with the heart suit though.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2008-November-23, 04:13

THanks for your input, sounds like the majority passes as I did. Partner was very angry that I didn't overcall, as he said 1H was "automatic." Opps at the other table overcalled and found cold 4H (partner happened to have AKQ hts)
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Posted 2008-November-23, 05:48

Pass.

Wait and see.

As I did read the head line, my first reaction was
get in, but you have 6 cards in their suit, i.e. you
know, that you dont have a fit in diamonds.

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