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#1 User is offline   Edmunte1 

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Posted 2008-November-30, 16:59

Here are 3 boards from recent IMP tournaments. On all boards you're South, and all three your courage is tested. How brave are you?
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Scoring: IMP

(1♥)-pass-(4♥)-?

2.
Scoring: IMP

(1♥)-pass-(4♥)-?

3.
Scoring: IMP

(1♥)-pass-(4♥)-?

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Posted 2008-November-30, 17:37

4♥ on 2, pass on the other two. The problem with bidding on hand 3 is that RHO will double and you can't run properly - RHO will double on any 'good raise'.
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Posted 2008-November-30, 17:59

4♥ on 2 and 4♠ on 1&3. I play transfers.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 02:34

I am a chicken, so I bid like Csaba.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 03:51

4♠ on 1 and 3.

4♥ on 2. Tempted by 4NT (natural), but prefer 4♥.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 03:55

1. X
2. 4♥
3. Pass

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


View Postrbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2008-December-01, 11:36

1--- easy pass not close.

2--- 4H obvious

3--- 4S but i dont like it. We are W vs R so partner wont raising me often.

Ill get some -800 fairly often but ill push them to go off fairly often too. Im not planning to pull the X.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 12:30

1. 4♠

2. 4♥

3. pas
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Posted 2008-December-01, 13:07

I bid my major on all of them.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 14:33

cherdano, on Dec 1 2008, 08:07 PM, said:

I bid my major on all of them.

Me too.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 14:39

1. 4♠: it is a tough job, but it is my job

2. 4♥: passing is too deep and doubling is silly

3. pass: this is an extraordinarily dangerous auction, and partner, who has more hcp than we do, did not bid... rho could easily be 3=4=3=3 with 15 hcp or so. Bidding could lead to -1100 even when we actually have a good save available... we can get to one black suit, but not to both.
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Posted 2008-December-01, 16:44

I'm always brave. 4♠ in all.
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Posted 2008-December-02, 05:30

My options are:
1. 4♠
2. Pass
3. 4♠

In real life only bidding on first board was a big winner, as long as 4♥ and 4♠ were both cold. On second 4♥ got punished for -800 (yes, preempts work), and on third 4♠ got doubled for down one (4♥ was down one too)
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Posted 2008-December-02, 06:07

I guess we shouldn't play together Edi :) Rethinking 4♠ on the first one is quite reasonable, but it doesn't sound sincere now.
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Posted 2008-December-02, 06:53

I would bid 4♠. 4♥, pass
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Posted 2008-December-02, 07:04

I would bid my major on all three. Surprised people are passing on the third one, I think it is extremely obvious at favorable.
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Posted 2008-December-02, 07:05

I would bid 4♠, 4♥, Pass too.
Not that the first 2 bids are risk free but they seem a reasonnable shot. do not like 4♠ on 3 especially against precision as I could go for a number while 4♥ is not even making : seems partner is loaded in ♥ or we are heavily outpowered
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Posted 2008-December-03, 18:30

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I would bid my major on all three. Surprised people are passing on the third one, I think it is extremely obvious at favorable.


I dont know if 4S in example 3 is that obvious but its way less dangerous than in example 1. I would need to smoke fairly strong stuff to bid 4S on hand 1 and pass on hand 3. Understanding VUL and its consequence is not obvious.
From Psych "I mean, Gus and I never see eye-to-eye on work stuff.
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
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