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Poll: What do you bid? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you bid?

  1. Pass (6 votes [21.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  2. 3N (2 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  3. 4C (14 votes [50.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  4. 5C (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  5. Others (5 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

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#1 User is offline   Viren169 

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Posted 2008-December-17, 07:03

Interesting hand that created a lot of discussion...

What do you bid with the following hand at RED playing IMPs?

♠ J
♥ K 7 5 4
♦ J
♣ K Q J 9 8 4 2

(2S) 3D (P) ?

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Posted 2008-December-17, 08:35

4♣
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Posted 2008-December-17, 09:04

sounds like an awful missfit, only reasonable games with our aceless hand are 3NT and 4♥, but they require a lot of help from partner on some way.


With my regular partners where 3♦ is STRONG I would bid 3♠ followed by 5♣, on a less serious partnership I just pass.
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Posted 2008-December-17, 15:13

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

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Posted 2008-December-17, 15:24

Add me to the 4♣ bidders.
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Posted 2008-December-17, 15:39

4♣
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Posted 2008-December-17, 18:06

Bid where I live, especially if my vacation home is a rental.
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Posted 2008-December-17, 18:12

Playing transfer advances, you have an easy 3♠ (shows clubs, pard gives priority to 3NT with a spade stop).

Without that gadget... oh well. I really dunno. 3♥ and hope for the best, I guess. I don't like 4♣. It's either 5 or nothing.
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Posted 2008-December-17, 18:59

Bah Nuno, I was hoping that you would go mad at the fact that a thread called 'Interesting Hand' is on the SAYC-2/1 B)

NOTE: I am just messing with whereagles Viren169, its fully right you post wherever you find it apropiate.
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Posted 2008-December-17, 23:03

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Posted 2008-December-18, 02:17

In many older threads, one of the Mikes had the advice: Often when a problem arose, try double or cuebid.
I guess X followed by 5 club after the TDs descission will take you to a good spot.

For ethical players, I would try 3 Spade and let partner play 3 NT. If he bids 4 Diamonds, I quit bridge and start some games where you need no partner.
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Posted 2008-December-18, 03:38

Hi,

Firstly, I must apologise to Fluffy (and others) that this is indeed the wrong forum. I am new to this forum.

Back to the problem...

Pass: seems a bit passive

4C: Is this forcing or non-forcing?

5C: Aceless hand - a bit pushy

3N: where are the spades? No raise on your right. No dble by pd

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Posted 2008-December-18, 06:25

A good problem has no answer ;)

What was the full hand?
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Posted 2008-December-18, 06:47

I also thought of 3♠ (I voted 4♣) but my hand is not very strong (especially if we have no fit), so my question is, how should partner take 3♠ and what if he repeats diamonds as someone already said?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

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


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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