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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2009-March-14, 09:48

Scoring: IMP

2/1 p? ok p


How would you bid this hand? East will bid 2♥ on the second round of bidding if he has the chance.

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Posted 2009-March-14, 13:31

How can West bid 2♥ on his second turn?

1♠ - p - 1NT - p
2♠ - 2♥???
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Posted 2009-March-14, 13:36

I think North was dealer and it was East who bid 2♥.
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Posted 2009-March-14, 13:37

1N, 4N with the north hand. Choice of minor games.
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Posted 2009-March-14, 14:54

WEST should never have a chance to bid 2H on the second round, as others have already said. If he could have bid 2H, then the NS bidding was in error already.
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Posted 2009-March-14, 17:02

I would bid 2D with the north hand, not 1NT.
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Posted 2009-March-14, 19:08

N is dealer and E bid 2♥. sorry everyone. edited now. Helene is right.
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Posted 2009-March-15, 02:40

We open 4NT with the north hand.
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Posted 2009-March-15, 04:12

Cascade, on Mar 15 2009, 09:40 AM, said:

We open 4NT with the north hand.

That's one of the options :lol:
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Posted 2009-March-15, 05:42

Cascade, on Mar 15 2009, 03:40 AM, said:

We open 4NT with the north hand.

We don't because for us (and I think this is closer to standard than 4N for the minors) 4N asks for specific Aces... sure it is rare, but then 4N announcing 6-6 or better, with a goodish hand, isn't common either :lol:
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Posted 2009-March-16, 02:10

I'll open 1♦ with North hand, and the bidding could go something like:

1♦ -(p) -1♠-(p)
2♣-(2♥)-dbl-(p)
3♣-(p)-3♠-(p)
4♣-(p)-4♦-(p)....
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Posted 2009-March-16, 02:28

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We don't because for us (and I think this is closer to standard than 4N for the minors) 4N asks for specific Aces... sure it is rare, but then 4N announcing 6-6 or better, with a goodish hand, isn't common either


I have played 4NT as asking for specific aces for about 10 years. It came up once. The last 5 years I've played 4NT as minors. It came up 7 times. And 6 from 7 times it was a great score! I prefer conventions that actually come up.

An interesting one was where partner opened 4NT and I was contemplating 7, correctly figuring out that partner had forgotten that 5♥ asks for his void (if any, we can have 6511) and just signed off in 6♦. Made an overtrick. +1390.

The other table never got close to slam and finally hacked 5♥ for 2 off. +300.
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