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Ok, imps, long match. You deal and pick up this hand. If at this vulnerabiity you would only consider pass, please skip the thread. This is for the wild and wooly player. Let's say you despite two other places you might play this hand (either major), and despite your horrible suit, the urge to preempt is just too darn strong so you decide you are going to bid 3♦ with this hand. .
First question is do you alert your bid? If so what do you alert? Do you alert all your preempts (if you alert this one, I guess you have to alert all)? What if your partner knows that your first seat not-vul versus vul preempts can be very wide ranging, from this weak to close to normal? Would you alert then.
I did not alert. My opponents were angry that I did not alert (not sure what I alert... should I say, 3♦ = weak hand with ♦, maybe weaker than most people expect? Anyway, auction at out table was....
West North East South
- - - 3♦
Pass Pass Dbl Pass
3♠ Pass Pass Pass
The full hand and auction at the second table was....
West North East South
- - - Pass
1♣ 1♥ 2♥ 4♥
4♠ 5♥ Dbl Pass
Pass Pass
As you can see 3 or 4♠ are both very unsuccessful. At our table, partner lead a ♣Q and we cross ruffed ♦ and club for 3♠ down two. At the other table our partners bid 4♠ and if that was doubled, we would be in a world of hurt, but NS came to our rescue by bidding 5♥. This should be down three but the defense was not up to par, so only down two.
My opponents, particularily EAST who held all those nice ♦ and doubled 3♦ kept questioning what 3♦ was AFTER the auction was over (and could actually see my hand btw). Then insisted that I need to alert. Maybe so, the hand before I had opened 3♦ as well, but there I was in second seat, not first. The hand was...
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West North East South
- - Pass 3♦
3♠ 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
Zar would be disappointed I preempted with that hand. In first or third seat I would open 1♦. But my second seat preempts are "textbook" sound. The difference between the top hand and this hand was, 1) the vulnerability, and 2) the position of the bid (first versus second seat). How should I express this to the opponents... if I alert, second seat alert as "sound", first seat not-vul versus vul, alert as "can be very weak".
Comments.
Ben