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#1 User is offline   mikeh 

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Posted 2009-April-20, 09:38

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'A' Flt regional Swiss, two teams in contention. The auction is (2♠) P (3♣)x (3N) P (4♠) all pass.

3[C] asked for a feature, 3N showed a club stopper. The 3♣ was a psyche, as the hands suggest... and it worked.. should either player have acted?

At the other table, the more straightforward raise to 4♠ had S bidding 4N to reach 5♦

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Posted 2009-April-20, 09:41

North had a very obvious 3H overcall.

The double of 3C should be t/o of spades imo. If it showed clubs I think north should double 3N just to let partner know that something funny is going on.
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Posted 2009-April-20, 09:47

I'm not completely sure north should overcall although I can believe it. But I would also play south's double as takeout of spades, and no matter what it was I can't imagine why north wouldn't at least double 3NT.
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Posted 2009-April-20, 09:51

North has an overcall over 2♠, but I think pass is a close 2nd choice.
It don't matter much whether the dbl of 3♣ is t/o or penalty as in both cases north has a dbl of 3NT.
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Posted 2009-April-20, 09:56

jdonn, on Apr 20 2009, 10:47 AM, said:

I'm not completely sure north should overcall although I can believe it. But I would also play south's double as takeout of spades, and no matter what it was I can't imagine why north wouldn't at least double 3NT.

I agree with the double of 3N by N... but how does that get them to 5♦? maybe it should.... btw, I was the 4N bidder at the other table... EW were a new, tho expert, partnership and had not had any discussions about the meaning of the double of 3♣.
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Posted 2009-April-20, 10:02

Well I can't say I have tons of experience in a spot like this. Probably south could still bid 4NT when east runs to 4♠. Even if north and south both passed on the first round south could balance with 4NT, or 3NT over 3♠, and north would bid 5♦ in all cases.
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Posted 2009-April-20, 10:32

N could have overcalled 3♥
N could have doubled 3NT
S could have bid 4NT over 4♠

Too many 'coulds' here. The bad result is a compound of a string of decisions, all of which worked wrong. I don't blame anyone in particular. (In fact, I hardly ever blame anyone in these ATB problems :))

Ok I supposed I could say mike gets the blame :) Even if he wasn't playing.. LOL.
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