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Your vul vs not opponents have jammed you up. Do you double, settle for 4 hearts, or try and investigate slam? Any special treatments here?
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Posted 2009-May-29, 01:49
Your vul vs not opponents have jammed you up. Do you double, settle for 4 hearts, or try and investigate slam? Any special treatments here?
Chris Gibson
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Posted 2009-May-29, 01:57
4H.
The problem comes next round.
I am not going to look for slam, I am not going to double
(partner will never give me 5 card support), 4H is what
is left.
If 5C comes back, I will X, not feeling to happy about it.
With kind regards
Marlowe
The problem comes next round.
I am not going to look for slam, I am not going to double
(partner will never give me 5 card support), 4H is what
is left.
If 5C comes back, I will X, not feeling to happy about it.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
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Posted 2009-May-29, 02:50
Agree with P_Marlowe.. clear 4H for me
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Posted 2009-May-29, 09:27
4♥, hope it makes.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2009-May-29, 09:32
This is a somewhat ironic situation. When RHO bids 4♣, we lose space to explore slam, but we also don't like slam chances all that much. For, we expect partner to have two clubs, where our stiff loses value.
Change the call to 3♣, and we not only get more space but we also like slam chances more. Now, we expect partner to have five hearts without a loser, three clubs compressed into one loser, and five more cards with two covers against those cards. Give partner two more interesting cards (spade Queen, diamond Ace), and we already may have play for six (maybe the fourth spade comes in).
I mean, compare:
♠Qxx ♥K10xxx ♦Axx ♣xx
♠Qxx ♥K10xxx ♦Ax ♣xxx
Change the call to 3♣, and we not only get more space but we also like slam chances more. Now, we expect partner to have five hearts without a loser, three clubs compressed into one loser, and five more cards with two covers against those cards. Give partner two more interesting cards (spade Queen, diamond Ace), and we already may have play for six (maybe the fourth spade comes in).
I mean, compare:
♠Qxx ♥K10xxx ♦Axx ♣xx
♠Qxx ♥K10xxx ♦Ax ♣xxx
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Posted 2009-May-29, 09:36
Looks like a routine 4♥ call to me.
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Posted 2009-May-29, 09:37
4♥ is pretty obvious.
At first I read the OP as 1♥ - (4♣) - ? which makes it a much tougher problem.
At first I read the OP as 1♥ - (4♣) - ? which makes it a much tougher problem.
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Posted 2009-May-29, 10:07
Wish I had 4♦ available as a good raise. (It would probably set up a force, but thats fine, even though 5♣ might make on a rainy day.)
As it is, I have to settle for 4♥.
As it is, I have to settle for 4♥.
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Best Regards Ole Berg
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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:
- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.
Gnasher
Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. Or the ninth trumph.
Best Regards Ole Berg
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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:
- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.
Gnasher
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Posted 2009-May-29, 10:24
Thanks. Was a sanity check, p had perfect cards (QT9x, KQxxx, AK, xx) to make slam laydown, but no real way to investigate.
Chris Gibson
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Posted 2009-May-29, 11:16
4H.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-May-29, 12:59
4♥ 24/7
Kind regards,
Harald
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Posted 2009-May-29, 13:00
I think this is a clear hand to invite slam with. 
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."
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Posted 2009-May-29, 13:50
OleBerg, on May 29 2009, 11:07 AM, said:
Wish I had 4♦ available as a good raise. (It would probably set up a force, but thats fine, even though 5♣ might make on a rainy day.)
As it is, I have to settle for 4♥.
As it is, I have to settle for 4♥.
Good idea, 'Last Train' in competition. How often do we want to introduce a new suit at the 4 level when pard overcalls ?
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Posted 2009-May-29, 15:50
4♥
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