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Double and bid 4S is my approach.
BIG hand AKQJxxxxxx in spades
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Posted 2004-June-02, 16:49
flytoox, on May 31 2004, 07:18 PM, said:
mishovnbg, on May 30 2004, 09:29 AM, said:
3♥ asking for stopper with solid suit followed by 4NT BW if it is available, else reached level ♠, doesn't matter how high.
Misho
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are u sure, misho? pd will respond 3N with the heart king. if u bid 4N then and pd has no ace, u r down for sure.
Yes, sure, I will bid 4NT, if opps will be so nice to allow it
. Can I go down? Oh, yes, not first time 
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Posted 2004-June-03, 02:44
jahol, on May 30 2004, 03:12 AM, said:
In Bridgebase Main club, I got this hand:
AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.
My RHO opened 1H. What would real expert bid when nonvulnerable/nonvulnerable?
Jahol
AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.
My RHO opened 1H. What would real expert bid when nonvulnerable/nonvulnerable?
Jahol
I bid 6♠ in IMPs. As Edgar Kaplan said: Bid as high as you want to go anyway.
In MP is every bluff vom pass to 3NT avaible depending on the skill of opponents and what I did them last week.
As opener I would bid 4NT (ACOL asking for Aces).
Don't like such distributions, because don't like to play lotterie.
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Posted 2004-June-03, 05:56
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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.
Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.
We call this walking the dog.
How else do you expect to get doubled?
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Posted 2004-June-03, 08:27
NotButter, on Jun 4 2004, 12:56 AM, said:
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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.
Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.
We call this walking the dog.
How else do you expect to get doubled?
NotButter
with all due respect - WHAT bid are you passing HOPING to get into auction later??? and what breed of dog are you walking?
( THIS is a JOKE 
FOR anyone who thinks I am asking a SERIOUS question as to dog breed 
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Posted 2004-June-03, 08:50
NotButter, on Jun 3 2004, 12:56 PM, said:
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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.
Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.
We call this walking the dog.
How else do you expect to get doubled?
NotButter
Walking the dog is more like bidding 1♠, followed by 2♠, next is 3♠ (not giving up) and finally 4♠, hoping to get doubled at any contract from 2♠ on...
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Posted 2004-June-03, 17:01
NotButter, on Jun 3 2004, 09:56 PM, said:
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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.
Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.
We call this walking the dog.
How else do you expect to get doubled?
NotButter
No we call this playing a cold game or slam in 3S and losing a partner in the process.
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Posted 2004-June-03, 17:38
Hope you guys carry a pooper-scooper around with you...
alex xx
(For all of you who dont know what a pooper-scooper is, not the first time what i have said not been understood )
alex xx
(For all of you who dont know what a pooper-scooper is, not the first time what i have said not been understood
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Posted 2004-July-01, 15:30
with no discussion in prior, I would just walk the dog, pass, hope I can
make an educated guess later.
If people do want to handle crazy hand in a rational manner(I don't
know if it's possible at all). how about we try 3♥ cue first and pull
it to 4♠ later?
3♥ cue then 4NT is no good in that first it's confusing, second,as
many have pointed out, it went down if pd had no ace. I agree we
all have bid contract which had no play, zero play. But that doesn't give
us excuse to indulge ourselves.
make an educated guess later.
If people do want to handle crazy hand in a rational manner(I don't
know if it's possible at all). how about we try 3♥ cue first and pull
it to 4♠ later?
3♥ cue then 4NT is no good in that first it's confusing, second,as
many have pointed out, it went down if pd had no ace. I agree we
all have bid contract which had no play, zero play. But that doesn't give
us excuse to indulge ourselves.
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Posted 2004-July-01, 22:27
Each hand is supposed to be played exactly 16 times. I'm not sure if this changes in a tournament setting when an event has more than one section. Uday could answer this latter question.
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Posted 2004-July-02, 05:52
Is there anyone playing Namyats overcalls (and 3NT broken minor overcalls)?
Here the hand promises one and 1/2 more tricks than namyats but I wonder whether bidding 4♦ (Namyats for spades) and then giving pard a free raise to 5♠ would describe the hand (1/2 extra tricks)
Here the hand promises one and 1/2 more tricks than namyats but I wonder whether bidding 4♦ (Namyats for spades) and then giving pard a free raise to 5♠ would describe the hand (1/2 extra tricks)
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Posted 2004-July-05, 10:50
Trpltrbl, on May 31 2004, 11:12 PM, said:
EarlPurple, on May 31 2004, 09:05 AM, said:
There's a lot to be said for a simple 4♠ pre-empt. Yes, you might miss a slam, but the opponents can exchange a lot less information, and maybe even one of them will gamble to bid on when it's wrong.
At IMPs you don't gain all that much by getting doubled. 5 imps, assuming there are no overtricks. But you have a lot to lose if the opps judge correctly.
At IMPs you don't gain all that much by getting doubled. 5 imps, assuming there are no overtricks. But you have a lot to lose if the opps judge correctly.
I don't think a 4♠ preempt is going to do the job for you. If you think this is a preempt, at least preempt at 5 level then, possibly even 6 level.
You bidding 4 ♠ ain't stopping nobody, expect pd.
Mike
ok, partner has
x
KQxx
QJxx
J9xx
So I'm not stopping anyone?
or partner has
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KQTxx
QJxx
J9xx
and my LHO, holding x AJ9xxx AKxx Kx and not going to be pre-empted, comes in with 5♥. (Wouldn't you?) And if you doubled on that hand and your partner bid 5♣ (as he would holding 6 of them) would you "correct" it?
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