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#1 User is offline   vitorlopes 

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Posted 2009-July-06, 07:53

On a recent online play I received this hand:

♠Q5
♥A975
♦65
♣AJ852

Bidding goes like this:

OPP1 ME OPP2 PARTNER
Pass Pass 1♦ Pass
Pass 2♣ Pass 2NT
Pass ?

Some Marty Bergen fans (like me ;) ) would open my hand but (unfortunately) that day I didn't and decided to wait for further developments. After my 2♣ balancing bid, my partner came up with a 2NT bid. What now? What 2NT means for you on this bidding ?
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  Posted 2009-July-06, 08:39

2NT means that partner thinks we might be making 3NT if my hand is maximum.
Since my hand is maximum (for some , more than maximum :) ) I will accept, though maybe 3♥ is better than direct 3NT , since we might belong in 4♥.
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Posted 2009-July-06, 08:52

3NT.

Partner invites to game facing a passed hand, I have a max.
I accept the invitation.
If you want a number for partner, he showes 13-15HCP, a bal.
hand and a diamond stopper.

With kind regards
Marlowe

PS: 3H is better than 3NT.
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Posted 2009-July-06, 09:04

Hi pigeon

3♥. As a passed hand couldn´t be a reverse :)

My guess is pard had an opening balanced hand with Diamonds and decided to pass at his 1st turn. 2NT is a weary and good bid, because you could have bid 2 Clubs with less then your good 11 pts.
So, nothing to lose bidding 3Hearts "en route" to 3NT, trying to catch a possible Heart fit.
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Posted 2009-July-06, 14:45

3♥, although 3NT is reasonable.
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Posted 2009-July-06, 15:28

3N is simply lazy, there is no reason not to check for a 4-4 heart fit.
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Posted 2009-July-06, 22:34

3H. Passing is gross and there is plenty of hands where 4H is better than 3Nt.
From Psych "I mean, Gus and I never see eye-to-eye on work stuff.
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
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Posted 2009-July-06, 22:49

3H. Can't see any reason to bid anything else.
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Posted 2009-July-22, 03:16

You're certainly forcing to game and playing with a pickup partner, a natural 3H bid seems most sensible. But what about 3D?

With a bit more discussion it makes sense to use 3D as a major inquiry (on a hand like this) which leaves 3H to be used on very shapely hands (with serious interest in a different strain). Of course the meaning of 3D/3H is easily reversible.
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Posted 2009-July-22, 03:25

deleted silly stuff... :P

This post has been edited by Codo: 2009-July-22, 06:56

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Posted 2009-July-22, 04:53

LHO opened the bidding - not partner.
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Posted 2009-July-24, 08:18

What does 2NT mean? For me it means I am going to bid 3NT
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Posted 2009-July-24, 08:45

I think lazy is the perfect word to describe 3NT as opposed to 3♥. Or it means this hand thinks his partner is terrible.
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