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98xx 9x T97xx xx.
Imps white vs red, starting on left:
1D X p ?
I passed
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Posted 2009-July-12, 18:30
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Posted 2009-July-12, 18:35
I'd bid 1♠, even on 3 cards, selling out in 1♦ when partner could be cold for 12 tricks in his suit is a bit of a gamble.
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Posted 2009-July-12, 18:36
I understand the pass but disagree with it. Presumably partner has a good hand and you don't want to encourage her by bidding 1S. My comment is that to pass with hands like this is to doublecross your partner.
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Posted 2009-July-12, 18:42
I passed hoping to get a digittt
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Posted 2009-July-12, 18:43
Can't think of anything more clever than 1♠.
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Posted 2009-July-12, 19:00
w/r you just can't pass and give up 200 point overtricks. Obvious 1♠.
Much tougher r/w.
Much tougher r/w.
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Posted 2009-July-12, 19:15
four spades? white vs red? are you kidding!?
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Posted 2009-July-12, 19:21
1♠ wtp
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Posted 2009-July-12, 20:38
LOL
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Posted 2009-July-12, 21:58
Jlall, on Jul 12 2009, 07:42 PM, said:
I passed hoping to get a digittt
which finger did you get?
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Posted 2009-July-13, 03:37
You probably expected your partner to have xxx AJ98 Kxx AQx.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2009-July-13, 06:50
gnasher, on Jul 13 2009, 04:37 AM, said:
You probably expected your partner to have xxx AJ98 Kxx AQx.
Thank you Andy.
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Posted 2009-July-13, 09:14
xcurt, on Jul 13 2009, 07:50 AM, said:
gnasher, on Jul 13 2009, 04:37 AM, said:
You probably expected your partner to have xxx AJ98 Kxx AQx.
Thank you Andy.
Hopefully 1♠ is a good save. Thank goodness for the vul.
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Posted 2009-July-13, 10:20
I can wait no longer to see the full hand
1S is obv IMHO
1S is obv IMHO
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Posted 2009-July-13, 10:21
no one gets 1100
OK
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Posted 2009-July-13, 11:25
1♠ WTP.
If you pass, the digittt (sic) that you will get will probably be the middle one from partner.
If you pass, the digittt (sic) that you will get will probably be the middle one from partner.
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Posted 2009-July-13, 13:19
One advantage to following the law, and respond 2♠ with something like 6 hcp, is that partner will know you're quite broke, when you reply 1♠, which is a wtp? for me.
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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.
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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.
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Posted 2009-July-13, 14:25
lol, don't feed the troll.
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Posted 2009-July-13, 14:31
MFA, on Jul 13 2009, 10:25 PM, said:
lol, don't feed the troll.
Me or OP?
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Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. Or the ninth trumph.
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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-July-13, 15:19
MFA, on Jul 13 2009, 03:25 PM, said:
lol, don't feed the troll.
? This is a real hand and I passed. Maybe you think this is a horrible bid, as I expected most would. I have talked to at least one regular forum poster and convinced him that how I thought about this hand was good, and that passing was indeed right (he also thought I was insane to begin with.) I posted this hand so that maybe you could try to think outside the box. I know you are also a very good player, but it doesn't mean I'm trolling for posting a hand you don't understand.
Results: +1100. Partner had a balanced 21. Is this really that unexpected except for how large the plus was?