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Thought experiment

Poll: which major will it be? (33 member(s) have cast votes)

which major will it be?

  1. 4H (30 votes [90.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 90.91%

  2. 4S (3 votes [9.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.09%

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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2009-August-05, 05:38

You probably misbid but there are no undos now.

1♥-1♠
3♥-3♠
4♦* COG!

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Posted 2009-August-05, 06:22

I don't think I've misbid, and I now bid 4♥, because my spades are no better than partner will already expect.
... 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-August-05, 06:24

I might have PASSed 3♥ unless I play some gadget in which 3♥ shows three-card spade support which incidentally I do play.

Now I bid 4♥ since 3♠ on this auction (in standard) will frequently be based on six spades.

4♦ is a cute agreement as COG.
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Posted 2009-August-05, 06:26

Hearts. To protect partner's holdings (minor factor) and also to avoid any awkward ruffs + needing to draw trumps at the same time if spades are trumps.
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Posted 2009-August-05, 06:37

♠AK will work as dummy
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Posted 2009-August-05, 08:08

Yes, agree 4♥ and happy with the auction.
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2009-August-07, 03:52

Not surprisingly, 4♥ is good and 4♠ is (very) bad.

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At the table partner bid 4♠ because we had no cog (hence thread title).
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Posted 2009-August-07, 15:33

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