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Do you make a trial Bid ?

Poll: Do you bid : (11 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you bid :

  1. Pass (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  2. 2NT (4 votes [36.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 36.36%

  3. 4H (5 votes [45.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 45.45%

  4. Other (2 votes [18.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.18%

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#1 User is offline   dellache 

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Posted 2009-October-07, 13:01

You have
Scoring: IMP
and the sequence starts 1♥ 2♥ (you dont play 1♥ 1NT as F1, so 2♥ is 6-9)
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Posted 2009-October-07, 23:17

I like 2NT, aiming for 3N.
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Posted 2009-October-10, 02:50

Postmortem : if you bid 4♥ you reached a noplay game facing the two minor queens and the ♠K. That's why my pard did.

I think 4♥ is a hasty bid because :
  • if your p isn't able to bid 4♥ on a trial bid, I doubt you can make 4 ;
  • If on 2NT your p bids 3NT, your are probably in the best game with your 2 "useless" minor jacks.

Come to think about it, even 10xxx xxx Axxx Ax isn't enough to make 4♥ (not that I suggest bidding 3NT/2NT on this hand)

In the postmortem, my P told me he bid it because :
  • He thought other table would bid it (the poll shows it's OK)
  • We were "the stronger" team, and if the game was on because of tricky cardplay, or misdefence, he wanted to be in game ;

I still think that 2NT is the RIGHT bid because you need to explore for 3NT.
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