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#21
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Posted 2010-January-24, 20:58
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
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Posted 2010-January-25, 06:07
PFormaini, on Jan 25 2010, 11:22 AM, said:
PASS.
Why bid 1♠ and possibly prevent the OPPONENTS from playing in their 4-4 or 4-3 fit?
Why bid 1♠ and possibly prevent the OPPONENTS from playing in their 4-4 or 4-3 fit?
If partner has no 5 hearts, they have a SURE Heart fit. So they will not play in ourt 5 card suit. So, why should they easily find their Heart fit at the lowest level?
Pass is bad.
I had tried 1 ♠ and found it pretty obvious. Kens points about 1 NT are not bad either, maybe I will try it next time.
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Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
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Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
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Posted 2010-January-25, 14:46
I'd bid 1♠
OK
bed
bed
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Posted 2010-January-25, 16:49
3♣ for me.
I don't buy the "I wanna be in game if pard has a bal 18-19 with spades" argument because such a hand has an average of 5 cover cards and we got 9 losers.
1♠ does get us to a cheaper sacrifice in spades though....
I don't buy the "I wanna be in game if pard has a bal 18-19 with spades" argument because such a hand has an average of 5 cover cards and we got 9 losers.
1♠ does get us to a cheaper sacrifice in spades though....
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Posted 2010-January-26, 04:02
It would take a lot of evidence to convince me that is it losing bridge to just make a normal disciplined pass with this hand. Bids like 1♠ and 1 NT seem like crap shoots, failing as often as they succeed, and are very destructive of partnership trust when they fail. I'll regret 3♣ when P bids 3NT, and I have to pull to 4♣. I mean, I like to bid, but there have to be some limits-- don't there? 
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Posted 2010-January-26, 09:09
bftboy, on Jan 26 2010, 05:02 AM, said:
It would take a lot of evidence to convince me that is it losing bridge to just make a normal disciplined pass with this hand. Bids like 1♠ and 1 NT seem like crap shoots, failing as often as they succeed, and are very destructive of partnership trust when they fail. I'll regret 3♣ when P bids 3NT, and I have to pull to 4♣. I mean, I like to bid, but there have to be some limits-- don't there?
why would partner do something idiotic like bid 3NT? And the reason you turn the hand into a crap shoot is because it introduces noise into the opps communications.
"Tell me of your home world, Usul"
the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
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Posted 2010-January-26, 11:02
When I held this hand I thought I had 2 realistic options:
1♠ and 3♣
I chose the latter.
IMO the disciplined passers sympathize with WW too much.
For the record, here's the whole hand... partner doesn't even have 18-19
1♠ and 3♣
I chose the latter.
IMO the disciplined passers sympathize with WW too much.
For the record, here's the whole hand... partner doesn't even have 18-19
Kevin Fay
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Posted 2010-January-26, 12:12
Prefer 3♣. Even if we have a 5-4 spade fit, we do have a double to our right and our spades are weak. 3♣ pays off if partner is able to bid 5♣ profitably.
Second choice is obv 1♠ - don't understand pass.
Second choice is obv 1♠ - don't understand pass.
Michael Askgaard