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1D!-1H"
2H£-??
! Guarantees 4 diamonds
" Raises systemically deny a 4cM
£ may only be 3 card support (if any 5431, 6331 with bad 6 card suit or occasionally balanced with xx somewhere)
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try pass or blast 6-4 bid more
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Posted 2010-January-25, 10:33
Sitting West:
1D!-1H"
2H£-??
! Guarantees 4 diamonds
" Raises systemically deny a 4cM
£ may only be 3 card support (if any 5431, 6331 with bad 6 card suit or occasionally balanced with xx somewhere)
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Posted 2010-January-25, 11:02
support ask.
max with 3 I try 5♦.
min with 3 I try 3♦ natural.
4 I try 4♥.
this is a nonexpert train of thought but I found that at this stage of my bridge playing career the expert bids I try never work like on vugraph.
max with 3 I try 5♦.
min with 3 I try 3♦ natural.
4 I try 4♥.
this is a nonexpert train of thought but I found that at this stage of my bridge playing career the expert bids I try never work like on vugraph.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
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Posted 2010-January-25, 14:29
3D, natural and forcing for one round. But I have never heard that it could be a LSGT for hearts and I would never agree to play it that way.
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Posted 2010-January-25, 14:30
we need to know how many trumps partner has
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Posted 2010-January-25, 18:14
Jlall, on Jan 25 2010, 03:30 PM, said:
we need to know how many trumps partner has
You bet we do!!! and hopefully that is what 2♠ conventionally requests or you can subtract 1 from that list.
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Posted 2010-January-26, 03:15
well it says it's a support ask. what else could it request?
2NT=doesn't support Donald Trump
3♣=support the clubbing of baby seals
3♦=support the acquisition of blood diamonds from Africa
3♥=support heart transplant patients
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nice
2NT=doesn't support Donald Trump
3♣=support the clubbing of baby seals
3♦=support the acquisition of blood diamonds from Africa
3♥=support heart transplant patients
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nice
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
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Posted 2010-January-26, 06:58
2S asks for number of trumps then that is the call. I am not going to attempt 4H on the 4-3.
Hey leave our seals out of this!!!
Hey leave our seals out of this!!!
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Posted 2010-January-26, 08:55
Assuming 2♥ means four, I am torn apart between 3♥ and 4♥, but I think I'll settle for 3. Opps are less likely to balance when they could push us to a makeable game. Pass is out of the question as opps are going to wake up, and balance with their ♠. This makes any number of ♦ even worse, as opps will then know both their fits.
If partner promised only 3 hearts I curse our system, and pass.
If partner promised only 3 hearts I curse our system, and pass.
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Posted 2010-January-26, 11:42
why don't you read the opening post? maybe it says there if partner promised 3 or 4.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
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Posted 2010-January-27, 09:57
manudude03, on Jan 25 2010, 05:33 PM, said:
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Sitting West:
1D!-1H"
2H£-??
! Guarantees 4 diamonds
" Raises systemically deny a 4cM
£ may only be 3 card support (if any 5431, 6331 with bad 6 card suit or occasionally balanced with xx somewhere)
If I hold six diamonds and 6 HCP and partner has a minimum raise, he will not have 5 or 6 diamonds. With half the deck and at most 2 diamonds between them, the opponents would have been bidding at any vulnerability.
Never say never, but I will bet that partner has precisely four diamonds.
If partner has precisely four diamonds, he will have four hearts (unless he has three hearts and a small doubleton in which case the doubleton is probably in clubs). Since I am 99% sure that partner has four hearts, there is absolutely no need to ask and tip off the opponents that I have exactly four of them. I will just look as if I hold a 13 point balanced hand with 5 hearts and I will bid 4♥.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
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