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Reopen?

Poll: You would: (26 member(s) have cast votes)

You would:

  1. 1. Reopen with X of course (1 votes [3.85%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.85%

  2. 2. Reopen with X I suppose (7 votes [26.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.92%

  3. 3. Pass, I think (4 votes [15.38%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.38%

  4. 4. Pass unless I have been drinking (13 votes [50.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  5. 5. Reopen with something other than a double (1 votes [3.85%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.85%

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#1 User is offline   kenberg 

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Posted 2010-February-03, 09:45

Scoring: IMP

1♦ 1♠ P P
?


Note: The first few responses were given to an incorrectly posted auction. Ignore them.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 10:56

I am quite conservative in this position but passing would not occur to me.

1NT should cover this strength and I do have a spade stopper and a small doubleton in an unbid suit.

Oops I recognize the hand, it should be
1♦-(1♠)-p-(p)
then I pass
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Posted 2010-February-03, 11:20

Ignore this. Problem corrected
OK
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Posted 2010-February-03, 11:25

On the bidding given, I wait for LHO to make his opening lead.

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Posted 2010-February-03, 11:43

If it's 1♠ P P P, d'oh!

If it's 1♠ P P, double could work but 1NT is what I have so I bid it.

If it's 1♦ 1♠ P P, very easy pass.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 12:00

kenberg, on Feb 3 2010, 10:45 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

1♠ P P P
?

assuming the auction is fixed to (1♠) P (P) then I would use 1NT as showing a balanced hand 13-15

EDIT: If as others suggest the auction was 1♦ (1♠) P (P) then I protect and get ready to pass 2♣
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Posted 2010-February-03, 12:09

oops oops oops!
This may be why I get bad results, I can't report the bidding!
It is now fixed
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Posted 2010-February-03, 12:12

easy pass
OK
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Posted 2010-February-03, 12:19

Add the Club Ace instead of a low one, and I reopen with 1NT. Put the lowest spade in the club suit, and I reopen with X, even though partner didn't neg double on first round (maybe he will pass). But I am a bean counter at heart and with 3 spades and a minimum, pass seems right.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 12:33

I would pass even if I was drinking.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 14:11

Reopening with 1N shows a hand too strong to open 1N. With a weak NT hand type you are supposed to pass. So...pass.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 14:22

OK, thanks. I did reopen. -200 against -110 was not a disaster but not a success either.


I have been passing out more hands than in my earlier life but I guess I can pass out a few more.
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Posted 2010-February-03, 15:04

PhantomSac, on Feb 3 2010, 09:11 PM, said:

Reopening with 1N shows a hand too strong to open 1N. With a weak NT hand type you are supposed to pass. So...pass.

Yeah but in the original problem you hadn't opened
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Posted 2010-February-03, 15:36

yes, I might have re-read the original erroneous posting when I saw the 1NT
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Posted 2010-February-03, 16:52

It seems most of the posters realized there was something amiss with the original.

The title of the string used the word "reopen", not "balance". It is hard to reopen unless one has opened. So, we could pretty much guess that the auction was 1D (1S) P (P) --back to you.
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Posted 2010-February-04, 04:30

1D 1S pass pass

If pard is the sort of person who bids on any excuse, you have to pass. Otherwise I guess you could try 1NT, if you're sure pard would take it as 13-14 (if not sure, just pass).
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Posted 2010-February-04, 04:34

lol, what are you doing with 18-19 if 1NT is 13-14?
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Posted 2010-February-04, 05:00

Nuno always jumps to game with 18-19- why do you ask?
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Posted 2010-February-04, 11:49

Codo, on Feb 4 2010, 06:00 AM, said:

Nuno always jumps to game with 18-19- why do you ask?

haha that was funny
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