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Posted 2010-March-18, 19:20
What are you bidding?
I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.
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Posted 2010-March-18, 19:53
I'm bidding 5♣.
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Posted 2010-March-18, 20:00
No. I don't have a plan. At my age, I would forget what it was when the auction came back around. So I just bid 5C, so I can see what I did and don't have to remember why.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
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Posted 2010-March-18, 20:09
Some thoughts: I really only believe 2 bids are sensible, 2C and 5C, (3C also if we play IJOs, which would be great on this hand). Both have disadvantages. 2C allows the opps to find their S fit if they have one, however as I am void in S, it would appear that S should break badly and they won't have much joy in a high level S contract. 5C on the other hand, could be right and could be very wrong.
I am going to go slowly on this hand, which goes against my natural instinct. I will bid 2C and be prepared to bid clubs again and again. 5C could well be right and if partner bid it, I certainly could not criticize.
I am going to go slowly on this hand, which goes against my natural instinct. I will bid 2C and be prepared to bid clubs again and again. 5C could well be right and if partner bid it, I certainly could not criticize.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2010-March-18, 21:23
I more or less agree with Ron, however my experience on this kind of hands is that often partner just has 3 spades and the spades ain't braking that badly, and I don't imagine me selling out to 4♥/♠, 3NT looks highly unlikelly so what is left is 5♣.
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Posted 2010-March-28, 17:12
I m bidding 2 clubs.
Olivier.
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Posted 2010-March-28, 17:23
5C of course.
nothing compares
nothing compares
to it.
(and i X everythinggg that comes back to me)
nothing compares
nothing compares
to it.
(and i X everythinggg that comes back to me)
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
George Carlin
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Posted 2010-March-28, 20:21
I'll start with 2C, my hand is too good to want to preempt and not good enough to blast 5C to begin with to make.
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