[dkharty]

jjbrr, on Mar 23 2010, 09:38 AM, said:

It sounded to me like he was very unhappy getting few matchpoints and was looking for excuses to bid more.

No, TimG is correct. I wasn't upset at all about our result on the board...I was simply suprised more people weren't in the same contract, and as TimG suggested, I was curious whether A) my initial judgment was correct, and B) whether the strength of the field would/should factor into the decision about whether to take any action with this hand or not. I've been on both sides of the "rub of the green" hands too many times to get too worked up about any single result, as I'm sure you have too.

[TimG]

My opinion regarding strength of field is that you should not pay much attention to it. If you're playing in a weak field, the purpose is probably to practice for "real" events rather than beat the field. You'll get better practice in if you do the right thing.

[Siegmund]

Really easy pass. Might make, might go off one.

If partner has anything like a favorable-vulnerability 3C bid, 3NT is gonna be slightly worse than 0%.

R/W it's actually an interesting question - between seeing if partner has 3 spades or just gambling on 3NT.

Edited to add: I see you've posted the hand. Even in 2nd seat that's a super-max for favorable 3C and you STILL need misdefence to make anything. If partner's a trick worse that that you wouldn't have a prayer.