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Another overcall question do you?

#1 User is offline   mohitz 

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  Posted 2010-September-18, 09:47

♠xx ♥xx ♦AKxxx ♣AKxx

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Posted 2010-September-18, 09:54

yes, 3♦
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Posted 2010-September-18, 10:00

Since the question was "do you?" as opposed to "should you?", my answer is no. Maybe I should (according to the respected majority), but I wouldn't ---at any vul.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 10:03

No thanks, I pass.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 10:09

Yup, 3D at any colors.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 10:32

I bid. Not totally safe but I think I'm just too strong to pass when there is something reasonable to do.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 10:51

jdonn, on Sep 18 2010, 11:32 AM, said:

I bid. Not totally safe but I think I'm just too strong to pass when there is something reasonable to do.

We agree.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 12:37

I really hate overcalling 3m without 6 but I think we are just too good to pass.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 12:40

3♦.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 13:44

I do. I am prepared to hate myself for it afterward.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 14:05

AK AK is too good to pass. Unless they're playing Muidenberg?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2010-September-18, 14:09

pass V, 3♦ NV
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Posted 2010-September-18, 14:26

Bid 3♦. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. :)
 
 
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Posted 2010-September-18, 14:37

finally a good hand for kgr style 1NT overcalls over 1♠.

Too bad opps opened 2 :(
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Posted 2010-September-18, 15:26

I do but with fear and loathing.

I can count on my regular pard to balance aggressively but not with the assortment of quacks she rates to have.

The frequency of going for the big one vs them stealing a half dozen imps could be a simulation that would change my mind.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 17:56

3♦
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 18:48

3♦, all vulnerabilities & scoring. You can lose big swings by being passive, too.
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Posted 2010-September-18, 19:05

Definitely not. Bidding a minor at the 3 level shows a better suit than this one.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 03:05

3D for me

gwnn, on Sep 18 2010, 10:37 PM, said:

finally a good hand for kgr style 1NT overcalls over 1♠.

Too bad opps opened 2 :)

Most of the problems posted here on the forums that ask (1x)-?? will work better with the system that I play then with standard system.
I don't say that most of the problems after (1x)-?? will work better with the system that I play then with standard system.
f.i:
http://forums.bridge...topic=41707&hl=
(1♣)-1♠ = 4c♠ and better ♦'s
http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...=0&#entry498352
(1♠)-2♦=4c♥ and better ♦'s
http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...=0&#entry498788
(1♣)-1♠ = 4c♠ and better ♦'s
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Posted 2010-September-19, 08:51

3♦ unless you have agreed to not open all hands holding only an AK; A combination :)
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