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2S-p-3S-? balanced 20

Poll: 2S-p-3S-? balanced 20 (29 member(s) have cast votes)

Your call?

  1. pass (2 votes [6.90%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.90%

  2. dbl (10 votes [34.48%])

    Percentage of vote: 34.48%

  3. 3nt (17 votes [58.62%])

    Percentage of vote: 58.62%

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#1 User is offline   Stephen Tu 

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Posted 2011-February-13, 16:51



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#2 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2011-February-13, 16:45

I will try 3N but I'm hardly convinced..
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Posted 2011-February-13, 16:52

3N, I'm just afraid of losing the first two spade tricks when I double, and inevitably losing another two. I don't like 3N but it seems like the least of evils.
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Posted 2011-February-14, 04:19

I voted for double. It seems to me that for 3N to be right, we need to have 9 top tricks else they will always be able to run spades. Double requires less from partner. I am not sure what I would do if partner bids 4 of a minor. :)
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Posted 2011-February-14, 07:05

View Postmohitz, on 2011-February-14, 04:19, said:

I voted for double. It seems to me that for 3N to be right, we need to have 9 top tricks else they will always be able to run spades. Double requires less from partner. I am not sure what I would do if partner bids 4 of a minor. :)

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Posted 2011-February-14, 08:23

Normally would prefer to try 3NT but if the auction is believable I won't have time to develop any side suit tricks so I will need 9 off the top and odds are long on that so I would try X for a try at 4♥
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Posted 2011-February-14, 16:34

I hate this one. Dbl, I guess. Hard to get 9 tricks before they get theirs unless p has a long minor or a perfect 10 or so hcp. I think the chance that maybe P leaves x in and we get a good score that way persuades me to x. :unsure:
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Posted 2011-February-14, 17:00

3nt. 2 minor queens is enough to expect 3nt to come home.
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Posted 2011-February-14, 18:26

3NT, don't see any other alternative. Preempts (sometimes) works.
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Posted 2011-February-15, 08:54

3NT, I have the ♠ stopper so I should bid 3NT. Dbl commits us to playing wrongsided in a suit - bleh! - or letting them play 3♠x for whatever random result we may achieve.
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Posted 2011-February-15, 09:00

View Postmohitz, on 2011-February-14, 04:19, said:

I voted for double. It seems to me that for 3N to be right, we need to have 9 top tricks else they will always be able to run spades. Double requires less from partner. I am not sure what I would do if partner bids 4 of a minor. :)


Why can't partner have a six card minor? Why does DBL require less?
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Posted 2011-February-15, 16:04

hamman rule applies.
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