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Butler tournament, red vs white, you hold the following hand:
♠ AJ743
♥ K
♦ DT987
♣ T9
It goes pass from RHO, you pass as well, LHO opens 1♥ (5 c.maj), partner overcalls 2♣ (limited to 16hp), RHO bids 3♥ (invitational)...
Now what?
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Posted 2011-February-21, 08:44
I would opt for discretion and pass.
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Posted 2011-February-21, 09:40
I admit it's tempting but I feel like X will get us into too much trouble and we won't find the right strain a lot of the time, not to mention it puts a lot of pressure on partner, and 3♠ can't be right, so all that's left is pass.
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 2011-February-21, 13:28
Double.
On a bad day we may be a little high but many good things can happen. We could easily be making 4♠, or 4 of a minor when they are making 3♥. Though RHO's raise is invitational he needn't have many highcards and LHO opened in third seat NV so there is room for partner to have a pretty good hand.
On a bad day we may be a little high but many good things can happen. We could easily be making 4♠, or 4 of a minor when they are making 3♥. Though RHO's raise is invitational he needn't have many highcards and LHO opened in third seat NV so there is room for partner to have a pretty good hand.
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Posted 2011-February-21, 14:02
I think I'll have to pass, even with the possibility we hold the majority of the HCPs. If the hand is a misfit and RHO's bid is actually showing some values rather than just a pre-emptive raise (as described "invitational") then 4 of something X'd is going to get ugly.
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