In a style where "10HCP would be enough to open 1H with a 6 card suit", I think this is just a normal 3♥.
The only reason I might bid game is that partner may not be able to evaluate his spade holding correctly - he will think that Qx is good and a singleton is bad, whereas the opposite is true.
Wuss? Raise 1H-1S-2H
#21
Posted 2011-March-21, 15:56
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
#22
Posted 2011-March-21, 16:53
delete
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Bridge should be fun!
Bridge should be fun!
#23
Posted 2011-March-21, 16:55
delete too
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
George Carlin
#24
Posted 2011-March-21, 16:56
stop it!
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Bridge should be fun!
Bridge should be fun!
#25
Posted 2011-March-21, 17:02
I promise, when I pressed quote you hadn't deleted your post yet, or at least I didn't realise it.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
George Carlin
#26
Posted 2011-March-21, 21:53
At matchpoints I would consider a pass, but would bid 3♥'s anyway.
At imps vulnerable, I would not consider a pass. I will bid 3♥ because I want my partner's participation in the final decision.
At imps vulnerable, I would not consider a pass. I will bid 3♥ because I want my partner's participation in the final decision.
--Ben--
#27
Posted 2011-March-21, 22:15
4H is a big overbid. 3H is certainly enough.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
#28
Posted 2011-March-22, 04:30
RMB1, on 2011-March-21, 08:02, said:
IMPs (Swiss Teams, 8 board matches, last match, table 1).
If it mattters: playing Acol, weak NT, 4 card majors, "majors first". Whatever, partner has shown a minimum opener with 6 hearts, and 10HCP would be enough to open 1H with a 6 card suit.
What I did was wrong: I expect to be told it was obviously wrong.
Do the right thing and you win enough IMPs to get the silverware.
3♥.
No, 4♥ is stretching it too much.
♥Bob Herreman ♥
#29
Posted 2011-March-22, 12:01
3♥ if limited openings, otherwise 4♥
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