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What should South do now?
Suppose you passed to learn if W held diamonds, planning to discount your KD if so, but to bid further if not.
1. Appreciate comments on the approach
2. What to bid now?
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Good spades Two bidding decisions
#1
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Posted 2011-March-21, 10:29
Swiss teams. Playing pretty standard 2/1 with pickup partner.
What should South do now?
Suppose you passed to learn if W held diamonds, planning to discount your KD if so, but to bid further if not.
1. Appreciate comments on the approach
2. What to bid now?
What should South do now?
Suppose you passed to learn if W held diamonds, planning to discount your KD if so, but to bid further if not.
1. Appreciate comments on the approach
2. What to bid now?
#2
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Posted 2011-March-21, 13:22
It would be interesting to know what West's minor is, but I'm not going to bid 3NT if it goes 3♣-P-P. Since I will bid 3♠ anyway I may as well do it immediately. Probably the information will be more useful to RHO than to me.
The second part may depend on what is going on. Is East's 3♦ a constructive move with an immediate 3♦ being a signoff, or is this how East gets to play 3♦? Anyway I would probably bid 3♠ in either case but 3NT has some appeal if East is just weak with long diamonds.
The second part may depend on what is going on. Is East's 3♦ a constructive move with an immediate 3♦ being a signoff, or is this how East gets to play 3♦? Anyway I would probably bid 3♠ in either case but 3NT has some appeal if East is just weak with long diamonds.
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Posted 2011-March-23, 13:00
We should try to involve partner instead of just guessing ourselves. X of 2NT and then 3♠ if partner says nothing. If partner doubles 3♣ we could bid 3NT over RHO's 3♦.
Michael Askgaard
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Posted 2011-March-23, 16:20
X of 2N, passing seems silly. This gets partner involved and will make our problems much easier. Now I guess I'd bid 3♠, random guess though
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Posted 2011-March-25, 03:22
I'd definitely Dbl 2NT, I have extra's. Who knows, partner may have a weak hand with support, or some penalty opportunities.
With the auction given, we passed to hear if LHO has ♣ or ♦. Now that we hear he has ♣, we don't discount our ♦K. I guess we have to bid 3♠, that's why we passed first...
With the auction given, we passed to hear if LHO has ♣ or ♦. Now that we hear he has ♣, we don't discount our ♦K. I guess we have to bid 3♠, that's why we passed first...
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Posted 2011-March-25, 13:24
bid 3♠ right away and forget part #2 
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Posted 2011-March-26, 13:21
another irrestible....Hamman eggs in one basket!
"Tell me of your home world, Usul"
the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
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the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
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Posted 2011-March-26, 14:40
pooltuna, on 2011-March-26, 13:21, said:
another irrestible....Hamman eggs in one basket!
Is that one of GIB's "Likely stop in ♣" bids?
Yay for the "Ignored Users" feature!
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