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Posted 2011-April-08, 02:45



You are vulnerable in a team game. Opponents do not bid.

Name the contract you want to be in...is 3N worth the risk?
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Posted 2011-April-08, 04:08

What's this all about? I got 25, long suits and stops. How can I avoid bidding to 3NT?
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Posted 2011-April-08, 11:33

Looking at both hands, I'd rather be in a minor suit partial.

A heart lead will almost always set 3NT (okay you can make if ♣Q is doubleton and the spade finesse wins). Even if you don't get a heart lead, it seems like you will usually concede a club and get a heart switch, at which point you will need the spade finesse (and clubs 3-2, and not RHO winning the club and the heart ace offside). This just seems like lousy odds.

With that said, it's easy to imagine bidding to 3NT in a real auction, and I wouldn't complain too much about reaching game on 25 high with every suit stopped.
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Posted 2011-April-08, 12:09

Of course a minor partial is where I want to be looking at both hands, but we will be in 1NT by South or 3NT by South. 1NT is 8-10, we are in 3. 1NT is 6-10, we might be in one.
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