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Good enough for 4 Heart bid? 2/1 ACBL

Poll: 4 Hearts? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

What should I do?

  1. 4 Hearts (21 votes [75.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 75.00%

  2. Pass (6 votes [21.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  3. Another bid (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

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#1 User is offline   dickiegera 

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Posted 2011-June-19, 09:22



Should I bid 4 Hearts?
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Posted 2011-June-19, 09:27

yes
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Posted 2011-June-19, 09:37

Oops, I voted without noticing I was in the balancing seat. Subtract one "pass" vote. Add two 4H votes (JLOGIC never votes).
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Posted 2011-June-19, 09:56

Partner could have a fairly good hand with Hx or 3, or even 4 spades, and couldn't act. Definitely 4♥.
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Posted 2011-June-19, 14:47

I would.
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Posted 2011-June-21, 02:19

2/1 ACBL is irrelevant. Tell me whether it's matchpoints or IMPs, so I know whether I have anything to think about.
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Posted 2011-June-21, 14:38

:unsure: I don't see a general purpose answer to this one. Everything is in play - the form of contest, the state of the match, and above all the feel of the table. You have, roughly, six losers. Pard has to cover three of them for 4 ♥ to make. I wish I knew who has the ace of ♠. Are they going to swindle me out of a vulnerable game, or hammer me for 1400? My general inclination is to pass, but in a really tough game I would probably go ahead and bid 4♥ just to establish that I can't be intimidated.
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Posted 2011-June-21, 14:56

4♥. 1400 is just another number. :)
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Posted 2011-June-21, 16:45

4♥. 1400? Seriously? Our RHO passed 3♠??

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Posted 2011-June-21, 17:13

Speaking of 1400, has it yet occurred to anybody that LHO's first-seat, favorable-vulnerability preempt might be on a tattered dishrag? (I know, some of mine are, heheheh.) I wonder what partner is sitting with in spades over there. If you were in LHO's seat, how do you think you would feel if your RHO doubled and your LHO left it in? What do you think we could score on defense if LHO ducked the first round of spades around to our stiff 10, playing partner for it on the bidding?

Not arguing that it's the right thing to do to double with this hand. But if anybody was wondering where that lone vote for "Other" came from . . .
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Posted 2011-June-22, 08:38

I think we have to stretch and bid 4♥. Fingers crossed.
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