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They're red, you're white, partner deals and you hold:
♠T9
♥AKQJ
♦QT987xx
♣---
It's temas and the bidding starts:
1♣-Pa-?
Say you bid 1♦, your longer suit by three cards:
1♣-Pa-1♦-Pa
1♠-Pa
What now?
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Another weird hand to handle Or is it?
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Posted 2011-June-23, 07:48
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2011-June-23, 08:43
Now you game force, either using 4th suit forcing or XYZ, then rebid diamonds as cheaply as possible (if below 3N)...
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Posted 2011-June-23, 08:48
2♥FSF to game followed by a ♦rebid.
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Posted 2011-June-27, 06:46
1♦ followed by a GF bid (XYZ, 4th suit,...).
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Posted 2011-June-27, 07:11
It goes on:
1♣-Pa-1♦-Pa
1♠-Pa-2♥-Pa
2♠-Pa-3♦-Pa
3♥-Pa-?
1♣-Pa-1♦-Pa
1♠-Pa-2♥-Pa
2♠-Pa-3♦-Pa
3♥-Pa-?
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win
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Posted 2011-June-27, 09:58
Hanoi5, on 2011-June-27, 07:11, said:
It goes on:
1♣-Pa-1♦-Pa
1♠-Pa-2♥-Pa
2♠-Pa-3♦-Pa
3♥-Pa-?
1♣-Pa-1♦-Pa
1♠-Pa-2♥-Pa
2♠-Pa-3♦-Pa
3♥-Pa-?
Partner wants to know whether we have a heart stopper. I think AKQJ just barely qualifies, so I will tell him the good news by bidding 3NT.
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Posted 2011-June-27, 10:27
If you play rather weak openings and 1S shows 4S and 5+C, I strongly suggest 2NT. This hand is very likely a misfit hand and you should probably stay low.
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Posted 2011-June-27, 12:26
xxhong, on 2011-June-27, 10:27, said:
If you play rather weak openings and 1S shows 4S and 5+C, I strongly suggest 2NT.
Yeah partner is gonna be real happy when he goes down in 5♣ because we didn't have the 2 small clubs he thought we had.
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Posted 2011-June-28, 09:54
xxhong, on 2011-June-27, 10:27, said:
If you play rather weak openings and 1S shows 4S and 5+C, I strongly suggest 2NT. This hand is very likely a misfit hand and you should probably stay low.
In my experience what happens here is:
Responder thinks: We have a mis-fit so i had better put the breaks on by bidding 2N. Then partner will know to stay low.
What partner actually thinks: My distributional hand will play very nicely opposite a balanced 10-12 count. Since I cannot find out which cards he actually has, and many configurations give good play for game, I might as well blast 5C.
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