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Posted 2011-August-22, 17:25
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Posted 2011-August-22, 17:29
I will risk 3h.
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Posted 2011-August-22, 19:38
six losers. I think if CHO can cover 3 of them she might raise unless she thinks very little of my direct overcalls.
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Posted 2011-August-22, 19:42
not good enough for 4H, too suit-oriented for 3N
3H for me.
3H for me.
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Posted 2011-August-22, 20:04
I would bid 4H. This is a very good hand.
Feels heavy for 3H, but not disastorously so. The difficutly is always when partner has a singleton and a 9 count or so, he will not find a raise. I think you should stretch to game when your intermeadteads (the JT) are so good. Also, with so many keycards you can certainly stand a raise to slam.
Feels heavy for 3H, but not disastorously so. The difficutly is always when partner has a singleton and a 9 count or so, he will not find a raise. I think you should stretch to game when your intermeadteads (the JT) are so good. Also, with so many keycards you can certainly stand a raise to slam.
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Posted 2011-August-23, 01:55
Can I bid 3.5♥? No? Then 3♥ for me.
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Posted 2011-August-23, 05:39
Full value for a 3♥ call.
3♥ = 10
4♥ = 4
Pass = 2
3NT = 1
3♥ = 10
4♥ = 4
Pass = 2
3NT = 1
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Posted 2011-August-23, 05:47
Team: 4♥ (ok, heavy, I agree)
Pairs: 3♥
Pairs: 3♥
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Posted 2011-August-23, 09:58
1) I play heavy overcalls of preempts. That loses in many cases, but not this one.
2) This is nicely acey, but I see three black suit losers and two red suit losers (assuming that the HQ can be picked up). As others have said, if partner can cover enough losers, she'll raise. If responder doesn't raise, that club loser is guaranteed. I'd be more likely to bid 4♥ if one of my spades was a club, for that reason.
2) This is nicely acey, but I see three black suit losers and two red suit losers (assuming that the HQ can be picked up). As others have said, if partner can cover enough losers, she'll raise. If responder doesn't raise, that club loser is guaranteed. I'd be more likely to bid 4♥ if one of my spades was a club, for that reason.
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Posted 2011-August-23, 12:09
Bad shape, so 3♥ seems better than 4, though since this is a problem 4 is probably the winner 
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Posted 2011-August-24, 12:51
3H is really poor to me. It seems like conventional wisdom is to make 3H extremely wide ranging and to have 4H show basically 8.5 tricks in hand. I don't know why this is the case, and we can easily expect to make 4H opposite a lot of random 8 counts without 3 hearts, so why not just bid what you think you can make?
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Posted 2011-August-24, 16:29
3NT, because I think it needs less than 4♥.
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Posted 2011-August-24, 16:47
gnasher, on 2011-August-24, 16:29, said:
3NT, because I think it needs less than 4♥.
If that post came from me, I would give it a big LOL. But, coming from Andy, I need to think about it and try to get over the fact that I can only duck one club and am open in spades.
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Posted 2011-August-24, 16:55
rogerclee, on 2011-August-24, 12:51, said:
3H is really poor to me. It seems like conventional wisdom is to make 3H extremely wide ranging and to have 4H show basically 8.5 tricks in hand. I don't know why this is the case, and we can easily expect to make 4H opposite a lot of random 8 counts without 3 hearts, so why not just bid what you think you can make?
I agree and prefer 4♥ to 3NT.
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