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JT8XX xx KQJTXX...your call over (1H)... Michaels or something else?
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Posted 2012-February-27, 10:39
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Posted 2012-February-27, 10:45
On this one I'm definitely trotting out Michaels. Even though I only like to do it with good hands, the T8 of spades and the 6th diamond makes this reasonable, if minimum. If I knew we weren't going to buy the bid, I'd just bid 2♦, but in this case I don't feel it's right to suppress spades, especially when they are bidding hearts.
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Posted 2012-February-27, 11:16
I'd say this qualifies as "bad" in good/bad Michaels. I'd bid 2♥.
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Posted 2012-February-27, 12:41
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Posted 2012-February-27, 15:31
I agree with the michaels bid. I have a tendency to
use michaels when I want to emphasize that I have a
minor suit. For ex with KQJTxx xx JT8xx void
I am never going to bid michaels because I want to
emphasize the spades (ie i'll bid 1s). As long as
p is aware of this concept we will rarely end up
in the wrong suit and a lot of the "danger" of using
michaels with the current hand is eliminated.
use michaels when I want to emphasize that I have a
minor suit. For ex with KQJTxx xx JT8xx void
I am never going to bid michaels because I want to
emphasize the spades (ie i'll bid 1s). As long as
p is aware of this concept we will rarely end up
in the wrong suit and a lot of the "danger" of using
michaels with the current hand is eliminated.
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Posted 2012-February-28, 14:48
Hard to say without knowing the void... Do we have a 0-5-2-6, a 5-2-6-0, or something else? If we have 5♠ and a minor, then 2♥ is clear imo.
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