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What's you bidding style on this hand Poll

Poll: What's you bidding style on this hand (26 member(s) have cast votes)

What would you bid here?

  1. 1 H (9 votes [34.62%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 34.62%

  2. 3 H (5 votes [19.23%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 19.23%

  3. 4 H (12 votes [46.15%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 46.15%

  4. other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Aberlour10 

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Posted 2012-March-24, 17:30

Both VUL, matchpoints, following hand in 2nd seat, what do you prefer to bid ... PASS-???


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Posted 2012-March-25, 00:39

3 ♥ -- 2nd seat preempts should more conservative because the opponents are less likely to have game with 1st seat passing. The hand is exactly what partner would picture it to be. So partner is unlikely to go wrong in any decisions he/she makes.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 06:39

View Postrmnka447, on 2012-March-25, 00:39, said:

3 ♥ -- 2nd seat preempts should more conservative because the opponents are less likely to have game with 1st seat passing. The hand is exactly what partner would picture it to be. So partner is unlikely to go wrong in any decisions he/she makes.


I see, but this void in diamonds seems to be worth for me to upgrade this preempt to 4 , anyway most would prefer 1H, I suppose.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 06:50

I like 1 or 4.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 07:16

View Postgwnn, on 2012-March-25, 06:50, said:

I like 1 or 4.


I agree, but the above statement about second seat preempts being sounder is true. This hand just strikes me as good enough to open at the 1 level. I don't hate 4, but would bid 1.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 08:14

Would open 4♥.
For us this is a "prototype" 4♥ opening.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 13:27

View Postrmnka447, on 2012-March-25, 00:39, said:

3 ♥ -- 2nd seat preempts should more conservative because the opponents are less likely to have game with 1st seat passing. The hand is exactly what partner would picture it to be. So partner is unlikely to go wrong in any decisions he/she makes.

Partner will picture at most the same heart suit in a 7222 shape. In practice, this hand will very often be a trick better than that because partner will have a stray queen or jack in a black suit that he doesn't consider very useful.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 19:11

View Postnigel_k, on 2012-March-25, 13:27, said:

Partner will picture at most the same heart suit in a 7222 shape. In practice, this hand will very often be a trick better than that because partner will have a stray queen or jack in a black suit that he doesn't consider very useful.

That's fine, it gives us some extra chance of actually making [4♥]. With the same suit in a 7222 I might start with 1♥.
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Posted 2012-March-25, 19:17

3♥ at matchpoints; 1 or 4 at IMPs.
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Posted 2012-March-26, 00:50

Surprised no one has yet mentioned 3NT yet.
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Posted 2012-March-26, 06:17

View Postgwnn, on 2012-March-26, 00:50, said:

Surprised no one has yet mentioned 3NT yet.


I have one partner with which I play a gambling 3NT in any suit - this would be an ideal hand to use it on.

Not playing that, I'd open 4H.

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