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Posted 2013-July-24, 01:59
Matchpoints as per usual
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Eagles
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2013-July-24, 02:02
Pass is fine here. Partner is known to be short in spades but he didn't double, so we will rarely make 3NT (and we will not be able to find 4-4 heart fits if we bid 3NT). Meanwhile, they are vulnerable and defending undoubled can still get us a nice score.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2013-July-24, 03:37
At IMPs:
A lot depends on how aggressively you double in direct seat. With a lot of my partners, something like x/Kxx/QJxxx/KQxx will not act over 3♠, and I find it difficult to construct a layout where you can't make 3NT opposite. Sure, this is a perfect maximum, but it makes game 100%.
At MPs:
how many defensive tricks do we have? There's one spade (maybe two), one heart, one club; if partner's broke then oppo have likely missed game; if he's got pocket change we're beating their partscore, and if he's got enough for 3NT we can probably hold them to 7 tricks or fewer. I would probably bid 3NT at the table, but then I play in a weak field where oppo will set up suits for me.
A lot depends on how aggressively you double in direct seat. With a lot of my partners, something like x/Kxx/QJxxx/KQxx will not act over 3♠, and I find it difficult to construct a layout where you can't make 3NT opposite. Sure, this is a perfect maximum, but it makes game 100%.
At MPs:
how many defensive tricks do we have? There's one spade (maybe two), one heart, one club; if partner's broke then oppo have likely missed game; if he's got pocket change we're beating their partscore, and if he's got enough for 3NT we can probably hold them to 7 tricks or fewer. I would probably bid 3NT at the table, but then I play in a weak field where oppo will set up suits for me.
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