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Losing a match by 2 IMPs - part 2
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Posted 2013-September-23, 16:48
Do you call 2H here?
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Posted 2013-September-23, 16:53
I would bid 2H QJTx is quite a nice holding and partner should have some values for his X and we're a passed hand so we can't be that great
but what do I know?
but what do I know?
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Posted 2013-September-23, 17:04
I would but I'm not confident that it'll end well. My hand is pretty putrid. But this is my only opportunity to make noise, so ill do it while the auction is low.
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Posted 2013-September-23, 17:17
We need to throw in a 2♥ call before it's too late, and then we let partner decide what to do going forward. Partner could have the big hand at the table! If partner were passed I would think passing is more reasonable.
I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.
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Posted 2013-September-23, 17:51
mr1303, on 2013-September-23, 16:48, said:
Do you call 2H here?
Certainly. 2H is an obvious bid here.
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Posted 2013-September-24, 05:08
Slightly depends on agreements, people play double differently here, I play it for pens so would bid 2♥.
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Posted 2013-September-24, 12:22
I'm bidding 2 ♥ here for a couple reasons.
You have 7 HCP -- quacks to be sure -- but 6 of the 7 are working together in honor combinations. Partner is an unpassed hand and has doubled, so the points ought to be fairly evenly distributed. You've got 2 honors and an intermediate in ♥s -- something good to tell partner about, so tell pard. Partner should consider that you might be bidding on a 4 card suit in any further bidding.
Second, if don't mention ♥s now, you may not find a ♥ fit later. Say you pass and LHO bids 2 ♠ followed by two passes. Now you'd have to bid 3 ♥ to probe for a ♥ fit. So you'll likely pass and let them play 2 ♠.
You have 7 HCP -- quacks to be sure -- but 6 of the 7 are working together in honor combinations. Partner is an unpassed hand and has doubled, so the points ought to be fairly evenly distributed. You've got 2 honors and an intermediate in ♥s -- something good to tell partner about, so tell pard. Partner should consider that you might be bidding on a 4 card suit in any further bidding.
Second, if don't mention ♥s now, you may not find a ♥ fit later. Say you pass and LHO bids 2 ♠ followed by two passes. Now you'd have to bid 3 ♥ to probe for a ♥ fit. So you'll likely pass and let them play 2 ♠.
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