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#1 User is offline   whereagles 

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Posted 2005-January-25, 05:13

Imps, expert opps, all vuln. You hold

♠ x
♥ AQJ
♦ AJT
♣ AKxxxx

LHO pard RHO you
1♣....pass..1♥..pass*
1NT..pass..2♦...??

*You'd have liked to bid 2♣ here, but that would be a defensive diam/spade two-suiter :)

RHO showed a sign-off hand with 5 diams and 4 hearts. You can now bid a natural 3♣. Do you butt-in or pass?
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Posted 2005-January-25, 06:06

pass.

Pard is likely to have at best something like

KT9xxx- xxx- Kxx-x

and even then 3NT will be a gamble because it is likely no Ax of spades will drop, and than QJxx of clubs are offside.

Misfit hand.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 06:35

Bid!
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Posted 2005-January-25, 06:53

Your p can hardly have any HCP, and he will have a lot of ♠, dbl and try to beat them at least once.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 09:38

This is a trap auction.

LHO shouldn't have 4 spades, doesn't have 4 hearts and probably doesn't have 4 diamonds. Most likely patterns are: 3-3-3-4 or 3-3-2-5, 3-2-3-5.

I would have bid 2♣ (if available) the 1st time. Now I need to pass.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 09:39

Pass. Partner bids 2♠ and makes it.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 12:09

Dbl of course. Penalty oriented, -180 is cheap and I think I can get some nice number in this hand.
This dbl shows short spades since I can bid 2s with 3 or 4 spades offering pd a choice between 2s and 3c.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 13:00

i crack this for sure. People need to crack 1N and 2m more agressively.
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