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Posted 2005-January-25, 09:02

Imps, all vuln, expert opps. You hold:

♠ AKxxxxx
♥ KTx
♦ Tx
♣ x

Do you open... 1, 3 or 4♠?

EDIT: by the way, you are NOT playing namyats :)
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Posted 2005-January-25, 09:05

Happily 1♠
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Posted 2005-January-25, 09:06

1♠ because when i bid such hand with 4♠,i normally will be doubled and off 3..
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Posted 2005-January-25, 11:31

1S.

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Posted 2005-January-25, 13:24

1♠ obviously
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Posted 2005-January-25, 13:26

1♠ too. Might open 3 or 4 if my fragment was a minor.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 13:34

1s in first seat, no doubts.
In third seat both 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s are nice options.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 14:57

Allright, since we all seem to agree to open 1♠, we can move on to the second part of the problem :blink:

♠ AKxxxxx
♥ KTx
♦ Tx
♣ x

You LHO pard RHO
1♠...dbl..2♣*...pass
??

*2♣ shows 5+ diamonds, with 7+ points.

You're also playing all sorts of support bids, so pard is very, very unlikely to hold 3 spades. Your bid?
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Posted 2005-January-25, 15:01

I would open 1S also and, having done so, would rebid 2S if the auction were to continue as you describe.

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Posted 2005-January-25, 15:02

2♠ rebid... what is the problem. Minimum hand, extra legnth in spades, no diamond fit, no hearts.... no other choice... we are ready for the next step in this problem now.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 15:45

2♠ unless it shows extras, if I am suposed to rebid 2♦ with all minimums I will be happy doing so.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 15:50

2♠ too - regrettably.

The stock in the ticker symbol: KOFH just plunged.
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Posted 2005-January-25, 17:27

I still don't see any problem. 2♠...
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Posted 2005-January-26, 05:07

Alright, now for the third part of the problem we pass on to pard's hand, who has...

♠ T9
♥ Qx
♦ KQJxx
♣ Q9xx

Op. RHO Resp. LHO
1♠...dbl....2♣....pass
2♠..pass..??

Do you judge your hand worth a 2NT bid (natural 11-12)? Opener is limited to 14.
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Posted 2005-January-26, 05:11

It depends on who I'm playing with.

If I play with the partner who bases every bid on losers, then I'll invite to 3♠ and with the current hand the opener will accept because he has only 6 losers.
If I play with my strong ♣ buddy, then I'll pass or bid 3♣ to show 5-4 (and support obviously). Opener here will probably bid 3♠.

What's 2NT? :)
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Posted 2005-January-26, 05:11

no, not over 2S... if i was gonna still look, it'd be in spades
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Posted 2005-January-26, 09:40

I pass 2S with this. 2N can't be right with Qx of H's.

Is this supposed to be some magic 4S with spades splitting? Reverse opener's minors and even 3S might be too high.
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Posted 2005-January-26, 09:51

Well... actually 4S makes: spades are 2-2 and the jack of hearts is onside.

But I'm happy to see we all agree not to be in it... lol. I held the spade hand and indeed didn't bid it.
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Posted 2005-January-26, 09:57

I open 4s.
(if I don't know that 4s makes open it too:) )
Sorry, my english is not perfect :(
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Posted 2005-January-26, 17:13

mila85, on Jan 26 2005, 04:57 PM, said:

I open 4s.
(if I don't know that 4s makes open it too:) )

Opening 4♠ is suicide. On this hand it might work, but in the long run, you'll lose bigtime!
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