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Posted 2014-February-08, 10:21



I think that my bids as South were middle of the road GIBberish.
Anyway, I am pretty sure that I had shown precisely 3 Hearts. Given which, North's 4H seems ludicrous, to me.
The only reason we escaped with 14% is that oppo forgot to double.
Note that at one point North was prepared to defend 2D. Does my 2S bid add so much more? Or is it once again factoring in the opponents' bids and subtracting the balance from 52?
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Posted 2014-February-08, 12:16

View Post1eyedjack, on 2014-February-08, 10:21, said:

Does my 2S bid add so much more?

According to GIB's explanations, 2♠ is a reverse, increasing your minimum strength from 12 total points to 19 total points.
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Posted 2014-February-08, 12:48

View PostBbradley62, on 2014-February-08, 12:16, said:

According to GIB's explanations, 2♠ is a reverse, increasing your minimum strength from 12 total points to 19 total points.


Ok. I do not normally count a kingleton as 3 points,esp. in oppo suit, but I thought that GIB did - just did not also add shortage points. Whatever, I am close to expected values, and given how far away we are from making 4H, my question re. the sense of sacrificing against a 4 level partscore stands. Even if I had a reverse+, would it really expect 4H to make? LOTT? OK North can expect a better Club fit than at the point of bidding 1H, but even so ... he HAS made a non-forced response to 1C, and he has got only a 7 card H fit.
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Posted 2014-February-08, 18:43

I think you completely do have the expected values. It appears to me that North has decided that NS has enough for game, but can't decide which game. 4♥ is not a good contract, but (before seeing actual distributions) it has a chance.
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