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Feeling competitive?

Poll: Feeling competitive? (39 member(s) have cast votes)

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  1. Pass (32 votes [82.05%])

    Percentage of vote: 82.05%

  2. Double (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. 2N (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. 3D (7 votes [17.95%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.95%

  5. Other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Jinksy 

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Posted 2014-December-26, 16:26

IMPs:


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Posted 2014-December-26, 16:36

3d

dia suit quality just good enough to convince me to try this. I have already limited
my hand with first x and my unwillingness to x again further limits my power so p will
rarely go wrong in deciding what to do (assuming I have not already created a disaster).

Opps have had an opportunity to reevaluate their hands based on the bidding and have decided
2s was sufficient. That makes this bid more appealing as the major risks of x and opps getting
to 4s now seem to severly mitigated.
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Posted 2014-December-26, 16:43

I would pass, we've already made a neg x and p couldnt bid over 2s. ok our D are nice but its only a 6 count
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Posted 2014-December-26, 17:09

pass ainec imo
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Posted 2014-December-26, 17:43

If your NV I bet most people would bid 3♦. Partner probably has a weak NT without 5♣, 4♦ and 4♥ or they may have found a bid.

You have 2♠ so you have a good chance to have a fit presumably in ♦. If you just meekly pass you can chalk up 2♠ and you probably lose a part score battle.

You also may luck out and push opp to 3-level possibly down.





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Posted 2014-December-26, 17:50

ainec? And it's not even close?
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Posted 2014-December-26, 19:38

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=ainec
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Posted 2014-December-27, 02:09

Pass. Why give oppo a second chance to bid 4S?
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Posted 2014-December-27, 04:35

View PostJinksy, on 2014-December-26, 16:26, said:

IMPs

Are you sure this is what you meant to write? Because the only way I would even consider something other than pass is if it were Matchpoints and we were NV.
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Posted 2014-December-27, 13:41

Finding pard with 3 diamonds means he has 3334 or 2335 like 95% of the time, in which case he has a weak NT and we are outgunned.

So pass.
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Posted 2014-December-27, 15:44

I passed, for all the reasons above. But it reminded me of something Justin said recently about people not treating part score IMP competitions the right way, since a double part-score swing is worth a lot.

Here's the hands:



2♠ and 3♦ both make on the nose. Though now that I look at it, west obviously should have opened 1N or Xed.
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Posted 2014-December-27, 16:29

View PostJinksy, on 2014-December-27, 15:44, said:

Though now that I look at it, west obviously should have opened 1N or Xed.

Yes, definitely. Maybe there is something more to be said for balancing if you were playing a weak NT system.
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Posted 2014-December-27, 18:10

weak nt is not standard, 1♣ opener with 4-4 minors is not standard, overbidding twice on the same hand is rarely good.
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Posted 2014-December-28, 01:03

View PostFluffy, on 2014-December-27, 18:10, said:

weak nt is not standard, 1♣ opener with 4-4 minors is not standard, overbidding twice on the same hand is rarely good.

You make me laugh
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Posted 2014-December-28, 05:31

Points should've split with the 2!s bidder week. So I will blance
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Posted 2014-December-28, 10:19

View PostJinksy, on 2014-December-26, 16:26, said:

IMPs:



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Posted 2014-December-28, 10:20

Pass....... six pts..........Pass
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