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Would you mind making brief comments on the N-S bids in this
auction.
1C- P[north]-2C-X[south] 2C is NOT inverted
P - P - P
North 98,T8,KQ985,A974
South AT753,KQ4,JT74,T
Thanks in anticipation
[hutchau]
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Posted 2005-March-19, 21:57
There is a theory call OBAR for opponents bid and raise... where you pre-balance with shape. The double of 2♣ was perfect obar bid, and his partner should bid some diamonds.
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Posted 2005-March-20, 02:04
Jlall, on Mar 20 2005, 12:48 AM, said:
north had a 1D bid, and a 3D bid over the X.
Ditto.
Senshu
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Posted 2005-March-20, 02:44
I have some sympathy with the pass over 1C rather than bidding 1D, but after the double the trumps are nowhere near good enough to pass the double. If partner is known for pre-balancing, 2D is ok, otherwise 3D. Passing the double is just wrong.
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Posted 2005-March-20, 03:59
I usually dont overcall 1♦ with 5 card and 9 hcp but with all those 9s and 8s i think its right to bid 1♦, partner's double is good, passing the 2c is a bad idea, should bid 3D, passing could work sometime when opps are vul at mp to give us 200, but usually it risks too much.
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Posted 2005-March-20, 08:08
I would certainly prefer a diamond lead rather than a low heart or spade from Qxxx, so although minimum a 1D overcall looks right on this hand; after the double, it appears to be worth about 2 1/2 diamonds so I don't have a real problem with the jump to 3 or the conservative 2 diamond approach - seems either way partner will have to have substantial extras for our side to have a game.
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Posted 2005-March-20, 10:44
hutchau, on Mar 19 2005, 09:21 PM, said:
Would you mind making brief comments on the N-S bids in this
auction.
1C- P[north]-2C-X[south] 2C is NOT inverted
P - P - P
North 98,T8,KQ985,A974
South AT753,KQ4,JT74,T
Thanks in anticipation
[hutchau]
auction.
1C- P[north]-2C-X[south] 2C is NOT inverted
P - P - P
North 98,T8,KQ985,A974
South AT753,KQ4,JT74,T
Thanks in anticipation
[hutchau]
I have no problem with north's first pass, but the second is off the wall. There is no reason to expect the opponents can't make 2C.
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