[joker_gib]

You have : (the kind of hands Roland gets when he is playing rubber bridge )

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Your partner opens 1♦, RHO passes, you pass and LHO balances with 2♣.

Then your partner bids 3♥, to you :

1♦-P-P-2♣
3♥-P- ?

1) What is 3♥ for you ?

1) what do you bid at IMPS, MP ?



Alain

[helene_t]

partner has a good hand with 6 diamonds and 5 hearts. Maybe a void clubs since otherwise she might have doubled. Anyway, I pass.

[helium]

3H show a strong 2 suiter and i raise to 4 harts.


kenneth

[pclayton]

Something along the lines of: x, AKxxx, AKJxxx, x. This is a dead minimum I'd say. A 7th diamond and even the ♥Q are possible, but not both.

Pass, 4♦, 4♥ and 5♦ could all work depending on the form of scoring.

I'd probably content myself with 4♦.

[joker_gib]

pclayton, on Mar 25 2005, 07:42 AM, said:

Something along the lines of: x, AKxxx, AKJxxx, x. This is a dead minimum I'd say. A 7th diamond and even the ♥Q are possible, but not both.

Pass, 4♦, 4♥ and 5♦ could all work depending on the form of scoring.

I'd probably content myself with 4♦.

Wow, your new avatar is great, Phil !!

Alain

[inquiry]

1♦P-P-2♣
2♥-P- ?

Would show a great hand (I would correct to 3♦, expecting partner to pass.

1♦P-P-2♣
3♥-P- ?

(assume no unusual agreement on strong two suiter openers) shows a monster hand, that can win 9 tricks in hearts or 10 tricks in diamonds opposite a few fitting small cards in one of the suits. You have a great hand for this auction, the diamonds Queen is gold. I would bid 4♥ at matchpoints, at imps I would think about what is best, I wonder if 4♣ ask partner to pick between 5♦ and 4♥ (needs good hearts to pick hearts as with a random three hearts or two hearts to an honor I would raise hearts immediately. It is worth thinking about what 4♣ might should mean with no specific agreement

[Free]

Must be a monster, since 2♥ is also strong. So, I suspect a near GF hand with 5♥s and 6+♦s. If he doesn't, I'd be quite disappointed

[mike777]

4D

Assume 3h= cannot make game if you have 5hcp and only 3 hearts and 2D.

[oldgun]

pass ,I think ♥ ♥

[luke warm]

i bid 4D because i think he'd have opened 2C if he could (big 2 suiter for example)

[P_Marlowe]

1) Gameforce, 6-5, around +-16 HCP
we try to avoid opening 2C / 2D with two
suiter, it is possible, but if we have an
excuse, we will take the excuse

With 6-5 and less than 20HCP, partner can
be sure, that an one level opening wont
be dropped

2) 4H, were the money lies

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Walddk]

1. A powerhouse (playing strength) with 5-6, not suitable for 2♣.

2. 4♦. My second choice would be 5♦. I will ignore hearts, because partner is likely to get tapped.

x
AKxxx
AKJxxx
x

Now you need hearts 3-3 in order to make 4♥. If they are not, you will go for a phone number (the opponent with QJ9x will let you know). And with

x
AQJ10x
AKJxxx
x

It gets even worse. Let's play where we have 8 cards between us.

Roland

[jdulmage]

joker_gib, on Mar 25 2005, 05:52 AM, said:

You have : (the kind of hands Roland gets when he is playing rubber bridge    )

Dealer: North Vul: ???? Scoring: Unknown

♠ xxxxxx ♥ xx ♦ Qx ♣ xxx

Your partner opens 1♦, RHO passes, you pass and LHO balances with 2♣.

Then your partner bids 3♥, to you :

1♦-P-P-2♣
3♥-P- ?

1) What is 3♥ for you ?

1) what do you bid at IMPS, MP ?



Alain

In that auction, partner bids 2♥ to show a good hand, so 3♥ better be:

"I have a bagger that can take 9 tricks, please bump me if you have a trick".

I would bid it up, Q♦ opposite a jump reverse like that is the "MVC" - Most Valuable Card, hehe