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In club play last night, sitting East, I had the above hand after partner opened 1H and RHO preempted 3♦.
What is your call?
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Posted 2005-July-19, 11:47
In club play last night, sitting East, I had the above hand after partner opened 1H and RHO preempted 3♦.
What is your call?
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Posted 2005-July-19, 11:48
3S.
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Posted 2005-July-19, 12:07
3♠, no problem 
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Posted 2005-July-19, 12:39
Pesky opponent. 3S.
3NT might be right too, but club suit looks dangerous.
For instance, give partner
Kxx, AKQxxx, x, xxx
3NT might be right too, but club suit looks dangerous.
For instance, give partner
Kxx, AKQxxx, x, xxx
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Posted 2005-July-19, 13:04
You were going to have some delicate auction to show an invitational hand with 6 spades. Now you can't, so just force to game with 3S and hope for the best.
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Posted 2005-July-19, 13:54
Let me add my voice to the so-far unaminous vote for 3♠.
Nothing is perfect.
3N is absurd. I don't care if it works on this hand: it is not close to bridge.
Double followed by the appropriate number of ♠ is a possibility. Most of the time partner will rebid 3♥, and now 3♠ will work out well when partner has a poor minimum or extras with ♠ support. But if he has extras with indifferent support, you may (will) miss a good game.
Partner will not pass, and if he does (maybe RHO meant to bid 3♣ and pulled out the wrong bidding card?), you are happy.
If partner bids 4♣, you are in trouble: having to guess 4♥, playing a likely 5-2 on a badly breaking hand, or 4♠, with no idea whether partner has even tolerance.
Other bids by partner are more readily handled: pull an unlikely 3N to 4♠, since he has hcp to compensate for a potential trump shortness, and you may even have a slam if he has a maximum, fitting, 3N.
4♥ is easily passed.
So double has a lot going for it, but 3♠ is the least distortion and gives correct emphasis to suit length and texture, so gets my vote. You can pass 3N confident that he has poor ♠, and be happy over 4♥. Over 4♣, you are still unhappy, but now you can bid 4♥ without having to guess about the ♠ suit.
Nothing is perfect.
3N is absurd. I don't care if it works on this hand: it is not close to bridge.
Double followed by the appropriate number of ♠ is a possibility. Most of the time partner will rebid 3♥, and now 3♠ will work out well when partner has a poor minimum or extras with ♠ support. But if he has extras with indifferent support, you may (will) miss a good game.
Partner will not pass, and if he does (maybe RHO meant to bid 3♣ and pulled out the wrong bidding card?), you are happy.
If partner bids 4♣, you are in trouble: having to guess 4♥, playing a likely 5-2 on a badly breaking hand, or 4♠, with no idea whether partner has even tolerance.
Other bids by partner are more readily handled: pull an unlikely 3N to 4♠, since he has hcp to compensate for a potential trump shortness, and you may even have a slam if he has a maximum, fitting, 3N.
4♥ is easily passed.
So double has a lot going for it, but 3♠ is the least distortion and gives correct emphasis to suit length and texture, so gets my vote. You can pass 3N confident that he has poor ♠, and be happy over 4♥. Over 4♣, you are still unhappy, but now you can bid 4♥ without having to guess about the ♠ suit.
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Posted 2005-July-19, 16:16
three spades what else is there really other than pass maybe on a good day four spades.
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