[the hog]

1) All vul

x
void
KQJTxxx
ATxxx

(4S) P (6S) ?
Do you bid? Do you make a lightner x ? What would you do if they pulled to 6N?

2) All Green

T98xxxx
void
void
JT9xxx

Playing Polish Club pd opens 1C which can be bal 12-14 or strong. Your 1D bid is a negative. 2H was weak

1C (P) 1D (2H)
2NT (P) ?

3) Red vs Green

AJx
xxx
8x
QJTxx

(3S) X (P) ?
Your bid?

4) Polish C again all green

A432
6542
2
JT64

1C (P) 1D (1S)
1N (P) ?

You play a 15-18 NT, so pd's bid here shows about 19-21
Your bid?

[hrothgar]

I don't like the Lightner double.
If they do run to 6NT it might allow them to pick up the Heart suit for no losers.

After 2NT I will bid 4H as an xfer to Spades
I have gorgeous shape, but I don't have a single honor for partner in either suit.
However, I admit to being tempted to tranfer to 3S and then cue bid 4H.

[inquiry]

Phew...

Problem #1.

Ok.. open team selection trial so...1) they are good opponents. 2) At this vul they EXPECT to make 6S. They don't plan on making it based upon tricks in a minor... so RHO is looking at a bunch of nice hearts. So they surely have a great double fit in the majors, and we have a double fit in the minors.

Problem #2, and #4 I do not play polish club, so I am not sure what to bid. How strong is 2NT on this auction. And even if I did know polish club... i doubt #2 would be anything other than a guess anyway... So I guess 3H Jacoby and if partner fails to super accept will just carry to 4Spades... On #4 I pass.

On number 3, I bid 3NT.

[the hog]

Problem #2, and #4 I do not play polish club, so I am not sure what to bid. How strong is 2NT on this auction.

About 19-21, pehaps a very good 18.

BTW what did you decide on board 1, Ben?

[inquiry]

I don't like #1... 6NT give us a cheap save... and LArry cohen says bid one more on freaks...this counts as a freak. But on the other hand, a heart lead will beat 6S. ene mene mino mo... in a perfect world I would close my eyes and bid... 6NT... Expect to lose 1C, 1D, 1S at a minimum. Hope that is all after partner bids a minor...... but this is very risky.

I think i wouldn't have been worried about 6NT so in real world I double, then when they bid 6NT, I would now bid definately bid 7Diamonds. (althogth 7C might be better...to late to find out.).

[Codo]

Hi Ron,

normalyy I just face problems form our village club, but will try to think like I am playing in a OTST..:

1.
a. Will PD find a heart lead after my double? And will it beat 6 Spade?
b. What will happen, if they pull it to 6 NT?

I believe them and bid 6 NT. The best thing: They cannot bid it anymore :-)

2. 3 H shoud be a Xfer, so this is my bid. And I will try 4 Spade and out. Maybe after a Superaccept.... but no, I am a chicken, pd has at least 5 points in Hearts, I doubt that he has something like AKD,KQx,xxxx,AKx.

3. I try 3 NT

4. Hmm there is something wrong in the auction.
My pd promised at least about KJx in spades?!
I have Axxx, that leaves ~ Qxxxxx in
opponents hands.
Who will bid 1 Spade on this garbage?
Can be a bluff, but I cannot bid 2 Club stayman
anymore.... I had liked to find out and I bet,
that it was you, who did this 1 Spade bid and
opps missed their game.
Anyway, I pass.

Kind Regards

Roland

[Free]

1) The 6S bidder has a good hand with stoppers all over the place. He has probably a void in one of the minors, and if it's C then he will make 6S. So DBL is not that great choice I guess. But if you really want to bid something besides pass, I would bid 6NT. Partner should know you want to defend in one of the minors...

2) The 2NT is 19-21 right? If it is, I'd bid 4D or 4H (Texas Trf) and play 4S...

3) What's the problem there? I think there's only 1 bid: 3NT

4) Why can't you bid 2C Stayman? 1NT is considered as an opening, even if they bid 1S in between. You might miss 4H...

[inquiry]

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4) Why can't you bid 2C Stayman? 1NT is considered as an opening, even if they bid 1S in between. You might miss 4H...

Hi Free,

Since we are GREEN and since even if we have a 4-4 heart fit, game must be at best 50-50 ish... and maybe not that high. I will pass happy to be in 1NT. No need to be too push for games at GREEN at imps. If you try 2C and parnter bids 2D's, now you have to bid 2NT or a hoped for pscyh exposing 2S on the way to 2NT.

You may make 2NT, but if you do, your partner will need a max..but with that hand, he is likely to bid 3NT. Either way, turning your plus into a minus. Again, not knowing polish club, I gave some thought to three possible bids by partner at trick one. With good spades, seems he would have passed and hoped for reopen dbl. With 4 hearts he might have dbled rather than bid 1NT. So I think parnter is PROBABLY looking at 5-6 diamonds. Of course, he could be 3-3-4-3 as well.

Anyway, those where my thougths.

Ben

[Free]

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With 4 hearts he might have dbled rather than bid 1NT. So I think parnter is PROBABLY looking at 5-6 diamonds. Of course, he could be 3-3-4-3 as well.

There I guess you're wrong. With 19-21 HCP balanced (and stop S now) you bid 1NT, even with 4-card or even 5-card H if I remember correctly. Dbl is to show a normal opening hand with 4-card H. So partner doesn't need to have long D but he'll probable have some

[luis]

1) All vul

x
void
KQJTxxx
ATxxx

(4S) P (6S) ?
Do you bid? Do you make a lightner x ? What would you do if they pulled to 6N?

Argh! I bid 7d

2) All Green

T98xxxx
void
void
JT9xxx

Playing Polish Club pd opens 1C which can be bal 12-14 or strong. Your 1D bid is a negative. 2H was weak

1C (P) 1D (2H)
2NT (P) ?

3h

3) Red vs Green

AJx
xxx
8x
QJTxx

(3S) X (P) ?
Your bid?

3nt

4) Polish C again all green

A432
6542
2
JT64

1C (P) 1D (1S)
1N (P) ?

You play a 15-18 NT, so pd's bid here shows about 19-21
Your bid?

Pass

[the hog]

Problem 1
If you x pd will find a H lead - Qx KTxxx xxx Jxx
I x, and the did not pull. Had the bid 6N I guess I'd have bid 7D
The datum was -900

Problem 2
You are very close to slam IF pd has perfect cards. I was wondering if anyone would look for it
AK AJxx Qxx AKxx
S were 3-1 and the CQ was off side. 6C is a great slam

Problem 3
I guess you have no option. 3NT has no play
x AQxx KJT9 Axxx

Problem 4
No Roland I did not bid 1S, and I passed. The datum was +320 our way, so we lost quite a lot on this board. At most tables after a NT opening, the normal lead was a C from Qxxx, with the D hook working this allows a relatively easy make. QJx AJ AKJx A9xx