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Both sides are playing 2/1, 15-17, 1♣ 2+, 1♦ 4+.
Your call as East?
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Posted Yesterday, 16:15
This tasty board cropped up in our beginner's game today.
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Both sides are playing 2/1, 15-17, 1♣ 2+, 1♦ 4+.
Your call as East?
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Both sides are playing 2/1, 15-17, 1♣ 2+, 1♦ 4+.
Your call as East?
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Posted Yesterday, 16:33
Looks like a mundane 1❤️ will do the job. For now.
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Posted Yesterday, 16:41
How do you read the situation in South and what is your call?
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Posted Yesterday, 17:55
pescetom, on 2026-October-26, 16:15, said:
This tasty board cropped up in our beginner's game today.
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Both sides are playing 2/1, 15-17, 1♣ 2+, 1♦ 4+.
Your call as East?
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Both sides are playing 2/1, 15-17, 1♣ 2+, 1♦ 4+.
Your call as East?
Do we have nebulous 2♣ available?
If not, a pedestrian 1♥
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Bridge should be fun!
Bridge should be fun!
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Posted Yesterday, 17:56
pescetom, on 2026-October-26, 16:41, said:
How do you read the situation in South and what is your call?
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X or 1nt - whatever we use to show a 2 suiter
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Bridge should be fun!
Bridge should be fun!
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Posted Yesterday, 21:11
pescetom, on 2026-October-26, 16:41, said:
How do you read the situation in South and what is your call?
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1S. If partner doesn't have 3 spades we're unlikely to buy the contract and I want to tell partner what to lead. If partner does have 3 spades I don't care about their diamonds.
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Posted Yesterday, 22:42
I also overcall 1S - the only time we're playing this contract is if we have a spade fit, and if opponents play I want partner to lead a spade, if he is on lead (I agree I might well be on lead against hearts).
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Posted Today, 03:19
jillybean, on 2026-October-26, 17:55, said:
Do we have nebulous 2♣ available?
If not, a pedestrian 1♥
If not, a pedestrian 1♥
It's not a situation where I would chose to open a nebulous 2♣, unless we have limited 1 over 1 responses and generally redefined natural a bit further.
I would like to have a strong 2♥ jump available but we don't play that either.
So a traditional unlimited 1♥ for me.
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Posted Today, 03:23
akwoo, on 2026-October-26, 21:11, said:
1S. If partner doesn't have 3 spades we're unlikely to buy the contract and I want to tell partner what to lead. If partner does have 3 spades I don't care about their diamonds.
Count me in for 1♠ too. It looks like we will probably end up defending and I don't want to give Declarer a road map of my hand.
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Posted Today, 03:23
I play 5 card weak 2/multi so got in first
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Posted Today, 03:29
Things liven up.
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Your call now as East?
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Your call now as East?
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