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♠Q53
♥9862
♦K7
♣K963
(1NT)[a]-Dbl-(pass)[b]-pass
(3♣)-3♥-(pass)-?
[a] 10-12
[b] 5+ clubs or
two places to play including a minor or
some (4333) hand that doesn't want to play 1NTXX
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what would have happened?
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Posted 2007-July-20, 10:56
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Posted 2007-July-20, 11:23
4H seems obvious.
Partner has a very good heart overcall, as he did not just overcall 2H (although I do not know your methods over a weak NT, there should be some way of showing just hearts).
4H may go down, but I can't come up with a good reason not to bid it.
Partner has a very good heart overcall, as he did not just overcall 2H (although I do not know your methods over a weak NT, there should be some way of showing just hearts).
4H may go down, but I can't come up with a good reason not to bid it.
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Posted 2007-July-20, 13:25
My ♣K seems of dubious value now, with the 3♣ jump behind me, partner rates to be very short (probably void),
But the rest of the had is quite formiddable on the bidding, and I don't consider passing. I can in fact envision hands where we make slam. My alternative bids are 4♣ (good raise), 4♦ (cue) and 4♥. I don't think I've got enough for 4♦, so I'll take the middle road, and bid 4♣. If partner rebids 4♦ I'll rebid 4♥.
But the rest of the had is quite formiddable on the bidding, and I don't consider passing. I can in fact envision hands where we make slam. My alternative bids are 4♣ (good raise), 4♦ (cue) and 4♥. I don't think I've got enough for 4♦, so I'll take the middle road, and bid 4♣. If partner rebids 4♦ I'll rebid 4♥.
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Posted 2007-July-20, 17:14
4♥
I'd need the ♣A to bid 4♣ (although the 3♣ call suggests opener has both minors rather than specifically good clubs... the number of hcp out there suggests that opener has the ♣A)
Pass wouldn't occur to me at the table
I'd need the ♣A to bid 4♣ (although the 3♣ call suggests opener has both minors rather than specifically good clubs... the number of hcp out there suggests that opener has the ♣A)
Pass wouldn't occur to me at the table
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Posted 2007-July-21, 20:51
I guess I should have posted this in "uninteresting bridge hands" huh
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Posted 2007-July-22, 00:22
If the pass is 5+ clubs or two places to play, isn't 3♣ a bit he is forced to make? Like Lebensohl? So why does the ♣K suddenly lose its value?
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Posted 2007-July-22, 00:37
Quantumcat, on Jul 22 2007, 08:22 AM, said:
If the pass is 5+ clubs or two places to play, isn't 3♣ a bit he is forced to make? Like Lebensohl? So why does the ♣K suddenly lose its value?
Opener just jumped to the 3 level opposite a potential 4333 yarboro, so he really holds a suit. I guess his almost forced bid would have been 2♣.
But 4♥ seems clear-cut.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2007-July-22, 01:04
4H, I suspect the other option is supposed to be 3N but that is totally random.
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Posted 2007-July-22, 08:58
This hand is what happens when you play a local game during nationals. I could have bid 3c with the 1nt openers hand but didnt (only bid 2), and got a zero because i was playing against one of the only good pairs in the field. If I had bid 3c they just bid 4h making which is also a zero lol
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