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Try to improve the contract?

Poll: Do you bid on? (53 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you bid on?

  1. Pass (51 votes [96.23%])

    Percentage of vote: 96.23%

  2. 3 Spades (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. 3NT (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. 4 Clubs (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. 4 Hearts (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. 5 Clubs (1 votes [1.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.89%

  7. 6 Clubs (1 votes [1.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.89%

  8. Other (please specify) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Nilz 

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Posted 2010-October-08, 10:45

Scoring: MP

3♥-(P)-?


Partner preempts your void as usual. Do you dig a little further, or pass and hope LHO balances?
Partner's style: He'll always have a 7 card heart suit, QJTxxxx or better. Always 6-10 points (not necessarily in hearts!). Never 4 spades. Possibly a 4 card minor.
New suit by you is forcing for one round.

Also, if it affects your decision, partner is (shall we say) not the best declarer in the world...
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Posted 2010-October-08, 11:12

Paaaaaaass. I won't improve the contract because anything I bid is forccing.
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Posted 2010-October-08, 11:17

Another attempt at getting a unanimous poll on BBF?
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Posted 2010-October-08, 12:09

WellSpyder, on Oct 8 2010, 12:17 PM, said:

Another attempt at getting a unanimous poll on BBF?

it beats trying to figure out what you would do if your RHO opened 3♥ :)
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Posted 2010-October-08, 13:28

pooltuna, on Oct 8 2010, 11:09 AM, said:

WellSpyder, on Oct 8 2010, 12:17 PM, said:

Another attempt at getting a unanimous poll on BBF?

it beats trying to figure out what you would do if your RHO opened 3♥ :)

Agree with the hope of a unanimous poll.

I also wouldn't find too much difficulty if RHO opens 3♥. I would bid 4♣ in anticipation that I might need to bid 4♠ next round. Won't always work out, but I've at least bid my longest and strongest suit.
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Posted 2010-October-08, 16:33

I would improve the contract to 4♣ after the auction continues P - X - P - P - ???. But no double, no trouble.
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Posted 2010-October-08, 16:37

How come 6♠ wasn't an option? Partner must have AQx, QJ10xxxx, xx, x, so the bid is obvious IMO.

Anything but pass is silly and if your suit requirements are what you say I would pass if they try to penalize us too, our AK of clubs might be useful and partner's AK of hearts will not be.
I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.

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Posted 2010-October-08, 17:07

The only way I can improve the contract is by bidding 2♥.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2010-October-11, 02:46

Wow 2nd unanimous poll I've ever seen over here. Congratulations!

EDIT: it's no longer unanimous so you'll have to try again ;)
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Posted 2010-October-15, 07:31

OK, OK, I did expect the poll to be pretty one-sided.
As it happens, bidding clubs would've worked out because the hands were:
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If they don't lead or switch to trumps (which are 1-1), 6C makes (I think the spade Ace falls in 4 rounds, I think hearts are 4-2 or 5-1, but I can't remember for sure).
Anyway, the opps will bid lots of diamonds whether you pass or bid clubs, so you won't get to play 6C or 3H.
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Posted 2010-October-15, 08:17

Calculated just for fun:

Partner is a massive 33 times more likely to be 7-4 in hearts + diamonds than 7-4 in hearts + clubs. (Assuming any 4 diamonds, which doesn't hold of course since some diamond holdings would be too strong for 3♥, so it's just a very crude estimate).
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  Posted 2010-October-15, 10:24

Who voted for the @%^%$ six clubs?!
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Posted 2010-October-16, 12:23

keylime, on Oct 15 2010, 05:24 PM, said:

Who voted for the @%^%$ six clubs?!

The one who opened ♥ with 7-4, we should know better by now to just bid 6 of your second longest suit...
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