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What is the best bid? A Rex and Jay Misadventure

#1 User is offline   WrecksVee 

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Posted 2013-January-31, 17:02



Obviously Rex and Jay did not agree. So we are asking the forum for their opinions.

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Posted 2013-January-31, 17:06

I think 2♠ is enough. If the auction continues (likely), I can bid hearts later, giving a good picture.
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Posted 2013-February-01, 00:12

2.5 ♠
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Posted 2013-February-01, 01:04

2.5♠ would be perfect for this hand - you have the 'dummy points' for 3♠ but only the HCP for 2♠. I follow the rule that generally responder should be the aggressive one at teams, so I will go low and bid 2♠. Over any excuse by partner, I will bid the game.
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Posted 2013-February-01, 07:04

2♠ for me. We only have the "dummy points" for 3♠ if we count KQ bare as 6 points. That's a bit rich for me and it is not like our hearts are an automatic source of tricks here. If you do bid 3 on hands like this then you are basically saying that your ranges are 12-14/15-17(18), which imho is just plain wrong. You have an invite available over 2♠ so this range should be larger. It is not dissimilar from what lalldonn was talking about in the 2m/3m thread.

Is it Teams btw? I do not see it mentioned anywhere in the OP.
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Posted 2013-February-01, 08:03

View PostZelandakh, on 2013-February-01, 07:04, said:

2♠ for me. We only have the "dummy points" for 3♠ if we count KQ bare as 6 points. That's a bit rich for me and it is not like our hearts are an automatic source of tricks here. If you do bid 3 on hands like this then you are basically saying that your ranges are 12-14/15-17(18), which imho is just plain wrong. You have an invite available over 2♠ so this range should be larger. It is not dissimilar from what lalldonn was talking about in the 2m/3m thread.

Is it Teams btw? I do not see it mentioned anywhere in the OP.



The hand was played in a team match. At the time I did not consider "dummy points" but bid 3!S based on 6 LTC. Partner's hand was something like ♠Kxxx ♥xx ♦xxx ♣AQxx. So he bid 4♠.

♥ broke 1-4, x KQ8x, and ♠were 3-2 and the contract failed.
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Posted 2013-February-01, 10:28

2S. It feels like I need just a touch more to go to 3S.

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