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#1 User is offline   sceptic 

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Posted 2005-May-04, 09:54


Scoring: MP


West North East South

 -     -     Pass  Pass
 Pass  1♣    Pass  1♦
 Pass  1♥    Pass  1♠
 Pass  Pass  Pass  


Hi All,

Opps bid and made 1 spade 33% at matchpoints, non vuln we were vuln.

What should we have done or more specifically as I was in balaning seat, what should I have doone differently?
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Posted 2005-May-04, 10:18

West should open, even vulnerable, 3rd seat.

He has 2 Aces and a K, plus one T and a T9 combination.
If West opens this hand, you don't get robbed.
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Posted 2005-May-04, 10:19

1) Call the director for failure to alert 1♠ as "fourth suit forcing'
2) Defeated 1♠ with 3♠, 1♦, 2♣ and 1♥ trick
3) Have your partner open in third chair with 1♣ so you get to 1NT rathre than them to 1♠ (after all +90 is better than +50).
4) Balance yourself by bidding 1NT. However, I have to admit after my parnter didn't opne "light" in the third seat, I would not be excited about balancing here.

However, I am surprised that down one in 1♠ was such a bad board for you. This looks like a hnad where a postive score would be a good thing.

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Posted 2005-May-04, 10:55

Hi,

I think this is just bad luck.

Personaly I would pass with the West
hand and a bal. over call of 1 NT by
East in the reopening seat is not my
cup of coffee as well, so I would
pass it out as well.

The only thing: Improve your defensive
skills, I trust, that Ben did the analyzing
part correct.

With kind regards
Marlowe
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Posted 2005-May-04, 11:03

West has an Automatic opening, in fact at MPs he looked for a zero and got a 33% so he was quite lucky.
Balancing with your cards after your pd passes in 3rd seat and they end playing in the 4th suit forcing would be insane.
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Posted 2005-May-04, 11:55

luis, on May 4 2005, 12:03 PM, said:

West has an Automatic opening, in fact at MPs he looked for a zero and got a 33% so he was quite lucky.
Balancing with your cards after your pd passes in 3rd seat and they end playing in the 4th suit forcing would be insane.

Well said!
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Posted 2005-May-04, 12:36

I think talking about the bidding is just distraction here. Not opening the West hand turned +90 into +50. But dropping a trick on defense turned +50 into -80.
How did it happen btw? Low club lead?

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Posted 2005-May-05, 00:03

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Call the director for failure to alert 1♠ as "fourth suit forcing'


Interesting bit here Ben, I thought that this was the only sequence where 4th suit forcing does not apply?
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Posted 2005-May-05, 03:55

4th suit forcing? by a passed hand?
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