arepo24

How do I go about changing my password? Thank you

thanks

Where do I click to fill out my profile in the Casual Relaxed room?

Thanks. I'm new in that forum. Where do you click to see the last card played by an opponent?

In the relaxed room where do I click to find out how other tables played our hands?

Thank you. He was a BBO player and I never played with him before

When I asked my P for a Blackwood response (4NT) he replied 5H. I assumed he had 2 Aces and I passed. When he laid his hand down he had 1 A and a void. Is this legal? Does it need to be alerted?

If a player has less than 8 points and has no major suit to make a transfer bid, can the partner pass or is it mandatory to respond?

My response to R hand opponent's opening of 1 in a suit: With 16 high card points and an evenly 4-3-3-3 distributed hand, do I Double or bid 1 NT? Thank you for your input.

Thank you for your interesting remarks Stephen.

Thanks for your suggestions. I don't play 2/1 with my partner and our agreement for Jacoby 2nt is 13+ points not 11. My first thought is still to support my partner's major first with a jump to 3 of my major and then see what happens.

When does one respond with a very good 5 card minor over a very good 4 card major in the suit that my partner bid with an 11 point hand? Do I support my partner's major bid first or mention the longer minor suit first then switch to the major? Thank you

1. If Opponent opens 1H and I have 20 evenly distributed points: a) do I jump to 2NT? b.or is it better to bid Double? 2. If opponent bids 1H and I have 5 and 5 in the minor suits and 12 points can I jump to 2NT to show unusual NT or will my partner think I have 20 points and an evenly distributed hand? Thank you for any help

STOP!!! Hahaha! This is more information than I can possibly process. There is so much stuff out there that it starts to become confusing. I DID thank all of you for your comments and very fine advice. Now allow me please to digest it all and change my wicked ways.

I want to thank all of you for your wonderful advice. This was a true learning experience and discovered a bid that I will veer away from forever. Bless y'all!

Yes AL78 I imagine that is the only "safe" bid I could make. She said bid 2NT but I shivered to think what trouble could lie ahead. When all is said and done, why instead did she not support my 1S bid with a jump to 3 Spades? What is wrong with that bid?

Fair enough Mike H. I agree I should have passed my hand. Now what happens when your partner tells you that you cannot pass (as I did) her 2D response as she had 18 points and was looking at slam. I asked why she had not instead either jumped to 3D instead of 2 or better supported my spades with her A 3 times. She replied that jumping to 3D would have indicated only a weak jump shift hand. So I asked what she thought I could possibly bid instead of pass and she said 2NT. With 2 suits of 2 cards only I was afraid to go that route. Help.

Your hand: S -KJ762 H -KJ D- J1073 C- Q10 = 11 points You open: 1S Your partner responds 2D What is my next bid?

Wow this group is really a tough bunch. Not a kind or helpful face out there. With all the bigotry and prejudice going on in the world you'd think there would be a bit of kindness and understanding. Bye

Yes, words like that. I have my subjective opinion about those things just as you do yours.Not to say they are the gospel. But I NEVER referred to anything but the K8 which to me was obvious. Get it straight Mister!

Excuse me?I NEVER said the answer was obvious. If I thought that I would never have posted in the first place! I said not leading the CK was obvious. And I do happen to believe that, and from other posts, so do many others. And NOT anything could be right. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Thanks for being kind enough to tell me that. I am fairly new here and frankly had no idea what some posters were referring to. I was just trying to show my hand as arranged and ready to play the particular hand with the trump cards on my left. What do I know? Thanks for making it simple to understand what others were trying to tell me.

Big problem with the above: There IS NO A of Diamonds

The contract is 4D by opponent. I have the lead. Here are my cards as arranged in my hand to play the 4D contract: Trumps are the first suit in my hand: D:865 (trumps) S:A984 H:A872 C:K8 WHAT IS MY LEAD? Lots of responses all over the place. I would rarely lead an unsupported A in a non NT contract unless maybe the contract was in slam. Nor would I lead away from an Ace (which is even worse). As for the CK? That's obvious! My answer: I led the Trump Diamond 8. I could have led the trump diamond 5 but then I thought my partner might think I had a high trump card in my hand.

What's wrong with leading the 8 of Trump?