LBengtsson

9 card ♥ fit do not make 13 tricks guarantee. all pairs will find ♥ fit. so bid 6♥ sensible or 6NT matchpoint bid. auction help the opponents know your hands and find lead. I like good, construct auctions but 1NT - 6NT auction give nothing to opps who will probably lead ♥/♠. 6nt or 6Nt+1 will be good score.

1♥. 6/5 but ♣ suit tunn (thin?) so I look at hand as 5/5. if opps. have ♠ you will be outbid, so 1♥ - 2♣-3♣ shows this hand if partner has high points.

board 1. - un-lucky board 2. - un-lucky board 3. - borderline

Small ♠. Opps could X-ruff to 13 tricks? Lead takes two tricks from them. A guess.

I would put ♦A on table but small ♠ is lead that might be good. ♣ or ♥ lead too slow.

I add to this small safety maneuver of using ♦s as entry and leading ♠s towards closed hand twice. not that it will make difference if suits break bad. so 50/50 ♥ hook may be last option.

Open 1♦. partner has passed so game is longshot. can always pass partner's bid. what suit do you want partner to lead ♦ or ♣? if opps do not bid and partner bid 1♠ is 1NT rebid bid with ♠K bad. no! as for garbage ♣ suit save for poker game.

I was kibbing a expert game (vugraph) today. Both e/w pairs missed 7♥ (7♣ makes either) how will you bid to the grand? is it easy? 3NT by one pair was very bad result. Here are the hands and bidding. 2/1 or American Standard. [hv=pc=n&w=shaj87dq8cakq9742&e=sq852hkqt6dak95ct]266|100[/hv] [hv=d=n&v=e&b=9&a=p1dp2cp2np3cp3nppp]133|100[/hv] [hv=d=n&v=e&b=9&a=p1d(2%2B)p2c(10%2B%20force)p3n(1444%20max)p6cppp]133|100[/hv]

LOL

Partner a expert? Expert IDIOT! Red/Green poor ♣/♠ suits. ♥K probable dead as North bid suit. -800/-1100 is a stupid score thanks to stupid X

Duck a ♦ @ trick2 is a possible plan. any forum members agree?

Always open with longer + better suit ♣AKJTxx vs. ♥AQJxx so 1♣ is opening bid

Novice/Beginner bids? 2♣ -2♦ - 4NT (28/29 bal.) - 6NT not good but practicable.

See here, http://www.bibo-zahlen.de/BIBOE.pdf

partner east pass, RHo south open 2nt (20-21 bal,) you hold west red/green imps, do you bid? [hv=pc=n&w=s5hqj965dqjt9853c&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=p2n]133|200[/hv]

East will always bid 3♠. I do not know why he did not bid 3♠ to his partner 1♠ bid???

partner has passed twice. he's broke. different vulnerability. pass is safe. X is not so good

Agree

2♣ with Kokish cover all the bases. It's to strong for 2NT 20-21 as main suit is ♥akjtx and three aces in hand.

Why are not north-south overcalling ♠ on this hand? Green/red. Then no chance that north make error in defense by playing ♠A If contract 3♠-1, then opps can make 3♥ on my LOTT calculation. -50 against +140. Or -100 if X

Eureka! Now that you have found that the probability of bridge is different than you thought you have advantage. Think finesses and breaks DO NOT work. you will be a winner with your new knowledge. lol

[hv=pc=n&s=sakqjt98765ha2dcj&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1h]133|200[/hv] Canape system. LOL ♠5 not in diagram. Dropped on floor. LOL

1NT (12-14), 1NT (13-15), 1NT (14-16), NO 1NT (15-17) 1♦ bid

3♦. If partner has ♠ he will bid. too strong for pass. shape wrong 2254 for X (3154,3244 I would X)

Good bridge problem. Zelandakh spoiler covers the bases. Think tricks declarer can take once ♠A has gone. Think about dummy entries. Think about how dummy can get an extra trick also - how? Now do you see solution. You only want one ace other than ♠A to make for slam to be down, not two. Technique to solution is same as when you are defense and declarer can make by ruffing. What do you do then? easy when you see logic of problem.