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Enter the hand with the hand diagram and then manually add the '?' at the end of the bidding: hv=pc=n&w=st8hkj2dk863ckt76&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1sp3s(Pre-emptive)dp?]133|200[/hv]

I'm not sure if it is clear to play H9 with K95: ....K95 J76......AT2 ....Q843 H3-6-9-T and declarer ducks 2nd round H3-6-K-A and South ducks the 2nd round But better duck,if: ....K95 J76......AQ2 ....T843 Maybe the 9 is better anyway with K9x to help partner reading the situation.

EDITED: opening was 2H and not 2S!!![hv=pc=n&w=sakj5hj3daj4cat63&e=sqt2haq2dkq876cq2&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=2hdp3nppp]266|200[/hv] We missed 6NT. We play Lebensohl, so 2NT followed by 3NT by East would show 4cH and not extras. Who should have done more?: - West: bid 4NT quantitative after East's 3NT - East: bid quantitative (2NT followed by 4NT ; I think that a direct 4NT would be for the minors) - No-one: Preempts work

These are the hands and how the bidding did go wrong to end in a reasonable contract: [hv=pc=n&w=sa2hkq762d42ca532&e=sqha4dakq873ck874&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=2sdp2n(Lebensohl)p3dp3hp4cp4sp4np5hp6cp6dppp]266|200[/hv] - Should East start with DBL or with 3S? - West started with 2NT, planning to rebid 4H to show a slam try. Does he has enough for that or is a direct 4H better? - After East's 3D bid, West has a problem. Does 4H still show the slam-try or is it a max. weak hand (7-8 pts)? Probably max weak? How to show the good hand with 5cH now? - East corrected 3H to 4C. West then bid 4S: cue for for D - for East this was cue for C. Followed by 4NT RKC

- For us (2S)-DBL-2NT-3D shows a strong hand - (2S)-DBL-2NT-3C-? => 3S=GF with 4cH and no S-stopper; 3NT=GF with 4cH and S-stopper After (2S)-DBL-2NT-3D-? It is best that??: => 3S=GF with 4cH and no S-stopper; 3NT=GF with 4cH and S-stopper OR? => 3S=GF with 4cH; 3NT=weak with S-stopper (fi QJx=Qxx=xx=Jxxxx)?

The DBL'er had: Q=Ax=AKQ8xx=K87x Maybe he better bids 3S instead of DBL.

(2S)-DBL-(P)-2NT! (P)-3D-(P)-3H 2NT=Weak or GF with 4cH. 3D=Strong (should this be forcing?) Is 3H forcing or very weak with long H? The bidding continued without knowing of each other what happened: (2S)-DBL-(P)-2NT! (P)-3D-(P)-3H (P)-4C-(P)-4S (P)-4NT-(P)-5C (P)-5D-(P)-6D AP

It is actually undefined in our system: Options of overcaller: - 2NT = 18-20 Further bidding: cuebid asks stop for 3NT, 3C to play, 3M: 3cM and values (max). - Cue can be balanced 22-23 or GF onesuiter or strong support - New suit = natural, 16+ - New suit with jump = Acol Two type, but not GF - Cue and new suit = GF - 3C = 12-15, fit - Jump cue = splinter, extras, support - 4C = 4/5cC, 19-21 Maybe (In our system logic 2NT would then be minimal).

North thought that he supported ♣ with 4♥ (control with ♣-fit

I think that 2♦ is very strong, but not GF. Therefore 3♣ would be very weak and NF? 4♥ was intended as a cue, so I think North would bid the same. In fact, even if 4♥ is clearly cue for ♣ then 4♦ would be a better bid?

We ended in the wrong contract with following bidding: (1♦)-DBL-(P)-2♣ (P)-2♦-(P)-2♥ (P)-3♦-(P)-4♣ (P)-4♥-AP We agree until: - 2♣=No 4cM and weak - 2♦=very strong, not necessarily ♣-fit, not GF And questioned: - 2♥: Is this promising extras or just a 3-card with a stop. Can it be done with?: xxx=QJx=xx=xxxxx - If DBL'er would bid 3♥, is that forcing?: (1♦)-DBL-(P)-2♣ (P)-2♦-(P)-2♥ (P)-3♥ - Is 3♦ very strong with a ♣-fit?: (1♦)-DBL-(P)-2♣ (P)-2♦-(P)-2♥ (P)-3♦ - Is 4♥ a cue for ♣, or can it be a very strong hand with only ♥?: (1♦)-DBL-(P)-2♣ (P)-2♦-(P)-2♥ (P)-3♦-(P)-4♣ (P)-4♥ The bidding and hands: [hv=pc=n&s=s542hqj6d43ckt542&n=sakt9hakda2caj983&d=w&v=b&b=4&a=1ddp2cp2dp2hp3dp4cp4hppp]266|200[/hv]

3♦

I don't like 2♠. It feels more like a normal TO with 4c♠. I would rather bid 2♦ or 2♥, I would go for 2♥.

Thanks for the answers. West had a 6c♠, and East ♠T9. So probably the lead was not ♠4, but ♠6. Sorry for this mistake in my OP. ...is this making rhm's more attractive? My partner did play a ♣ to ♣K and that lost to ♣A. A ♠ was returned by East. West still had the ♥A and ♣Q, so the contract could not be made anymore. I told my partner that it was better to cross in ♦ and play a ♣ from dummy (rhm's line). or another possible line we saw was to play for ♥3-3 (the other suggested line here). But it wasn't clear for us which was best.

IMP's [hv=pc=n&n=s2h86532dqj6ck752&s=saqj5hkqdak42cj63&d=s&v=0&b=1&a=2np3dp3h(no%20H-fit)p3nppp]266|200[/hv] (3♥=No ♥-fit) Opps are not good. West leads the ♠4 (4th best) for the ♠9 by East and your ♠Q. What is your plan on this hand?

I play most of the system of a strong Belgian player and this is part of it. We call it Leuvensohl (our club is in Leuven). (1H)-DBL-? 1S: nat 1NT: Leuvensohl (weak or 4cS) 2C/2D: Nat, 7-10 2H: 11+, no 4cS, no stop 2S: 5cS, Invite 2NT: Nat, no 4cS (1H)-DBL-(P)-1NT (P)-2C-(P)-? - Pass/2D: weak - 2H: 11+, 4cS, no stop - 2S: 11+, 4cS, stop BTW: You can find more bids related to this on http://bss2html.atspace.cc/ by loading <My System> and ticking "Competitive", "Disable undefined bids" and "they open"

This hand was bid by someone else and discussed at the bar. The bidding at the table was a Pass with this hand and did go like: P-(1S)-P-(1NT) 3S-(P)-? Axx=Axx=Axxxxx=x This hand did bid 4D and it did go all pass. 6D was a good contract. An other player said that he liked the Pass followed by 3S. I thought opening gambling is better.

MP's [hv=pc=n&s=s2h2dj642cakq8642]133|100[/hv] We had a discussion, therefore the question: What do you open?: 1C, Pass, gambling (your choose of 3NT/3S), 3C? Does it make a difference if you are dealer, 2nd, 3rd?

A Belgian Movie: "Calvaire". Google "calvaire dance scene", it will give you an idea of the obscurity.

I'm trying to focus on every hand. One of the best tips I saw on BBF was hand visualisation by counting distributions. I try to do that, but in practice I'm only doing this on 1/4th of the hands. I realize that focus is the best way to improve my bridge, but I'm not doing it good enough :(

True, but ducking the ♦Q if even easier? I wonder why I can't do this at the table

I misplayed these two hands and I think it should be obvious to play them better. The play is not expert, but I hope some expert can give me a clue why I'm doing this wrong and how to do this better. In both hands the opps did give me a possibility to make the contract. Both are buttler. [hv=pc=n&s=sj972hq52d642caq2&n=sqt83hak3dat3ct93&d=n&v=0&b=11&a=1cp1sp2sppp]266|200[/hv] West did lead a small ♥. I decided to play ♥A, play a small ♠ from dummy, hoping West would return another ♥, then playing another ♠ from dummy and hope for an end-play. This worked: - ♥A - Small ♠ from dummy for West's ♠K - ♥ for ♥K - Small ♠ from dummy winning in hand (East ducked with Axx). EDIT: I cashed HQ before playing D. - Small ♦: West took ♦K and I ducked. - West returned ♦Q. => I took ♦Q with the A and played ♣T from dummy. Afterwards I realized that I should have ducked again. Probably I was too convinced that West had ♦KQ. West had: Kx=xxxx=KQx=KJxx next deal: [hv=pc=n&s=sjt942ht62dq2cqt2&n=saq63ha73dj753ckj&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1n2d(Multi%20Landy)p2hpp2s]266|200[/hv] West did lead his singleton ♥. I took the Ace in dummy, played ♣K from dummy taken by West with the ♣A. West returned a ♣, I took this in hand... and finished ♠. I didn't even think to play the 3th ♣ and discard a ♥ from dummy. Why is my play at the table so much worse then I should be able? I try to focus, but it feels like I could do better. Maybe I'm too lazy :(. These two hands came after each other. The hand before I did go down in 3NT with ♥KT opposite ♥Jx, a small ♥ lead and taking the wrong decision. I don't think this mis-decision influenced the play of the above hands, but maybe the disappointment was somehow influencing my focus.

1♦-(2♣)-? Here we also use transfer (loosing the natural 2♦): - 2♦: xfer ♥ (weak or GF) - 2♥: xfer ♠ (weak or GF) - DBL: Take-out Other bids we use here: - 2♠: Weak, 5c♠, 4c♦ - 2NT: very weak with ♦-support - 3♣: Inv+ with ♦-support - 3♦: 6-9 with ♦-support - 3♥/3♠: Invite with 6-card ♥/♠

Ok, thanks. Makes sense

Do you mean?: Our agreement is that all jumps are weak. I would bid 3♠ or 4♠ (probably 3 at MPs and 4 at IMPs)