TylerE

Yes, it's completely inconceivable that non-LM's might be able to earn a good score the old fashioned way. Let's keep lowering the bar! Points for everyone!

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At the world championship level, perhaps. At the club/local tourney I'd flip that... it's all about eeking out those overtricks in the obvious 3N/4M contracts.

So, the jump to 3!H shows what, about 17-20? Then surely pass of 4♥ is an LA.

But conventional methods over _opponents_ conventions are still legal, right?

Because it's a freebid. After opener's double, can float back to P to let them XX with a true bust.

The defense to Mini-Roman is that the opponents are playing Mini-Roman.

I palyed both matches. Rosengaten won his by like 8... but not my fault if he can't be arsed to post the result.

TylerE-mlbridge TylerE +8 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:50039aea.0ec1.11e7.ab15.0cc47a39aeb4-1490160909&u=tylere#row-

Looks fairly normal to me. Axxxxx and a stuff.

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Integer values... but adjustments aren't to the count directly, just basically "do you like your hand".

Single worst bid was W's 2♥. Should just bid 2♠, which does not promise 6.

Looks like my username was misspelt in the new matches.

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And we could be off AK♥ and A♣ in 5♣ with 3N making comfortably.

Easy pass for me. It's MP and we're in 3NT.

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If you want to tell yourself you did the right thing, you can do that without making a forum thread.

Moral of the story: When you have a hand that's only worth one bid, you'd better make good use of it...

Abstain. 2♣ is a horrible bid that lead us here.

Result stands and a PP for N, for violating 43a1c? "Dummy must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate anything about the play to declarer. "

Exhibit #3459 on why bundling the 3 card limit raiser into 1NT is bad. I have a lot more sympathy for N than you seem to though. Wouldn't you bid the same way if Q♦ was the 2? Really your partner has a really bad hand for slam. No shortness, no aces, only one sure outside trick at all, and a long suit that may well be a liability.

I would so. If declarer doesn't think there any trumps out, he doesn't have any reason to lead trumps. I think he's leading a club, and then your partner wins, and leads whatever, which, as the non claiming side, should be whatever is favorable to you. You don't get to have declarer make the worst possible play, directly contradicting his (incomplete) states line.

The problem with bidding 2♠ here is that the hands where we make game we end up in at least 6, if not 7.