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I guess that's where the phrase "getting all gussied up" comes from.

It's called 1 No Trump Forcing for a reason, not "1N Forcing unless I opened a crappy balanced hand and just decide that I'm going to pass it". Sorry, I just don't get the reasoning behind agreeing to play a system, then deliberately ignoring what you know you should do with this hand. Just curious, did you also review your system about what partner does with x Kx xxx QJ10xxxx at the same time? (ok, so maybe you have some systemic bid for this hand that I don't know about, but for me, it's a 1N forcing response). You get all the blame here, Phil.

no. because I don't play bergen raises. :rolleyes:

"again easy/..once i know....what the heck my suits are." and it's easier for partner to know what they are if you actually bid them. Partner can easily have some 3-4-2-4, 3-4-1-5, or similar and yet, will be able to do nothing but pass or rebid 2C over a 1N response, and there goes the heart fit. jmoo.

Found on birthday card: You can have your cake, or you can have Edith, but you can't have your cake and Edith too.

I'm pretty sure the classic recommended return from this holding is the Jack. Its the only way to pick up 5 tricks in the heart suit. Edit: I was going to add that returning the J promises the 10 (just as if you were the opening leader at this point), but csgibson beat me to it below. If the original heart holding was AJxx, then small is the recommended lead. If the orginal holding was AJx, the J is the recommended return. However, here this holding is not possible (assuming it is known that declarer cannot have six hearts). So the only reason to return the J at this point is when you also have the ten as well. From all of the examples given, why would you do anything other than making your normal lead (as you would on opening lead)?

#1) Lead the Q from this sequence, asking for unblock of Jack if partner has it. #2) North should give attitude @ trick one, if @ all possible. Overtaking to return the suit should be reserved for when holding Ax. #3) If North is stuck with having to show count, South will be hard pressed to continue diamonds anyway as declarer would duck with AJx(x). Any shift by South will allow declarer to sail home.

wow.

Oh please. Why would you even make a stupid comment like this? We had done all of our bidding in previous rounds at teaching tables. Ben had told us that it was ok to alert our bids for him. Since we never play @ partnership bidding tables, I was unaware (and pretty sure Tyler was also) that our alerts would show to partner. I think it was done once (possibly twice), then the host said something.

I think a club switch is terrible. Lead a heart instead. You know partner has at least 5 hearts. (3 in dummy, declarer did not open 1H so should only have 4 at most).

I think it's close. I in general don't like bidding in such a way. I would prefer to bid 3♠ first time around than 4♠ now. I don't disagree with this, but under the constraints of the original post, I was forced to pass. :D

No, she would just scream at the top of her fingers.

Matter of opinion. You got input. You didn't like it. You responded like a jackass. Who is really the troll here?

I would bid 4S with this hand opposite a hand that has doubled twice.

These 3-3-7-1 patterns are so hard to bid, I don't blame you for not being certain what to do.

1N is not fine. What if opener had 4 spades, instead of just three? Plus, in spades, the diamond K will be protected on the opening lead. Personally, if my hand contains 4 spades but is only worth a simple raise in hearts, I make the simple raise. If my hand is stronger than a simple raise of partner's major, I will (almost) always show the other major. Edit: The hand in question is borderline as to whether or not to treat it as a limit raise. The values are approximately right, but they are soft. However, the spade suit gives the hand some added value, and that, makes it worth bidding twice on the hand (imo), but by bidding 1S initially (not 1N).

Expect an XXX rating. X (red card) I would understand. XX (purple card) I would understand. But XXX?? XXX is when you see dummy and know that you are screwed.

Double dummy simulations are worthless in evaluating this type of question. Edit: Agree with Justin. Short version.

20,000 is way off. More like "around" 2,000. "Atlanta Junior Bridge (AJB), a non-profit organization formed in 2006, has taught more than 1,000 children between the ages of 7 to 17 the rudiments of bridge. At the Georgia Youth Open Pairs State Championship this past December 74 players competed, with brothers (ages 10 and 7) declared the winners." What’s been going on with AJB? [3/12/10] Atlanta Junior Bridge closed out the year with over 100 new students having learned the rudiments of bridge. In just four short years 1600 young players have attended our classes in the metro Atlanta area. AJB provided instructional materials to learn bridge and teachers to teach it at no cost. http://www.atlantajuniorbridge.org/

All the time.

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jdonn/gib?

I'm curious to know what kind of tournament this was?

I think you have missed a board in the totals somewhere. (I suspect it is board 12). Edit: It may not be board 12, but our total definitely does not match what I calculated it to be.

is 6♣ really that good? Looks like you have 1 (maybe 2) heart losers, in addition to finding the club K. Again, double dummy, declarer will always get this right, and along with finding the right play in diamonds (to avoid a second heart loser), but in real life, 6♣ making is probably much less than 50%. Edit: since nobody bid 6♣, it's probably a moot point. I just don't see how it can score that high.