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Hi :) [hv=d=s&v=e&n=s86ha432dat6cakqj&s=sajt753hj9dkj8ct7]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] 6 spades by south, top ♥6 for A - 8 - J. Declarer play 3 club's round and discard ♥, then finesse spade T to west Q. ♥Q is returned wich collect 2 - K and ruffed in hand. What now? Is your advice to draw ♥ Ace or finesse (need two entry) ♦ T then finesse again spade? Actual play was ugh, interesting :lol: Declarer finessed ♦ but East was apparently away and didn't took the Q. He was so kind not to ask for an undo, else if proposed by declarer ... Ty in advance for any comment. Paolo, at1839

Ouch, I almost forgot to have that message submitted ... :) Well ty all for comments. Here the full story. pass 1♦ 2♥ 3♥ pass 4♥ pass 4♥ pass 4nt pass 5♥ pass 7♦ dbl pass pass rdbl pass pass pass For sure 3♥ pass 4nt would be better, at least looking at result LOL Actually I bid 4♥ ... after ptner's 4♥ I realized I was NOT so smart, now how to guess between 6 and 7♦ ? After some buzzling I hoped ptner wd answer 4nt as rkc for ♦ :) Or at worst for nothing :) Ptner ... well look at full board now, ptner was dealt AKQT K J8 T98762 Disaster, but we enjoyed anyway :D Paolo, at1839

East dealer. I was dealt J AJ AKTxxxxx KJ. pass - 1♦ - 2♥ - 3♥ - pass What to bid now as south ? Ty in advance :( Paolo, at1839

1♦ - 2♣ - 2nt - 3♦ - ?? 1♦ - 2♣ - 2nt ... Opener was dealt a balanced minimum. With a medium size, he had opened 1nt. Unbalanced, he had to rebid 2♦. To responder, now, its strenght is already unknow. Whit 10/11 against a balanced minimum, I suppose they need really a lucky day to make 5♦ on a 4/4. For 5♣ to make, responder must have at least 6 of them, I guess, and club's fit. With a nice 12 and up, balanced or semi-balanced, responder will drive to 3nt 365 days a year :) but he did not. Questionnable sentence? Can responder hown a HUGE, slammish one ? Actually I suppose yes, he do. On the end, I play responder for 10/11 barely invitational OR slammish. Not for a flat 3nt board ... Am I bugged? Further comments? Paolo.

After 1♥ - 2♦ - 2♥ I guess 3nt smells badly .. What about a 4♣ jump ? Paolo.

Suppose you're playing SAYC. Could add, with an occasional ptner, but I'm not interested into a "prudent" bid, just the "right" one. Unpassed hands ... 1♦ - 2♣ - 2nt - 3♦ - ?? Is ptner signin off? You already limited your hand, but is he inviting anyway? Or maybe asking you to further describe the hand ? Paolo, at1839 Edit: Firstly, ty all for comments :) I'd clear the field from the "inverted minors" thread. It's interesting, but not really relevant. Reading your comments helped me (hope) to better understand the bidding sequence. I will post a follow up about.

♥K, ♥Ace, small ♣to J & hope in a new spade :P Paolo, at1839

Nasty problem here with my new laptop, I guess related to copy protection stuff and double layer DVD writer, anyone reported that yet ? The software installs ok but want not to run, the error message is the usual from XP asking to report to Miscrosoft an application failure. Ty for any hint. Paolo, at1839