OleBerg

If you are curious: http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=33265

FYP.

I might need to brush up on the subject, but wouldn't even Culbertson open #2?

Pass. Not that I like it. The opponents have probably guessed right. My best hope is that both 3♦ and 3♥ are down. Not enough "value" in an X for me. Edit: Typos.

I'd say it would be illogical to consider 4-4-3-2 with East. This would imply West has approx ♠x ♥Qxxx ♦AQxxx ♣Qxx and has doubled for penalty at IMPs ? Sure. ;) (Just mentioned system without thinking.)

Opps. system: 5-card major. 15-17 NT. 4-4 in the minors is opened 1♣. 3-3 in the minors is opened 1♣. What is done with 4-4-3-2 is not known. (If this matters, I would highly appreciate two answers.)

[hv=d=n&v=e&n=sj5h54dk1053c98753&s=sak10862hj107djckj6]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Pass - (1♣) - 1♠ - (X) Pass - (2♥) - 2♠ - (X) Pass - (Pass) - Pass First double was high-low. (Either a normal negative double, or a forcing hand.) Second double was penalty. The lead is the ♥3, fourth best, to the King. East takes the ♣A and returns the ♣10. Do you use the King or the Jack? Is it obvious? What are your considerations? I would appreciate many replies, even if they are redundant. Thanks in advance.

I wouldn't waste any time assigning blame to this one. The slam is not that unreasonable, and playing a natural system, it is hard to evaluate the wastage in clubs.

1♥ - 2♣ many ways to 6♣.

So we can play 1♠ when pard has a 2 or 3 loser hand? Well, it's not uncommon, at A/E level, to play 1♦ - 1♥, 1♠ as a one-round force.

Actually, being a passed hand, wouldnt also 5♣ and 5♦ show heart support?

Will you please tell my opponents that?

Hardly. The opponents bid 4♠, so it is likely they have some shape, and any 4-1 fit in thrumphs defeats slam. Also, if partner doesn't hold the ♣J, there will likely be handling-problems in that suit. And finally you have to find the ♦Q. Not only do you need at most one loser for slam, you also need twelve tricks.

6♥ is ridiculous. 5♥ is "gutsy" at best.

Just a story. (But true.) I once held something like: ♠ xxx ♥ KQJ10 ♦ Axx ♣ xxx I opened a 10-12 NT, and it continued: 1NT - (2♥) - Pass - (4♥) X - (Pass) - Pass - (Pass) Partner led a black suit, and their diamond loser went away. -790. I have no idée what the moral, if any, of this story is.

A slight argument for one long match, could be to avoid trouble. If you play 8 matches, and it is very close, somebody could feel cheated if they lost 4½ - 3½ but scored most IMP's. I would consider it much less likely, that a team that lost by, say, 4 IMP's in one long match, would complain that they would have won, if it had been 16 board matches. (They probably wont even do the math.)

"That's what she said".

better be a casual partner with a sense of humor. Try something like: "Why did you pass my serious 3NT???...Oh, it was a splinter!"

4♣. Dislike to take away the four-level, and the single Q is a reasonable card. (If I wasn't unsure of partners possible intepretation of 4♦ as non-forcing, that would be a standout bid). On a bad day, partner has something like: ♠ K ♥ xx ♦ AQXX ♣ AKxxxx or, on a (very) good day: ♠ K ♥ AKx ♦ AQxx ♣ Jxxxx in which case a club-cue will be reassuring. Including the four level will also be much better for grand exploration and determination of ♦'s vs NT. For one thing, the fact that we doesn't have a heart-cue, might be valuable information for partner.

Why do you. :) Because it is a different thread and so the answer is different, even if the intention is the same. By the way, the 2H bid is extremely poor. - sorry Roland. Np. :)

Enlisting under the 3♣ banner.

2♥ if it is MP's. I can full well appreciate all the dangers, but at MP's I am not letting them play 1♠ white vs white, when I have such a heart suit. My hard tried partners will not expect more.

Why do you. :)

Maybe that a point-counter would bid 4♠. If you play strong NT's, 3♠ is fine. However, if 3♠ can contain 15-17 bal., I'd bid 4♠. Point counter? What, 3+18=21, so pass? I assume, that this time you are only pretending to be silly? Hyperbole, again. But, since partner will stretch to keep the auction alive with a King, the "point" is that point-counters should bid 3♠, because 18+8=26, and Responder raises with 8-9 from a 6-9 range, so how would point counters bid this differently? But they will bid 4♠.

4♦ in all three, but quite nervous about the first.