Sacrifice & Anti-sacrifice

[adhoc3]

You were sitting South. Your PD dealed and opened 1♥, covered by RHO's 1♠. You had

 

:[hv=d=n&v=e&s=sxhatxxdxxxckjxxx]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

A voice whispering in your ear that LHO would bid ♠ and cover your any level♥ raise. The OPPS are IMP killers.

 

Given 2/1 system you were playing, what is the best choice here? What is the strategy?

[Chamaco]

Having the Fit Jump to 3C available, there is no need for further strategy.

 

The 3C jump delivers all the info pard needs:

- a mixed raise with 4 trumps

- values concentrated only in the 2 suits.

 

Using the FJS we can bid our hand in one go so the strategy is simply letting pard drive the auction, we have nothing more to say :)

 

Pard will know not only of the trump fit but will be able to determine the honors fit and eventual wasted values, in case further decisions are needed.

[Walddk]

I agree with Mauro if you have FJS on your cc. If you don't, I would bid 2♠, limit raise in hearts. Some play that as limit or better. I don't, I still use 2NT as the game forcing raise.

 

What to do with 11-12 and spade stopper(s)? Double first, then NT. I think it's important that partner can distinguish between limit and GF right away.

 

Roland

[adhoc3]

The score board are all black, 4/5♠-1-2, except for 1 table 4♥+1. Their unique bidding went:

 

1♥-1♠-2♠-pass*

4♥//

 

The pass seems somehow strange for west had 5 cards ♠ in hand. Maybe because of observing vulnerablility and the strenght that South had shown, he did not want to encourage his pd to sacrifice.

 

Will that be a psychic bidding if 2♠ is a forcing raise in CC?

[Free]

5♥, lets create some action :)

[ArcLight]

Using Mike Lawrences Methods 3♥ shows a Limit Raise (4 trumps, 10-12 support points) and is not Preemptive over an opponent Overcall. 3♥ would be preemptive over a double.

 

You don't have enough points for a Splinter.

[Gerben42]

3♣ to prepare partner for high-level competition.

[Guest Jlall]

Textbook 3C bid. If not with this hand then when?

[Double !]

A fit-raise of 3 clubs would be nice to have available. This way you have pretty much described your hand in one bid, and this should put partner in a good position to judge what further action, if any, to take.

 

Otherwise, you might as well make whatever bid you have agreed on that shows a limit+ raise with 4-card support.

 

Curious about how people would differentiate a 3C bid from a 4C bid?

 

DHL

[pclayton]

3♣ - CLOSE to textbook. I'd rather have the Q♣ but life ain't perfect.

[Chamaco]

Curious about how people would differentiate a 3C bid from a 4C bid?

Playing strength/shape.

 

Add 1 more club or trump, and the same hand becomes worth a 4C bid.

I like to think of it in tems of losers (7-losers = 4-level FJS, 8.5-9 losers = 3 level FJS), but I know it's not so popular ;)

[hrothgar]

If you think that the opponents are much better than you, than there is some appeal to Free's 5♥ suggestion. otherwise, I'd bid 3♣ as a fit jump.

[Gerben42]

Curious about how people would differentiate a 3C bid from a 4C bid?

 

4♣ is the same thing but Game Forcing.

[pigpenz]

firm believer of letting partner know where your card are on the way, so he can tell if you both have the same two suits.

[whereagles]

Textbook 3C bid. If not with this hand then when?

This is NOT textbook because the clubs are broken. A textbook 3♣ would be with clubs KJTxx :rolleyes:

 

BUT, since 3♣ is (by far) the bid that best describes your hand, it's clear-cut to bid it. At least to me :)

[han]

Can't imagine bidding anything but 3C.

 

If partner was not convinced of the use of 3C as support jump shift, I'd show them this hand.