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4.

 

I've been trying to talk myself out of this bid, but I can't.

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1S. Overcalling with a yarborough and eight spades, I would go "passive" and mess with the auction. If the opponents buy the contract, they will play the hand wrong.

Perhaps, and they'll probably be doubled by pard expecting more high cards and less spades. Maybe my subterfuge causes them to give up the overtrick.

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1S. Overcalling with a yarborough and eight spades, I would go "passive" and mess with the auction. If the opponents buy the contract, they will play the hand wrong.

No wonder your pd's always think you have a different hand then you project during the bidding ;)

3 for me.

 

 

GBB :P

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There's a rule I quite like for deciding how high to pre-empt.

Bid to the level where you don't know what you hope the opponents will do.

 

If I bid 2S and get doubled, I'll be pleased (at least until I see dummy).

If I bid 4S and get doubled, I'll be very nervous.

If I bid 3S and get doubled, I won't know what to think.

 

So I bid 3S.

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Additional question:

I you bid 4S can your partner expect 1 trick from you if he doubles 5H?

A couple of weeks ago we had a hand in our club - playing MP's - with 8 card H (T9...) and 0 points as dealer. The players who opened 3H or 4H got a bad result because opps would end up in 4S or 5S doubled by partner and made.

Maybe you partner should not expect any trick (not even 1/2 trick) from you if you preempt to 3/4 level? But will he not...and DBL certainly at MP's?

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A couple of weeks ago we had a hand in our club - playing MP's - with 8 card H (T9...) and 0 points as dealer. The players who opened 3H or 4H got a bad result because opps would end up in 4S or 5S doubled by partner and made.

Perhaps that's an argument for opening 5 on that hand.

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Indeed, if partner has KQx then she will expect extra length in our hand at these colors

Hi,

 

its irrelevant, what partner can expect,

partner will / should raise with KQ tight

or K / Q + another trick (Ace or KQ combination).

 

Opener does not hold those cards, i.e. will expect

to loose those tricks.

You cover those looser, raise.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

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