roghog Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=skj853hqt32d54ck8]133|100|Scoring: IMP(1♦) - 1♠ - (2♣) - ?? [/hv] The event had 13-board matches, IMPed, then converted to VPs. Also, do you bid differently at different colours, or at different scoring? (eek-eek) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4S, any vulnerability any form of scoring. Time to apply the pressure, my CK is well placed, this could easily make, and pards standards for a 1S overcall with differ with the vulnerability. He knows hes red/white at imps. I don't expect to go for more than 500, and if we do they should make a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4S, automatic. I have been burned too many times not going to 4M because i used my "judgement" :) Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4♠ Fast in fast out. Might make too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 3♠ only ! I would have bid 4 with a single. I don't want to go for 500 or more if they have nothing. Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 If something, 3♠. Heck, even 2♠ can be the limit. Unless opponents are loonies, to bid 4♠ here on grounds that "pard overcalled red vs white at imps" is a quick and most unpleasant way to go -200 or -500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4s, makes if p has opening hand, down 1 if partner overcalled light. Down 2 if really lite. BTW 3s is weak and I think this is a nice LR hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'm going with 4♠. Sometimes it's wrong, but sometimes it may even make, and sometimes when it is wrong opponents will do the wrong thing (also when 4♠ is right opponents are more likely to do the wrong thing than over 3♠). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4S. Marlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoKole Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4 ♠ applying maximum pressure to East-West. This tells partner the limit of my hand, and East-West can't bid slowly to find their best fit. I would make the same bid whatever the type of scoring or vulnerability. It is not my style to deny a 10 card spade fit. Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 We have a (big) fit, so they have a fit.......in H maybe? Their hands are still unknown to them so the tactical advantage of the preempt is tempting but my defensive values and the safe haven of a S contract lead me to take a less drastic approach. Will they play at the 5 level either way (we go fast or we go slow) or will they try for their last plus against a premature 4S call? The bid that causes the most confusion may be a q-bid, or 2H or even 2NT! You know that 3S should be makable and never doubled even if it is going down so....take your time, relax and enjoy the ride...... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 4♠, not perfect, but time to maximize the pressure. GBB :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 ................................. 4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'm a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Does that mean you bid 5♠? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Huh? Oh, right, hadn't realised this thread was a bidding problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I would bid 3♠ only. With this shape and strength (and opp's bidding), I don't think we can make 4♠ (statistically). With my holding of ♥, I am not afraid of opp's to go to 4♥. Opps go to 5 of a minor? Fine, I'd rather defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Now for something completely different: My bid is 3♣ I have an invitational hand with a ♣ card. If I held the Ax and xx in the minors, I would cue 3♦. While one of these bids may not show a control (one should the other should be ambiguous: I'd choose 3♦ as ambiguous because Kx is not worth much in ♦), the odds are that you have a control because you are showing values and are not bidding ♥. 3♠ is weak (altho it is probably the optimum spot on most hands) 2♠ is misleading and allows far too much space to the opps 4♠ is too committal. Am I a happy 3♣ bidder, secure in the knowledge that our side is now perfectly positioned? Nope :D But partner will have a touch more info than I have when he makes his decision and that may allow him to place the contract or (even) to make a cue of his own: to toss the ball back to me with a red suit bid. For which I will not thank him, but which will get me to bid 3♠. This is an ugly sequence: a minimum overcall such as Axxxx AJx xxx xx makes a vul game good, while a great hand such as AQ10xx KQxx xx Qx makes the game hopeless. My cue will not solve these examples, but may help on other hands. Finally, don't worry about ♥: the opps do not hold that fit and if they do they lack the values to find it now. The odds are that RHO has long ♣, a partial or better ♦ fit and an imperfect hand in hcp for his forcing 2♣: after all, how many hcp are there in the deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civill Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=skj853hqt32d54ck8]133|100|Scoring: IMP(1♦) - 1♠ - (2♣) - ?? [/hv] The event had 13-board matches, IMPed, then converted to VPs. Also, do you bid differently at different colours, or at different scoring? (eek-eek) Three legs are capable to support a round table;but most tables have four legs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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