kfgauss Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Playing matchpoints in a club game, you pick up K Qxx KQJ8xxx KJ in 3rd seat with both vulnerable. Partner passes and righty bids 1C. Your bid? If you'd make a simple overcall, which high cards would you have to remove to preempt? If you'd preempt, how much more would you need to make a simple overcall? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 1D. without the HQ or CK I would bid 3D. I like heavy preempting opposite a passed hand to keep everyone guessing, but this one just has too much potential imo (even without the SK). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 With 7 semisolid ♦ I will just go for: 3♦. I would not bid this if partner was not a passed hand. To bid 1♦ instead of preempting with such long ♦ I'd need a hand that can reasonably find a partner hand to make 3NT. Here, partner needs just too much. I hope my preempt helps either to let them miss 4♠ or guess all or most of the finesses wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Probably 3♦ - If pard has the perfect 10 count where we make 3N, I'll apologize. The short spades tip the scale toward preemption and away from a constructive auction. A 1N overcall looks fun too :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Nothing wrong about applying extra pressure by altering third seat bids to a degree - but this hand is too much for 3D and an ugly 1D so I vote for the applying maximum pressure and open 4D. If everyone has to guess, let's guess real high. Winston Sorry, forgot to answer your other question. I'm a preemptor so to be worth an overcall I'd only have to rearrange the cards some. Kx, x, KQJxxxx, KQJ - of course less would still be fine: xxx, x, KQJxxxx, KQx. The preempting starts when I hit: xxx, x, KQJxxxx, Kxx. Someone really needs to write a treatise on O/D ratio and quantify it. Winston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan14 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 3♦, in third seat I like to prepare lil traps for oppos. 1♦ would not be really signifcant bid: no pre-emption, and while it's safe I doubt it will be a useful lead. To bid 1♦, I'd like to change 2 outside K into Aces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 obvious 3D bid for me :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 3♦, pd needs perfect hand for us to make 3 NT, mine never have them.But this is again why I love to play 10-12 NT, now I "know" almost for sure pd can't have any hand for me to make 3NT. GBB :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I think this hand is very close indeed, I voted for 3D. Without the stiff spade king my 3D bid would be clear, and move the little ones around a little bit and 1D would be clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 3♦ too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 2♣ - majors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Take away one King, 3D. The main problem is, that because youhave 15HCP, they may not have anything. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmum Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 As P has passed I will prempt with 3♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Pard has passed, I have 15 hcp and RHO just opened.......I can walk the hand, cause wherever they end up, I can show my values this way.....the pre-empt (hey, I CAN rebid after an overcall, can't I?) gets us to the right level perhaps, but not the right way...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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