Echognome Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=s62hak752dq72c863&s=saj543hqt4dt4caj9]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Almost every south will open 1♠. Those that playing a forcing NT might have a difficult time on this board after south bids 2♣ (better minor). The danger of showing the hearts, is that it will often show a 6 card suit and 2♠ might be a better contract with 2 card support (when south could have 0 or 1 hearts). However the modern game leads to modern gadgets and some will find 2♥, which is the best contract. Many will respond with a non-forcing 1NT and that's where they will play. At imps, it's certainly a good contract and will make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 1♠:1N for us. North is about a point shy of a 2♥ response, which would have fetched a single raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Simple boring auction Dealer bids 1♥ (showing 4+ Spades)Responder bids 1NT, showing a balanced hand In theory, responder could have chosen a natural and non-forcing 2♥ response, but I prefer to describe the balanced nature of the hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 This was an easy hand for us but somewhere out there is the opposite hand on which we would miss the best contract. Our auction: 1NT 2♦2♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 1S-1NTPass As noted on Board 7 our 2♣ response to a major includes all the “strong” versions of found in standard forcing 1NT and our jump shifts to 1♠ show invitational hands with suit bid. So our 1NT is only “semi-forcing”. Opener with balanced hand, weak five card suit, spread values in the other suit, frequently will pass. This is what happened here. 2♥ is a good contract, but 1NT is a fair one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 A boring 1♠-1NT-Pass auction for Elianna and me. I suppose 2♥ is a marginally better partscore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I would had played 3♥ after BART: 1♠-1NT2♣-2♦2♥-3♥ What are the chances of 1 loser with xxx opposite AJ9? (asuming opponent will be good enough to duck with KQx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 What are the chances of 1 loser with xxx opposite AJ9? (asuming opponent will be good enough to duck with KQx) Well, unless you know they aren't good enough to go up with the K/Q from KTx/QTx, you couldn't take advantage of the mistake of going up with KQx... To answer your question: s.th. like 37%. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 We bid: 1s=1ntp 1nt=semiforcingI think partner has a borderline hand, either pass or bid 2c which then I could bid 2D BART which gets us to a 2H contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I would had played 3♥ after BART: 1♠-1NT2♣-2♦2♥-3♥ What are the chances of 1 loser with xxx opposite AJ9? (asuming opponent will be good enough to duck with KQx) In the version of BART I know 2h only promised 2+h not 3hearts but does deny a good enough hand to bid 3h directly over 2d. Not sure why Fluffy raises 2h to 3h with that responder hand. Perhaps a different version of BART? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 actually I dunno if its bart, what I use for 2♦ is either a highly unbalanced raise in ♣ or weak 2♠+5♥. 2♥ then shows 3 cards. Althou maybe it can be 2 now I think of it. Maybe I should pass 2♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 We bid 1S-1N(forcing)-2C-2D(bart)-2H-p. This was fairly straight forward given that pard couldn't pass 1N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 1N (12-14) - 2♦ - 2♥ - pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysen2k Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 A boring 1♠ - 1NT (semi-forcing) for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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