whereagles Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Matchpoints, intermediate field, system: 2/1, you hold: ♠ J5♥ QJ3♦ JT5♣ QT932 All vuln RHO you LHO pard3♦ . pass pass dblpass ?? Your bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 4C, wtp? Do I have a 4 card mayor? NoDo I have the power and trump length to pass? NoDo I have the power and stopper to bid 3NT? No What is left? With kind regardsMarlowe PS: Of course, I could try to be clever and Pass hoping for 200, but since I am better than the field (am I?), Iwill try to go plus, and try to win on a other board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Do I have a 4 card mayor? NoDo I have the power and trump length to pass? NoDo I have the power and stopper to bid 3NT? No 4C, wtp? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 4C. I'm guessing this is wrong, since it is the obvious bid :lol: Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 4♣. Double is for take-out, is it not? So I take it out in my longest suit. Maybe partner is 4522 or 5422 and preferred a double to 3MA, but I can't know, so anything but 4♣ would be master-minding, pass included. Since this is presented as a problem, there must be more to it than this. Did partner tank before he doubled? If he did, I'm not in a better position, because I am not allowed to take advantage of the UI. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Hmm. Longest suit at the lowest level clearly isn't the correct call here because it's presented as a problem. But it's what I'd bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Gerber seems clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Gerber seems clear. ROFL :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 4♣ is clear, but I'm sure we can come up with hands where 3NT wins the day. For example if partner has: ♠Qxxx♥AKxx♦Q♣AKxx But it is a pretty contrived example and I'm not going to try be a hero on this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I agree with Gerber. My problem will come on the next round: is this hand really strong enough to ask for kings (via 5♣)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Thx all. 4♣ is best, yes. Pard held: ♠ AKxx♥ KTx♦ --♣ AKTxxx You'll get to 5 or 6♣ now. As long as you don't "try" for something like pass or 3♥, all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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