hatchett Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Indeed, you are not vul and pard figures to have 3 or 4 diamonds based on your heart holding and no 2♠ overcall. I don't think this logic follows at all, for a start partner may not be strong enough to bid! Are you going to make a speculative partscore double at IMPs with Bob Hamman at the wheel? I'm not worried about being doubled in 3♦, it's converting +100 to -50 or being doubled in 3NT that worries me more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 :) The inference that pard has diamond support is far from ironclad, but consider that you have located nine hearts. The expected number of hearts for both RHO and pard is two. Since there are so many different combinations for this, the odds of his having exactly two hearts is considerable. If pard has exactly two hearts, then there are eleven empty slots that have to be filled by the other three suits. Some of these, while not ruled out, are considerably diminished in likelihood by his first round pass e.g. five, six or seven spades or six or seven clubs. Sure, he may have 4-2-2-5 shape, but even that won't be so bad if he has the diamond queen or ace. Finally, we have the mute testimony of Bob Hamman. He actually bid three diamonds at the table in a serious event. Why can't you stop arguing and learn from the master? Hamman's example should be enough all by itself. He has assured me on numerous occasions that he is the world's best bridge player. What better testimony could you ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 The fact that neither partner nor RHO acted makes the expected number of hearts that partner has more than two. After all, the less hearts partner has the more likely she can act, and the more hearts RHO has the more likely he can act. [CORRECTED, thanks Josh] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 The fact that neither partner nor RHO acted makes the expected number of hearts that partner has more than two. After all, the less hearts partner has the more likely she can act, and the more hearts RHO has the more likely he can act. :blink: O.K., you have an excellent point. It is RHO's pass that makes one uneasy. It might well be a trap with a goodish hand and short hearts. RHO would surely raise with four hearts and might raise with three. Three diamonds looks to be marginal at matchpoints. At IMPs in a serious game, it is something of an insult, or perhaps RHO's body language and manner are revealing something to the three diamond bidder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfgauss Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Where do you find the hand records from the Hollman-Nickell match? Also, what happened on this hand (if Hamman had passed, it would've been a >=6 imp swing to Nickell?)? Thanks,Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Where do you find the hand records from the Hollman-Nickell match? Also, what happened on this hand (if Hamman had passed, it would've been a >=6 imp swing to Nickell?)? Thanks,Andy down 3 in 3D and lost the match, if he passed they win by 2 imps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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