What do you bid?

[ArcLight]

What do you bid in these cases (?? indicates its your bid) All IMPs

 

1. IMPS Non Vul vs Non Vul, You hold

♠K 9 6 5 4

♥ 5

♦ A Q 3

♣ Q 6 4 2

 

LHO Opens 2♥ - pass - pass - ??

 

 

2. IMPS, Opps Vulnerable, you hold

♠ x

♥ x

♦ K 9 6 5 4 2

♣ A J T 5 4

 

LHO Deals

pass - 1 Spade - pass - 1NT (forcing - playing 2/1)

2 Hearts - X - pass - ??

 

 

3a. IMS all Red, You deal , what do you bid with:

♠ void

♥ 8 7 6 4 2

♦ A Q

♣ K Q J T 9 3

 

 

3b. You decide to open 1Heart the bididng goes:

1H - (1S) - 2H - (4S)

??

 

 

4a. IMS all Red you hold:

♠ x

♥ K Q T 9 5 3 2

♦ J

♣ Q J T 4

 

Pard opens 1 Diamond - pass -

??

 

 

4b. Same hand, the bidding goes:

1D - p - 1H - (1S)

2H - (2S) - 4H - (4S)

X - p -

??

[inquiry]

1. Dbl. I have support for 3 suits, my fifth spade is a nice feature, but the suit quality is not so good. The best spot might be 2♥x and if I bid 2♠ we will find it difficult to get play in that contract when it is right.

 

2. Pass -- if this double is meant to show ♥'s. I could be soooo much weaker, and partners double here suggest a misfit. If our agreement here is that partner's double is for takeout, then I will bid a scrambling 2NT to get him to pick a minor, and then I will raise that minor to the four level.

 

3a. 1♣

3b. Even on my worse day and being cold stone drunk, I can not imagine opening this hand 1♥. At this point, being RED, I pass and hope for the best. A heart lead from partner will not be the best however.

 

4a. 4H

4b. abstain, as I would never be in this position. If the bidding had gone 1D-p-4H-4S-x, I would pass.

[han]

1. 2S. I have a very minimal hand so I will try to stay low.

 

2. I would play this double as take-out, I don't know about your agreement. If take-out, 3H followed by 4D. If penalty 2NT (minors, I can't have a balanced hand when I pull a penalty double).

 

3a. 1C of course. I usually open my longest suit, but when they are so much better there really isn't an alternative.

 

3b. Abstain, I would NEVER open 1H.

 

4a. 4H, although this hand is quite strong. I have no problem with 1H.

 

4b. Ouch, now I sure wished I had bid 4H. This is very difficult. I think I would pull.

[jdonn]

1) Completely obvious double to me. When partner is over the bidder like this a penalty pass is extremely likely, and I intend to cater to it at all costs whenever I have acceptable defense.

 

2) You didn't tell us what double means...

I always play it as takeout, and in that case I would just bid 4NT to get him to pick a minor. This is far, too good for even something like 4♦, and I don't want to have to worry that he will take 2NT the wrong way.

If penalty, this is a completely obvious pass, and I would in fact be really upset at a partner of mine that pulled it (though I don't play it as penalty). You have a stiff spade, an ace, and a king, you should be thanking the gods of bridge deals. Partner opened 1♠ and penalty doubled 2♥, hmm I wonder if anyone is short in the minors.

 

3a) 1♣, though I don't hold the same disdain for 1♥ that some others do. Misdescriptive though it is, it is by far the most straightforward way of finding a 5-3 heart fit in game if you have one. 1♣ anyway though of course :)

 

3b) I asked for this with the opening bid didn't I? What a dreadful position, I guess I pass but partner is not even going to make a good lead.

 

4a) 1♥ and 4♥ are both fine, if this fits how you see a 4♥ bid then of course do it.

 

4b) Really close and tough problem. I pass. This auction was not a forcing pass, so partner's penalty double should say that he means it, he may have four good spades. I am not going to pull partner's penalty double to a potential minus, and I even have a great lead, a stiff in partner's suit. The more I think about this the more obvious pass becomes, if partner really has a double then on the hands where we make 5♥ they could go for a boatload.

[helene_t]

1. 2♠. Nice problem for a simulation. I think 2♠ is more likely to get us to the right gane than is dbl. But dbl lets us defend when that's right. Dbl might also be slightly safer.

 

2. This double is t/o in Bridge World Standard. People who don't open 1NT with a 5-card major might double with a balanced 16 points. Anyway, I bid 3♥ and then probably 5♦.

 

3. 1♣. I usually open 1♥ with this shape, but the quality disparity is too big.

 

3b. Pass.This is not forcing so when I pull p's double to 5♣ I show something like this, I hope.

 

4. 1♥. 4♥ if I'm in a bad mood, not to suggest it's a bad bid just not what I would do on most days.

 

4b. 5♥. Partner's dbl shows cards.

[ArcLight]

From problem 2:

 

LHO Deals

pass - 1 Spade - pass - 1NT (forcing - playing 2/1)

2 Hearts - X - pass - ??

 

 

I'm a bit confused.

 

LHO is a passed hand, who now makes a 2 heart overcall opposite a passed pard(at least non-overcalling pard).

 

If you have 1 heart, and opener has heart shortness (if thats how you interpret the DBL - as take out) then the opps have 10 hearts bewteen them, yet they passed.

Doesn't that seem odd.

If dealer passed, then overcalls 2 hearts, wouldn't his pard (with 4-5 hearts) raise to 3 or 4? But that didn't happen. Doesn't that imply the opps didn't have a ton of hearts?

 

 

How would one penalize the overcaller?

 

If opener passes, and responder has 6-9 will they not pass?

 

Is there no way to double the overcaller?

 

Why would double be for takeout as opposed to penalty?

 

The 1NT responder has not bid yet. They may have a delayed Limit Raise (3 trumps and 10-12 support points) or a minor or something.

 

If its takeout, then responder is forced to go to the 3 level with 6-9 HCP and shortness in spades and hearts, meaning you play with a 5-2/3 or fit, which I guess isnt too terrible.