Apollo81 Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 IMPs, all white ♠xx♥KQJxxxx♦---♣Axxx RHO opens 1♣ If your bid is not 4♥, explain why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 One should be careful when one has extreme length in both RHO suit and another. Odds that pard has a 55 in the remaining suits are high and no one makes a thing. This hand is borderline between 3♥ and 4♥, though I consider 3♥ the "conservative bid", and 4♥ the "swing bid". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 4♥, just so I don't have to explain myself. Seriously ... what other call is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 4H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 4 ♥ what else? May not work always but more often then anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 One should be careful when one has extreme length in both RHO suit and another. Odds that pard has a 55 in the remaining suits are high and no one makes a thing. This hand is borderline between 3♥ and 4♥, though I consider 3♥ the "conservative bid", and 4♥ the "swing bid". We agree, but I like 4♥ just a bit more than 3♥ if White. .. neilkaz .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 4♥ 3♥ is the perfect definition of a 'nothing' bid. It puts minimal pressure on the opps, has no real reward when it works, and may miss a game: how on earth is partner ever going to know what to do? If you are afraid to bid 4♥, stay in bed all day: life is too dangerous for you ;) 1♥ is odd, but better than 3♥ ...unfortunately, that is the only good thing I could think of to say about 1♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 While I agree that 4♥ is the "right" bid... how about 1NT? You have a club stopper after all. You can always pull 3NT from partner to 4♥, and there are a lot of situations where the 1NT bid might prevent the opponents from finding their 4♠ contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 While I agree that 4♥ is the "right" bid... how about 1NT? You have a club stopper after all. You can always pull 3NT from partner to 4♥, and there are a lot of situations where the 1NT bid might prevent the opponents from finding their 4♠ contract.And you can always pass partner's texas transfer ;) Not a good hand for South African Texas, however :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 3♥ is the perfect definition of a 'nothing' bid. It puts minimal pressure on the opps, has no real reward when it works, and may miss a game: how on earth is partner ever going to know what to do? Minimal pressure? I don't think so. Unless LHO has an easy 3♠ bid, he's gonna have a real hard time over 3♥. Especially if his suit is diamonds. 4♥ puts LHO into a different type of pressure, not necessarily into more pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 "4♥ puts LHO into a different type of pressure, not necessarily into more pressure" Funny, I always feel more pressure the higher I have to bid in a competitive auction. Must be just me. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 4♥. I'm sure theres a story here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 4♥. I'm sure theres a story here. No. The other table didn't bid 4♥, and it cost them. I can't imagine why.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dank Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I would bid 4♥. It could lose but seems normal. Red/White a 3H bid seems normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I would bid 4♥. It could lose but seems normal. Red/White a 3H bid seems normal. Oo I didn't know dank ever preempted :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Not sure I would bid 4♥ with that lot. If partner doesn't have hearts then we are taking an almost sure minus and we can't be sure that anyone can make anything. 2♥ Intermediate jump seems reasonable to me planning to accept any invitational noise or raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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