Apollo81 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I had this last night ♠--- ♥AJ98xxxxx ♦AK ♣xx IMPs, vul all white i thk 3♦-(4♣)-??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Partner bid 3♦ off the AK?The opponents look to have a 10 card Spade fitI have 8 hearts... Bleah I see two reasonable choices 1. Bid 4♥, planning to show Diamond support over 4♠2. Bid an immediate 5♦ I'm going to start with 4♥. Its not as preemptive, however, knowledge about a double fit might help partner make the right decision over 5♠ I'm hoping for an auction like 3♦ - (4♣) - 4♥ - (4♠)P - (P) - 5♦ - (P)P - (5♠) - X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 5D. They haven't bid spades yet. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Sorry, you actually have 9 hearts. My original post only contained 12 cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Sorry, you actually have 9 hearts. My original post only contained 12 cards. 9 hearts? We're now officially in the middle of freak territory. Virtually anything could be right or wrong, however, I'm bidding an immediate 5♥. I'm not about to table a 9 card suit as dummy. (Hell, I wasn't excited about tabling an eight card suit as dummy). I ran a very quick sim to estimate partner's expected Heart length. I assigned a 0=9=2=2 hand to North and assumed that South held either 6331. 7222, 7321, or 7330 shape. (I don't think that a six Diamonds to a QJ is a reasonable 3♦ opening holding a 6322 pattern) 0 Hearts = 9%1 Heart = 73%2 Hearts = 11%3 Hearts = 7% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfruit Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 I ran a very quick sim to estimate partner's expected Heart length. 0 Diamonds = 9%1 Diamond = 73%2 Diamonds = 11%3 Diamonds = 7% Hmm. . . are those percentages meant to be for ♥ length?as in. . . 0♥ = 9%1♥ = 73%2♥ = 11%3♥ = 7% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 I bid 5♥. LHO bid 5♠, which came back to me. I bid 6♦, which was doubled but then they pulled to 6♠. Down 1 since no one has a red void. Pard had ♥Qx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hahaha, when I started reading I thought that Richard was dubbing between 4H and 5D with a 9-card heart suit, WHAT! I'm glad to see that that was not the case. I think I'd also bid 5♥. Maybe the opponents will convince me to bid 7 later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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