Battling Preempts-1

[mike777]

[hv=d=w&v=e&s=sk972haqtdt83cqj3]133|100|Scoring: MP

(3C)=P=P=?[/hv]

 

Your call and why?

[Fluffy]

3NT, gotta reopen with something, wouldn't be surprised to see RHO with club void, so breaks aren't gonna be nice on a trump contract.

[Guest Jlall]

suck it up and...pass.

[pclayton]

Obvio pass

[bid_em_up]

3NT, gotta reopen with something, wouldn't be surprised to see RHO with club void, so breaks aren't gonna be nice on a trump contract.

If this is the case, they will be equally as bad in a NT contract and you have no source of tricks. But by defening 3C, you may well go +200.

 

On the other hand, it is more likely partner has 1-2 clubs and a hand so weak that it could not act in the direct seat. If this is the case, you're hosed when you bid 3N.

 

Pass.

[Echognome]

If we missed something, they got me. Next.

[jtfanclub]

For the passers out there, would it be different at IMPs? At a different vulnerability?

[P_Marlowe]

If I do not pass with this hand, which

hand I need?

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[P_Marlowe]

For the passers out there, would it be different at IMPs? At a different vulnerability?

No.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[Edmunte1]

Pass at both form of scoring. Sometimes preempts work

[pclayton]

For the passers out there, would it be different at IMPs? At a different vulnerability?

Nope; pass at all forms.

[bid_em_up]

For the passers out there, would it be different at IMPs? At a different vulnerability?

No, and no.

 

I could agree that a double might work but I think it is more likely to go wrong.

[whereagles]

suck it up and...pass.

indeed

[nige1]

[hv=d=w&v=e&s=sk972haqtdt83cqj3]133|100|Scoring: MP

(3C)=P=P=?[/hv]

 

Your call and why?

IMO P =10 3N=7 X = 4

If partner is short in clubs, He has few HCP; so pass seems circumspect.

if its your hand and partner has values, then he also has club length. Hence, if you decide to bid, you should try to avoid a club ruff, by bidding 3N.

[sheepman]

erm?

 

Do I have a 4-3-3-3 12 count with QJx under the opener?

 

Why would i want to bid?

[Cascade]

Pass

 

If we miss slam bad luck

[lowerline]

For the passers out there, would it be different at IMPs? At a different vulnerability?

It does make a difference to me. I am doubling because it is MPs (still battling the part score). I agree with pass in IMPs because of the risk involved.

 

Steven

[hotShot]

With a regular partner, I double here, because our 2nd seat bids over a preempt are very sound.

With a pickup partner, who would overcall a preempt with any possible hand, this is a clear pass.

[Finch]

Pass is obvious.

 

Given what we know about the hand opposite, I will happily admit that I may not be able to get to the right spot on these two hands.

[the hog]

Pass. I lack the imagination to do anything else.

[han]

Pass.

[ochinko]

At MP it rarely pays off to play in a minor. Minor preempts OTOH tend to work well for the bidders most of the time.

 

And while I pass here like the majority, I do it only because of the vulnerabilities. LHO could well have a side entry for his clubs. At equal vulns I double, and at reverse, I bid 3NT. Knowing my style of preempting, at favorable I could bid 3♣ with 10xxxxxx or Kxxxxx and nothing aside.

 

Edit: At IMP I pass at all vulns, but I could still bid 3NT at unfavorable.

[Apollo81]

Obvious pass.

[dake50]

Is partner's direct action soo high that he needs this bal min to protect his 'near OC'? Likely SA,HAQ for him, does he have a 5-loser hand?

Does he have the 13- count to make 3NT?

NO, NO. NO.

[skjaeran]

Pass is obvious at any form of scoring.

If someone pointed a gun at me and forced me to make a bid, I'd put 3NT on the table, not else.