inquiry Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 [hv=d=s&v=b&s=saqhdkqj7542ckt83]133|100|Scoring: Imps[/hv] 1♦-P-1♠-XP - 3♥-4♠-P? You are south playing 2/1 GF and open 1♦ playing with a competent partner whose 3♠ and 4♠ initially would have been long suit but not good hand. Explain logic for your choice. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 5h exclusion key card in spades.If 5h not available then just 6s. Pd bid a vulnerable game so he must surely have the sK and a minor suit ace and might as well have more values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I have AQ of a suit I might be void in and a void in opps suit. Questions is going to be 6http://mnet.bg/~mfn/d.gif or 6http://mnet.bg/~mfn/s.gif. I don't know this pd's style but I think 6http://mnet.bg/~mfn/d.gif is best contract, if pd corrects to 6http://mnet.bg/~mfn/s.gif we'll play it there. Mike B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 5h exclusion key card in spades.If 5h not available then just 6s. Pd bid a vulnerable game so he must surely have the sK and a minor suit ace and might as well have more values. If you would like, in response to exclusion blackwood in ♥'s your partner shows two keycards for ♠'s. I am not sure how many ♠;s he needs to show the QUEEN when he doesn't hold it, so to keep it simple, he denies the ♠Queen. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I am somewhat surprised that no one has yet commented on the bidding. Why did South pass after the double holding a fine 7 card D suit. To me this pass would suggest a min flat hand without 3/4 card support for partner, certainly not the hand he actually held.The 2 key cards response is a little awkward - pd has the K of S, and which minor suit A. I suspect that 6D will play better than 6S, so that is my bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 As the bidder of the akward pass, let me say that nothing else seems appropriate to me. I am going to come back into the bidding on the next round, as in fact I did. One might question if the pass spurred partner to jump to 4♠ with a weaker or stronger hand than usual, but one thing, we were playing support redouble, so I deny three card support here. 2♦ would be weak and 3♦ would probably steer us away from any possible ♠ contract, and it is unclear how this particular partner would have taken it. Answer forthcoming soon, get your choice in. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Why did you pass after the Double? 2♦ is an obligated bid imo, or 2♣ if you really want to show some ♣s... I'd never pass this hand. Dbl would mean 3 card ♠, supporting a 4 card, so bidding is 0-2♠s. Anyway, 5♥ as exclusion blackwood is pretty crazy, because you can easily go -1 with the wrong aces outside. So it has no use, so just blast into 6♠. I do have a question: what does 1♦-p-2♠ mean? weak or GF? Might influence my descision, but I suspect it's weak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Why did you pass after the Double? 2♦ is an obligated bid imo, or 2♣ if you really want to show some ♣s... I'd never pass this hand. Dbl would mean 3 card ♠, supporting a 4 card, so bidding is 0-2♠s. Anyway, 5♥ as exclusion blackwood is pretty crazy, because you can easily go -1 with the wrong aces outside. So it has no use, so just blast into 6♠. I do have a question: what does 1♦-p-2♠ mean? weak or GF? Might influence my descision, but I suspect it's weak... for me, 1♦-p-2♠ is a non-forcing fit jump, showing 5♠, a ♦ fit. Basically a muilderberg hand with the a know minor fit. As to "why" I pass and your "obligated" 2♦ bid. My bidding theory is somewhat different from yours. For me, 2♦ is a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE bid as it is non-forcing, and 1) screams weakness with no fit what so ever (support redbl and raises possible, 2) and is semi-preemptive. I am not asking anyone to accept my bidding strategy/principle, if you can't stand pass imagine you misclicked. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Personally I would have bid 3http://mnet.bg/~mfn/d.gif over the X, I have a nice 7 card http://mnet.bg/~mfn/d.gif suit am void in their suit, have nice support for pd, and I really don't think I want to play in http://mnet.bg/~mfn/s.gif contract yet. And I would also like to protect that Kof http://mnet.bg/~mfn/c.gif and ruffing with AQ of trump cannot be good unless pd KJ109xx or more. Mike B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 [hv=s=skjt9765hq42dacj5]133|100|[/hv] Partner's hand was this. 6♦, protecting against singleton ♦A in partner's hand (with a ♥ lead). The ♦ blockage beats 6♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Ben, if 2♦ screams out "weakness", then I'd just bid 3♦ :unsure: Or even 2♣ or 3♣, but this hand screams "Bid!!!", so I would ;) But theories/opinions can be different... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Thought 6D would be better :unsure: The other reason is you might have found you come to a S loser in 6S if you have to ruff with one of dummy's honors - not on the given hand, but if 4S bidder had KJxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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