Echognome Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=n&s=sjthkjt8dt65ca762]133|100|Scoring: MPP - (1♦) - 1♠ - (P)P - (2♣) - 2♥ - (P)?[/hv] 1) Do you agree with your second pass? 2) Regardless of your answer to 1) above, what is your call now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 No I don't agree, I think the hand is too good to pass the first time. I would bid 1NT. Now I can't pass of course, I'd like to make a sensible invite but I don't have one. 4H! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 1 Yes2 3♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 1. Yes, but only because I dislike all other calls more than I dislike pass. Playing with a partner who rarely makes 4 card overcalls I would probably raise to 2♠. 2. Why shouldn't a 3m bid here be similar to a "3.5 heart" bid? Seems right. I would bid 3♣ and if pard bids 3♦ then I would bid 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 I would have bid 1N the first time, but at MP pass is fine. No big deal either way. Wow@ considering this a 3.5 heart bid, if I made a cuebid it would be to try for slam. Partner bid 2H freely in an auction where his LHO might easily have had a trap pass and where his partner has shown weakness. He also chose to bid 2H rather than to double so his hand probably has shape rather than just HCP. I think this is an easy game force, I would not try for slam, so 4H. I would raise to 3H with 5 trumps and zero points FWIW. Or with JT KJxx xxx xxxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Agree with pass. I'm supposed to find a call with a random 8 caount when pard overcalls? Now I bid 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Ok it didn't take long but I am convinced already I underbid with 3♥. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Agree with pass. I'm supposed to find a call with a random 8 caount when pard overcalls? No, but with prime 9 counts and JT of partner's suit you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Must partner be 5-5 here? If so, must he have a hand too strong for "weak Michaels" If yes, yes, then I see your point. Actually I guess it's not that easy to construct a hand where 4h is a bad contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 #1 yes, due to a lack of reasonable alternatives, the only remote alternative to pass would be 2S, and I am not sure, that I would bid this #2 3H, partner will bid 4H if it makes Pass is out, I owe partner a sign of life and partnership knowledge helps a lot to get this right With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roupoil Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 1) I can't resist to bid something, so it it will be 1NT for me. 2) Now, I don't think 3♥ is enough, so let's go for 4♥... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 (1) No. I would have bid 1NT. (2) 3C or 3D would obviously show a strong invitation in hearts. However, I'd bid 4H.My spots in partner's suits suggest that he has a decent hand, and the fact that he doesn't have these may discourage him from accepting the invitation. Also, if I just invite he will expect a hand that has improved, rather than one that has underbid. This may lead him to place me with a singleton spade rather than the chunky doubleton that I actually possess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 1) Disagree with the 2nd pass. Obvious 1NT IMO.2) 4♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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