ghow Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Imps, all vul. 2h by lho, dbl by pd, rho passes. You hold Qxx Axxx Kxx xxx. What to bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Some times the best bid is PASS. Take the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchett Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 2♠ for me. Pass scares me with Axxx playing IMPs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I pass, sometimes this even snags a trick for something silly in partner's hand like Tx when declarer doesn't know our holding is so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Imps, all vul. 2h by lho, dbl by pd, rho passes. You hold Qxx Axxx Kxx xxx. What to bid? Ick. Very hard to figure out what the odds on call is. Given vulnerability, Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 2♠ May be ugly. May be a silly 3-3 fit, but it won't be -670 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 2♠ May be ugly. May be a silly 3-3 fit, but it won't be -670 Yesterday my 3-3 fit for the day on the two level was -1100 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_s Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'm fixed. 2S might work out... 2Hx might work out... and so might 3NT. Who says partner has to have a minimum? If RHO doesn't have an outside entry, this might even come in. We play direct denies so: 2N (leb) followed by 3N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 2♠ May be ugly. May be a silly 3-3 fit, but it won't be -670 Yesterday my 3-3 fit for the day on the two level was -1100 :(you had nowhere else to go? If I bid 2♠ here, and got doubled on my right, I'd pull to 2N, which should clue partner in. And if ALL of our reachable spots go for 1100, then I have my doubts about partner's hand when I hold a 9 count including the Ace of LHO's suit :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I really had nowhere else to go, but this one certainly seems better than 1100. After all, our fingers are still crossed for a 4-3 fit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Some times the best bid is PASS. Take the money. How much can I buy for -670? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 2S, not close to a pass for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I bid 2♠ nice and confidently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 2S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 2S. Would not dream of passing - except in a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I concede that pass MIGHT be the winning bid. But I'm a 2♠ bidder anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 2♠ for me. I admit i'm a member of Gallus Domesticus family :P, but at least i don't lose all my feathers in the winter :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASkolnick Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 2S Not a big problem, 99% of the time he has spades and there is no guarantee we are beating 2H. If my hand were slightly stronger (10-12), I would bid 2N since I am one of the few people who thinks there is a big problem with playing Lebensohl in this auction. 1) I sometimes hold invitational hands in NT.2) Although my spots in preempt suit may be bad for tricks since they are badly placed, they give me time as stoppers.3) When doubler holds the strong hand, you have just wrong sided the NT.4) 2H-x- 3rd person takes action with fit or good values, so you can gauge it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 If I had a couple of intermediates I might try 3NT, but the hand is so poor that 2♠ looks as the only sensible choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Pass at MPs. 2♠ at IMPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asc Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 If 2NT is Lebensohl- ok 3NT my only choice :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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