ArtK78 Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Playing with a World Class pickup partner in a BBO ACBL matchpoint game, you pick up at all vul: [hv=d=s&v=b&s=sxhkjxxxdktckjtxx]133|100|Scoring: MP1♥ - 1♠ - 4♥ - 4♠?[/hv] Do you bid or pass? If you bid, what do you bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 sure, bid 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 5♥ for me, will hide the clubs because I don't wanan go any higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I pass, I guess pd knows that I have an opening with 5 Hearts.I have short spades, but he will guess that too after the bidding. So I have not enough reasons to bid on, I leave it to part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Pass. Where do all these 5H bidders come from? 4S hasn't made yet, 5H is certainly not making and it doesn't take much for it to be going for 800. In a non-pick-up partnership there are inferences available about partner's lack of a minor suit fit bid, but these may not be valid here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 ?? easy pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 I would pass and don't think it's close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Playing with a World Class pickup partner in a BBO ACBL matchpoint game, you pick up at all vul: Is it just me, or every time you introduce your partner this way in your problems, don't they end up doing something idiotic and you end up having to defend they are world class... Anyway I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 The classification "World Class" is one awarded by BBO - it is not a self rating. Whether or not you agree with my partner's action on this hand is not the issue. I am interested in the answer to the problem on my cards that I presented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 The classification "World Class" is one awarded by BBO - it is not a self rating. No its not. When you set yourself up, you have a range of options which are (if I remember rightly) private, novice, intermediate, advanced, expert, world class. The last of these is as much a self rating as the second. It has a pretty well defined meaning which many of the players who call themselves don't qualify for, but what else is new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 The classification "World Class" is one awarded by BBO - it is not a self rating. No its not. When you set yourself up, you have a range of options which are (if I remember rightly) private, novice, intermediate, advanced, expert, world class. The last of these is as much a self rating as the second. It has a pretty well defined meaning which many of the players who call themselves don't qualify for, but what else is new? Maybe he meant he was playing with a *STAR* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 world class on bbo... mhmmmm... i make a forcing pass and wait for p to double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 So partner makes a preemptive raise to 4♥ and your pass of 4♠ is forcing? Good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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