cherdano Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Red vs white, matchpoints, against weakish opponents.You are dealer and pick up♠ xx ♥AKJx ♦T9xx ♣Kxx. You decide to pass as dealer (it is close in your style) and the bidding goesP (1S) P PX (P) 2D (2S)? Do you take another bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Yes I would if sure the opp in 8 card fit.......not 100% sure so I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 No. I have given a reasonable description of my hand, whereas I know very little about partner's hand. Apart from the fact that I have four diamonds rather than three, there is nothing about my hand that suggests playing in 3♦ - no singleton spade, no high cards in diamonds, no offensively-oriented side suit. What I do have is useful defensive cards that declarer won't be able to finesse easily, since dummy won't have many entries. If partner passes this out, it won't surprise me at all to find that both 2♠ and 3♦ are one down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnszsun Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Why not leave the decision to partner?BTW, if partner doubled at balancing seat, what kind of hand did he has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 3♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 3♦ now, after the antifield pass first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Pass, partner is still there. As it is, I dont know who has max., opener, reponder or partner, partner on the other hand did hear me, although he may give mea slightly weaker hand and knows his hand. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 <snip> ..., after the antifield pass first time. Antifield? I would say opening is antifield. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 IMO, bidding 3♦ now is a poor substitute for opening 1♦. Stand by your decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Clear pass. You have nothing else to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Pass. I have one more diamond than I promised, but I have two spades where I might have one or zero. Besides, partner knows my hand way better than I know his. Even if all this didn't make it clear, on top of it all, we're red! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 3♦. LHO opened 1♠ and it went pass, pass back to you. RHO is weak. Over your double, LHO passed. LHO does not have a great hand, so partner has the balance of power - probably close to an opening bid himself. Partner bid 2♦ - it is matchpoints, so he would bid 1NT with any good excuse. He does not jump because you could be considerably weaker for your balancing double. I do not want to defend 2♠ on this hand. It could be right to pass, but bidding looks better to me. Partner will not expect quite this good a hand for your balance, so he may choose to pass out 2♠ at this vulnerability. +110 is better than +100 (2Sx down one or 2S down 2). Bidding is only wrong when both sides go down, or your side goes down 200 (doubled or not), and I don't expect to be -200 in 3♦ on this auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Yes I would if sure the opp in 8 card fit.......not 100% sure so I pass. At the table, I was 100% sure opponents were in an 8 card fit. (RHO probably passed because he didn't have 6 hcp.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 It is better to open aggressively than to balance and then over-compete because we could have opened. The delayed approach usually helps the opps make the best decision for their side. We chose to pass: a reasonable decision.. I would have passed as well, unless playing weak 1N (which I like precisely because I get to open, guilt-free). Having decided that discretion was the better part of valour on this hand, have I learned enough to change my mind? I don't think so. Bidding 3♦ is a statement that my hand is now worth an opening bid, and it really hasn't gone up that much.. make it a 10-11 count 1=4=5=3, and that would be a 3♦ call. I recognize that defending 2♠ may turn out badly, but partner is still there and knows of my short spades... give him a decent 3=2=4=4 or 3=2=5=3 and he may well bid again. If he has Art's possible near-opening (and I agree that he might) I don't expect him to go quietly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Bidding sure feels right to me. What's lefty up to? Was he trying to take a piece out of whatever my partner bid or is he just a better than min? Tiebreaker, I'm playing with a good partner in the LM pairs and he knows just as well as I do that defending here could be really bad. I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsboy Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 This is fate. Spades is higher than Diamonds. Leave the decision to my partner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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