plaur Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=s2hj73d73cajt9853]133|100|Scoring: MPp-1♠-2♦- pp-2♠ -p -?[/hv]Is this a 3 ♣ bid?If not how close is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 3♣. Majors only count more if the contract makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 weaker hand's trumps should be played in general and this is definitely not an exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I'll pass. I have an ace and a spade, not sure why 2♠ wouldn't make. I pull with KQJTxxx of clubs where my hand might very well be useless to partner. I don't think pulling is awful though, I mean you might just strike a fit and find something big on a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Pass. 3C has to play better than 2S by at least 3 tricks. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Pass. 3C has to play better than 2S by at least 3 tricks. With kind regardsMarlowe surely you mean 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Pass. 3C has to play better than 2S by at least 3 tricks. With kind regardsMarlowe surely you mean 2? Could be, I was meditating about it for acouble of minutes, ...... thinking again about it, you are right. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Pass, I do not see where partner invited my opinion. As they say, you have bought yourself a dummy pard, gl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I'd bid 3♣, because I like my spots. Even across a small singleton, I think I only have two club losers, for 4 more winners in clubs if clubs are trump. I'm going to take my chances that partner doesn't have 4 more tricks if spades are trump- that I can make the spades good even if clubs are trump. With worse spots I wouldn't risk it. Usually when I have a weak freak like this hand, the bidding moves faster- after all, one or more players has shortness in an unbid suit. So I have one of those weird suspicions that my partner has some diamonds and overcaller's partner has some spades. Normally, it shouldn't make any difference, but if I think LHO tends to go one to many, I'll bid 3♣. On the other hand, if I think that partner tends to overcompete, I'd pass 2♠. I do not want partner bidding over 3♦! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I would pass the bidding might not be over and this is MP...so I play in the major with strong hand on lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 It's very possible pard didn't double because he has a little diamond length. 3♣ might play better and it might not. Or, pard may run to 3♠. I think I'll plug in my earphones and let pard play this one. It is somewhat close. Add the ♣Q and I'm a bidder (3N is starting to look possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 3C for me. If pd has some D length as per Phil's suggestion as seems possible, then this hand will play far better in Cs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 3C for me. If pd has some D length as per Phil's suggestion as seems possible, then this hand will play far better in Cs. I fully concede the hand may play better in clubs, but I don't see the correlation of that to partner's diamond length. Are you saying if partner had diamond shortness it would probably play better in spades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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