TimG Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 ♠JT973 ♥T6 ♦7 ♣AK832 MP, red v white, dealer on your right opens 1♦. 3/5 overcalled 1♠; 2/5 passed. Your thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 2♣ in an individual game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 ♠JT973 ♥T6 ♦7 ♣AK832 MP, red v white, dealer on your right opens 1♦. 3/5 overcalled 1♠; 2/5 passed. Your thoughts? pass but I am old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I believe anything but 1♠ is AWFUL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 1♠. An overcall stopped promising a good suit at least a decade ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcurt Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 1♠. An overcall stopped promising a good suit at least a decade ago. Who says we don't have a good suit? I'd rather have this hand for 1♠ than KT432, xx, x, A8xxx. Anyway, I agree totally with Josh on both of Tim's hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I believe anything but 1♠ is AWFUL. 1♠ I don't even consider this a problem and I am not concerned with what happened for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Who says we don't have a good suit? I'd rather have this hand for 1♠ than KT432, xx, x, A8xxx. I imagine that someone who believed that J10973 wasn't good enough to overcall on would have thought the same about K10432. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 1♠, lol at not bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 1♠ of course, WTP?That should be unanimous..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 At pairs you need to go with the flow and step in. Not the sort of suit I like to get in with but the shape sure argues in favor of competing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhare Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Seems easy enough to bid 1♠ at MPs. I am guessing the ultimate contract went for a telephone number and hence the question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted October 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I am guessing the ultimate contract went for a telephone number and hence the question? No, the overcall or lack of an overcall made little or no difference to the final contract or play of the hand. I posted the had because I would have expected a near unanimous forum answer of "1♠, wtp", so I was a little surprised to see 2/5 forum regulars in the individual pass with this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zasanya Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I was one of the passers.I didn't want a ♠ lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 I am guessing the ultimate contract went for a telephone number and hence the question? No, the overcall or lack of an overcall made little or no difference to the final contract or play of the hand. I posted the had because I would have expected a near unanimous forum answer of "1♠, wtp", so I was a little surprised to see 2/5 forum regulars in the individual pass with this hand. small sample Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1S today and tomorrow at any form of the game at any vulnerability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 No offense intended but I think the two that passed misclicked :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 2C for lead. Get 2S in next if I'm allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 If possible 2D, michaels, showing spades+?,if 2D is out, because it promises both majors,I would pass. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I am guessing the ultimate contract went for a telephone number and hence the question? No, the overcall or lack of an overcall made little or no difference to the final contract or play of the hand. I posted the had because I would have expected a near unanimous forum answer of "1♠, wtp", so I was a little surprised to see 2/5 forum regulars in the individual pass with this hand. Due to the suit quality the answer "1S, wtp" will certainlynever be unanimous. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I believe anything but 1♠ is AWFUL.Agree with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Since most seem to want to add an opinion to this, add me to the 1♠ crowd. I'm not completely averse to 2♣ - there are some hands where this will work out better - but it seems a little sparse for the colours to me to be making a 2 level overcall. Pass seems way too timid to me. If I had a 2 suited gadget to show spades and clubs over diamonds I'd use it - but I don't. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I think that 2 Club will win quite often- but is still not as good as 1 Spade. So 1♠ is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I am guessing the ultimate contract went for a telephone number and hence the question? No, the overcall or lack of an overcall made little or no difference to the final contract or play of the hand. I posted the had because I would have expected a near unanimous forum answer of "1♠, wtp", so I was a little surprised to see 2/5 forum regulars in the individual pass with this hand.You mean that this would be the first hand in the history of the game that we would all agree with each other? I'm surprised that no-one has suggested Raptor 1NT yet! (Or maybe that does not apply over 1♦) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I believe anything but 1♠ is AWFUL. I believe anything, but 1♠ is AWFUL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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