awm Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 [hv=d=n&v=b&s=satxh9xxxxdakqxxc]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] Partner passes and RHO opens 1♣ (standard). What's your call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickRicky Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hi, I think anything but 1H is crazy. Ricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1H at IMPs. Will consider 1D at MPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1H at IMPs. Will consider 1D at MPs. True, finding major suit fits never matchpoints well! Ok ok, 1♥ always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I don't think 2NT is crazy, but I bid 1♥, because I have spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I don't think 2NT is crazy, but I bid 1♥, because I have spades. I know this often sounds like a strange thing to say, but I'm far more comfortable bidding 1♥ with bad hearts than bidding 2NT with bad hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1H for the lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 OK, I'll admit it: I'd double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1 Heart, too many good things can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1♥, i don't like any other call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I don't know yet whose hand it is, so I start with a double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1♥ Can understand double, though it is not for me, but I don't like anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcD Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1♥ ; possibly wrong but that what the field will do (I might get a chance to bid diamonds next) . I think dbl is a close second. Not 2NT (will bury spades). 1♦ can work but it is a bit extreme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hi, It is 1D, X or 2NT. Out of the question is Pass, 1H, 2D (a very remote possibility).I think I would go with either 1D or 2NT, most likly with 2NT,but ask me tomorow and 1D it maybe, I dont like X very well,but prefer it to all other options. With kind regardsMarlowe PS: If you happen to play 2NT as weak or strong, than 2NT isout, against 2NT speals also the Ace of spades.On the plus, and if you can bid 2NT in the partnership, 2NT still keeps hearts in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburn Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Would open 1♥. Why shouldn't I overcall it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Would open 1♥. Why shouldn't I overcall it? I'll echo that comment. 2N, for me, regardless of whether you think this in range or not, is too likely to lose a decent spade fit. For that reason, dble might initially seem attractive - IMO a 5530 shape, with slightly inadequate hcp, is just enough to consider dble and then bid your suit - but then what do you rebid over spades when it might only be a 4 carder (3 even!) - whichever red suit you pick might bury the other. So it has got to be a red suit overcall and, as was said, I'd open 1♥, so why not overcall it. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1♥. Move my black suits around and I would 2N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 1♥. I don't like 2NT with this, with week hearts and a potential spade fit. And 1♦ is worse. Double would never enter my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTired Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Sorry, can't dbl, because I would have no clue what to do if partner bid spades. 1H seems obvious. 2N is OK, too. 1D has merits if they win the contract. 2D and pass are silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 So I'm curious because of the name of the thread. How crazy are (were?) you Adam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 1H is obvious, you have enough strenght to double 2C/3C afterwards so will be very well placed to find your best fit. Make the hand weaker to the point that X a further 2C is less clear and maybe ill be tempted by double. Those who bid 2Nt are way out of track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 2♦ is very crazy2 NT is crazierPass is not for me, but might not be totally crazy. That leaves three normalish bids.. set your priority... DOUBLE - brings all three suits into play. A 4-3 spade fit may very well play better than 5-2 ♥ fit. And a 5-3 spade fit surely in better than a 5-3 heart fit. 1♦ - this is matchpoints and this will get your partner off to the right lead if you defend, but are you going to defend? It may get you to the wrong suit when either major might be better. 1♥ - wrong if partner leads the suit from something he would not normally lead from, right if you belong in hearts, right if partner bids spades or if you can find your way to to diamonds with a later 2♦ bid if he does not. I would throw out 1♦ and either double or bid 1♥. I like 1♥ because I know what to do next, if partner scrapes up a bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 1H at IMPs. Will consider 1D at MPs. True, finding major suit fits never matchpoints well! Ok ok, 1♥ always. ditto... GLAD I can finally agree, easy with jdonn, champ, on an overcall oh and that HOG :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 So I'm curious because of the name of the thread. How crazy are (were?) you Adam? Well the responses are interesting. Essentially all the posts are in favor of 1♥, but this bid received slightly less than a third of the votes. Anyway, I made the somewhat crazy decision to double. This got a 2♣ bid from LHO and was passed back to me. At this point there were again several actions I can take (pass, double, 2♦ seem like the reasonable ones). I made the perhaps more crazy decision to double again. Partner unfortunately held a 3334 hand. Perhaps she should bid a 3-card suit (who knows which one?) and salvage the board, but she decided to pass despite not having a particularly strong club holding. The hand might be an interesting defensive problem, if holding 2♣X to eight tricks instead of nine were somehow a good result. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 I wouldn't have doubled initially but the second double seems clearly right to me. Maybe you should post partner's hand in a month or so. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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