pclayton Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Matchpoints, w/w ♠Jx ♥J9x ♦QTxxx ♣KJT Pard opens 3♣ as dealer, RHO passes. Your move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 5C may be too expensive, so i just bid 4C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 The problem with 3NT is that it could go for 450 but I'd still go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I like 3N with this hand because we have enough points that it might work (if the opps have split HCP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 well, I don't like 3NT. if they double and we run to 4♣ we have supposedly invited partner to sacrifice, something I wouldn't want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Bidding 3N might prove to be a winner, but I sort of doubt it will. Yet I am willing to give it a whirl and hope it may create some confusion. I would not be surprised the opps could have a slam. If they dble 3N and I run to 4C I do not at all agree it invites partner to save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 1st seat white at MP, partner might already have gotten creative, so I just pass and hope the opponents misjudge or get back to the normal result. If I'm playing with a straight arrow partner, I might try 3S or 3N. With regular partners, I usually play that 3N followed by 4m invites opener to sacrifice, but I would not expect that to be the case without discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 3♠ psyche absolutely mandatory :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Excellent choice of post to make your comeback wereagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 well, I don't like 3NT. if they double and we run to 4♣ we have supposedly invited partner to sacrifice, something I wouldn't want to do.I don't like this agreement at all. Bidding 3NT over partner's preempt is very useful. I like to be able to do this when I am very confident that 3NT is making, when I think it has a good chance, when it might make, when it probably won't make, and when I am very sure it won't make - i.e. on a wide range of hands, a continuous range if you like. It is not always easy for the opponents to know when it is actually their hand. If I am only allowed to bid 3NT when I am either strong enough to sit 3NTX, or very weak and with a hand suitable for saving at the 5 level, then I have lost a significant number of opportunities to make life difficult for the opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Pard had xx Qxx Ax A9xxxx. Pretty bizarre preempt. I also bid 3N and was -150. I felt they were a lock for 4♠ opposite a typical preempt, but this hand just has a slew of losers and 5♣ looks too expensive. 4♣ IMO should be a hand that knows what to do over 4M. 3N is more 'consultative', if it pulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hi, I would go with 4C, which just increases thepreempt. If they had already moved, 4C would invite a sac, since they did not move yet, 4C is norequest to sac. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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