Hanoi5 Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 You open the bidding (you're dealer). No matter the vulnerability, I just want you to tell me which of the opening bids in the poll is the most abnormal for the following hand: ♠Axx♥AKTxxx♦KQ♣Qx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 barrage is a preempt ,is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Yes, barrage is a pre-empt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 I could see opening this 4th hand 4♥ in Total Points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 My mistake, when I said you open the bidding I meant you're dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Least likely? I guess I think 2♣ is likely to work out the worst on balance. 4♥ may reach the wrong contract for us more often in abstract, but it will have a few compensating gains when the opponents wrongly bid so I think it would work a little better than 2♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 If someone took the 1♥ card out of my bidding box, I'd say that 4♥ is the best of the three options. A lot of bridge-browser study has convinced me that these calls work pretty often, even on hands that seem too good. Opening 2♣ is just a huge overbid that will get us too high a lot of the time opposite most partners. The 2NT bid is right on values, but there's a lot that can go wrong with this kind of action (and fairly frequently does) when we reach the wrong game contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 I can think of no circumstances where I would open this 2C. If I were playing with GIB in the total point robot race and the clock was such that I might be able to get this one in and still have time for another by having a 4H-all pass auction I might try it, especially if I had been going heavy on the wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 My mistake, when I said you open the bidding I meant you're dealer. Oh. Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 4♥ is a swingy action that might work. You might shut out a sac, catch the opponents speeding or whatever. I've known maniacs that have opened these kinds of hands 2N. Catch the right 4 count and you get a matchpoint top. 2♣ is just plain wrong and I see little upside to it. I would never expect an experienced player to make this call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 It's a 6-loser hand, and one of the queens is completely unsupported. I don't see how 2♣ could even enter one's mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 2♣. This is an 18 HCP hand with 6 losers. Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Slightly different context, but something I saw on BBO last night. My RHO, responding to his partner's opening 1♣ bid, called 4♠ on AKJxxx of spades and a 6322 18 count. It turned out that 4♠ was the technically correct contract, as 6♠ required bringing in the trump suit (partner had Tx of spades) for no losers and bringing in the heart suit (Kxx opposite AQTx) for 4 winners. But slam rolled, and we got a pretty decent matchpoint score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 4♥. Whereas 2♣ is just a silly overbid, 4♥ says partner cannot judge anyway and should be treated as an insult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 2NT is not even a bad option, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 4h is the worst bid out of all of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olegru Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I will not bid any of them, but I've seen people do it. 2NT and 4♥ are the swingy actions, against the odds by my opinion, but not neccesary bad. 2 clubs simply the bad bid of the weak player. By the way, what would by 4 clubs opening, not strong pre-empt with ♥? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Here's my not so humble opinion With 1 being the best opening and 4 being the worst 1. 1♥2. 2NT3. 4♥5. 2♣ I can't fathom 2♣. I think that this shows dreadful hand valuation and seriously cramps the auction. 4♥ also doesn't appeal. I might consider this if I were white on red and the opponents could be trusted to balance on anything. 2NT looks about right on strength. I might consider this if I were playing a much better team and needed to shake things up. Still doesn't appeal much to me. 1♥ seems completely normal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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