bid_em_up Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sjxxh9xdakqj9xcjx]133|100|Scoring: MPOpps silent. Partner opens 1N (15-17). [/hv] About halfway thru the session, with what seems to be a decent game going (your pair has had no serious blunders/errors, while the opponents tend to roll over and play dead), you pick up this hand as South and hear partner open 1N. What is your course of action? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Transfer to diamonds and 3N seems about perfect to me. (edited): Maybe I saw the hand wrong, but I swear there were seven diamonds before. Obvious 3N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I'm a pessimist, but I'll try 3♦ then 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I'll just bid 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Transferring to diamonds, bidding diamonds? Anyone influenced since this is a forum post? No that can't be it. I think this exact hand is in some Audrey Grant textbooks next to what a 3NT bid can look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I like the 'mild' slam try. This hand might not even be game-worth in front of some 1NT openings but it could also be good for 6. If I didn't have that agreement I'd bid 4NT but purely because I love playing a slam (or that my partner plays it and makes it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Transferring to diamonds, bidding diamonds? Anyone influenced since this is a forum post? No that can't be it. I think this exact hand is in some Audrey Grant textbooks next to what a 3NT bid can look like. Whoops, I have to change my answer then. I don't want people to think I've been rereading my club series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 A straight 3NT. To look for a slam here is a nice way to mess up a simple hand. You got SEVEN losers, opposite an average cover card count of four. You'd be lucky to make 5♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I'm gonna have to start simulating before answering, unfortunately I can't do it while playing IRL :) When partner has a balanced hand 15-17 there is a 15% chance of a slam. If partner has 17 there is a 45% chance of a slam. Of course my constraints weren't very carefully chosen, opener could have a VERY good 5-card Major which most people would open 1M. (I dealt 100 15-17 and another 100 17 hands). Bottom line, I think it's not such a good idea to invite with this hand unless you're desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I think this exact hand is in some Audrey Grant textbooks next to what a 3NT bid can look like. I agree that it looks like a textbook 3N to me. However, it is a real hand that occurred over the weekend, and for now, lets just say that 1N - 3N isn't the auction that was perpetrated at the table. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 A simple 3NT for me, I don't think slam is very likely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 It would never occur to me to bid anything other than 3NT. But then, a lot of things never occur to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I think anyone who makes a slam try on this hand did not even bother to think about what kind of hands slam is good on. I would make a slam try if I had a bid available to ask whether or not partner has 6 solid clubs and both major kings. Slam is not even cold opposite this hand, it's just good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I would make a slam try if I had a bid available to ask whether or not partner has 6 solid clubs and both major kings. Slam is not even cold opposite this hand, it's just good. Double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I would make a slam try if I had a bid available to ask whether or not partner has 6 solid clubs and both major kings. Slam is not even cold opposite this hand, it's just good. Double. I think I have a little egg on my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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