jillybean Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Dealer: South Vul: EW Scoring: IMP ♠ J3 ♥ KQ76 ♦ 53 ♣ KQJ73 West North East South - - - 1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♦ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ Pass Pass 4♣ Pass ? Do you agree with the bidding so far? What now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 4♥, if we are gonna play this, we might as well be in game. And yes, I agree with previous bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotlight7 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Hi: 4H. Partner is giving you a choice of contracts "since" you have a 3 card H raise. The 3H bid in this auction suggests 5, so you have an easy 4H bid now. Regards, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted April 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Partner is giving you a choice of contracts "since" you have a 3 card H raise. I dont understand this comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Hi: 4H. Partner is giving you a choice of contracts "since" you have a 3 card H raise. The 3H bid in this auction suggests 5, so you have an easy 4H bid now. Regards, Robert We could have made a support double, so partner should play us for 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicklont Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 4♥. I agree with Souths bidding, but I don't know about North yet.All in all it looks like a double fit situation and 3♠ could very well make, so North does well to compete. Worse than -100 would be quite unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 This is kind of a humorous situation. I have seen this before, many times. The hand may well make four of anything. Even if 4♠ can be set a trick, we might not double, so defending 4♠ might yield a very uncomfortable +100. If we bid 4♥, we expect to fail, but this might just make. The opponents probably will see the risk of -420 and take the insurance out anyway. So, bidding 4♥ probably yields a nervous +100 but might yield a very unfortunate -620. 4♣, on the other hand, may well be the best contract. If 4♣ makes, we score +130, which beats +100 for setting 4♠ undoubled, wih much less stress. Plus, the opponents have a problem. If they sacrifice over 4♣, they risk -500 against a partscore. Hence, passing 4♣ in this sequence seems to often yield the best actual score in a real world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Bid 4♥. There's a lot of upside when its right. For pass to be right the opponents need to score a club ruff or some other odd parlay playing in hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Personally I think 4♣ is an impossible bid for partner, since he should know I would always bid 4♥ over it and play for game. Ken I'm really not worried about the opponents saving since our auction sounds like we won't make and the vul is unfavorable. In fact having not bid game vul already they would be nuts to save regardless of their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Disagree with the bidding so far, but I'd have to see partner's hand to know which bid I disagree with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 4H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 [hv=d=s&v=e&n=sq2ha853dq87ca852&s=sj3hkq76d53ckqj73]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - - 1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♦ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ Pass Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass Pass Pass Here's the full hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I think partner thought 3H was a gametry or something, I don't know. 3H here is just competitive, not forward going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMor Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Dealer: South Vul: EW Scoring: IMP ♠ Q2 ♥ A853 ♦ Q87 ♣ A852 ♠ J3 ♥ KQ76 ♦ 53 ♣ KQJ73 West North East South - - - 1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♦ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ Pass Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass Pass Pass Here's the full handI think North should bid 3♣ over 2♠. That shows the double fit and invitational values. This takes North off a guess over 3♠. South can then bid 4♥ over 3♠ as a save / possible make. RichM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I am also a 4♥ bidder here after PD's 4♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I don't agree with partner's 3♥. Maybe 3♣, but inviting on this hand when we have a third of our values wasted is not a good idea. 4♥ is the bid over 4♣, but I bet hearts were 4-1, weren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted April 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 [hv=d=s&v=e&n=sq2ha853dq87ca852&w=sk9864hjt2dkj6ct6&e=sat75h94dat942c94&s=sj3hkq76d53ckqj73]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - - 1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♦ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ Pass Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass Pass Pass SA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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