awm Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 ♠AKxx♥Ax♦Kx♣98xxx RHO opens 2♦ weak in first chair. Scoring is IMPs at unfavorable. Opponents are known to be somewhat frisky with the preempts. What's your call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Pass and just hope partner is fairly weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlson Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Pass for me, I think it would be a difficult problem if we had another K or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 2♠ WTP? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I thought I would never do this, but I would bid 2♠ with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Pass, I would rather double than bid 2S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Partner isn't barred from the auction, because I didn't think long before passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I would rather kill myself than bid 2S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Partner isn't barred from the auction, because I didn't think long before passing. And what percentage of the ten counts where you can make game do you think partner will bid on after the opponents raise to three or four diamonds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Wayne, are you suggesting that pass may lead to a bad score? If so I agree. If not then I don't get your point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Wayne, are you suggesting that pass may lead to a bad score? If so I agree. If not then I don't get your point. I am suggesting more than that. Any action may lead to a bad score on any hand - well nearly any hand. Its not hands where partner will take a bid that I am worried about missing out it is those hands where partner cannot muster up a bid. I am not sure about this hand but i have done some work with similar hands at the three-level and i would be very surprised if pass is the winning action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I am not sure about this hand but i have done some work with similar hands at the three-level and i would be very surprised if pass is the winning action. Pass may well not be the winning action when compared to the combination of all other reasonable calls, but still the most likely action to work when compared to any particular one of them. Btw I didn't respond to "2♠ WTP? LOL" because I honestly couldn't tell if you were mocking people who say things like "WTP LOL" or people who bid 2♠. Both seemed about equally likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 No source of tricks, no shape, I really don't see why we should act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Btw I didn't respond to "2♠ WTP? LOL" because I honestly couldn't tell if you were mocking people who say things like "WTP LOL" or people who bid 2♠. Both seemed about equally likely. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I'm a big fan of 4 card overcalls in spots like this, but this isn't the hand for it. I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I thought Wayne was joking as well. This is a pass. 2S deserves to go for a telephone number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Playing ELC, I might double (with trepidation.. lol). Without that, it's a pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I thought Wayne was joking as well. This is a pass. 2S deserves to go for a telephone number. I told him I couldn't tell which, he replied, and I still can't tell which! He is either being extremely funny or he doesn't know what LOL means. Or maybe the point is he honestly can't tell what a giant LOL bidding 2♠ deserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Seems like most people pass, which is what I did at the table. The auction then continues: 2♦ - Pass - 3♦ - Pass - Pass Any call now? Or pass again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Seems like most people pass, which is what I did at the table. The auction then continues: 2♦ - Pass - 3♦ - Pass - Pass Any call now? Or pass again? Ugh. I'd suck it up and double I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pass again, hope partner doesn't have a 10-count where game makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I double second round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I'd pass again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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