JLOL Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 AQT9xx K xxx xxx. imps. 2S p 3H p ? 3H 1 round force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 4♦, pick a game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkDean Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 4♥ for me, would like another heart, but it was not dealt to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 4♥ looks sensible. But Everything is a lie :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 4♦, pick a game? Hmm for me that would be a cue, i.e. a very good hand for hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Sorry for the ignorant questions: How many hearts does 3H promise? What is wrong with bidding 3S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 4♦, pick a game? Hmm for me that would be a cue, i.e. a very good hand for hearts. Yes, for me too, except that I'd play it as shortage. I meant that 4♦ ought be pick-a-game, on the grounds of frequency and usefulness. Without this useful gadget, I think this is hard. I'd bid 4♠, because I know that can't be a 5-1 fit, and because if partner has a small singleton spade I'm not giving him much help in 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 How many hearts does 3H promise?At least five, but usually six. What is wrong with bidding 3S?It's not forcing. That's not necessarily bad, but we do have quite a nice hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 My first thought was to bid 3♠ and hope that partner bids again, so we can bid 4♥. However, upon reflection, I would be worried that 3♠ would be passed too often when we have game and I like 4♠. Our spade suit is good enough for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 How many hearts does 3H promise?At least five, but usually six. What is wrong with bidding 3S?It's not forcing. That's not necessarily bad, but we do have quite a nice hand. Thanks! Apparently, the vulnerability information is missing from the original post. I guess that probably matters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think 4♠ is pretty easy. It would be a much tougher problem with the spade ten removed. That's a really good idea to have a choice of games bid available, I never even thought about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I bid 4♥. As for 4♦, pick a game, it is a sort of sexy bid, and thus appealing, but I don't think it is the best treatment.... we will rarely have the hand on which we want to express that particuler opinion, and we will often survive without it, whereas, opposite an unlimited hand and the lack of room we have, we HAVE to be able to bid 4♦ with, for example, AQJxxx Jxx x xxx.... or do we have another gadget that allows for this hand type? It occurs to me, and has long been my view, that opener ought never to be permitted to bid a natural, to play, 3N here... so maybe we can use 3N as a choice of games bid, and keep the 4minor as a cue in support of hearts? Or is this too weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 What would 3NT show? Solid spades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 3 ♠ Yes I have nice majors, but I hate my minors and I have no idea which major will produce game. Any gadget for this hand would be nice, but up to now I did not need it at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 4♦, pick a game? I actually play this, along with: 4♣ = Generel slam-interest with hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 It kind of depends what pard expects of my hearts if I bid 4♥... If he expects, say, 3 cards, then I guess I'm stuck with 3NT.If he expects 2 cards, then I'll bid 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se12sam Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'd bid 4♠ here. At MPs, I'd probably bid 3♠. Even if partner is 6-1 in the majors, playing in my suit normally make more tricks than playing partner's suit. And there is no guarantee partner has 6 cards in hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 3♠When I had bid 2♠ I thought that the ♥ shortness is a strength. Now that partner promises good ♥s this strength is gone. Before my ♠ can get a source of tricks I might have to lose to ♠K and J. If partner has short spades, he might have problems to reach my hand.Since partner did not support ♠, he is more likely to be short there and not in the minors. My hand is a nightmare in the minors.If partner has strong minors, he can bid 3NT over my 3♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 I can either bid 3♠ nonforcing or 4♥ gameforcing. I BID GAME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_KARLUK Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 3♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 I can either bid 3♠ nonforcing or 4♥ gameforcing. I BID GAME! Was there something that precludes you from bidding the nonforcing/gameforcing 4♠? I can understand you may not choose to do so, but it seemed odd to me you felt the only choices were 3♠ and 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Isn't weak-2 prohibited from add a level? So 3N shows H-Hx? I try that in case partner psyching/inhibiting 3H. Why no 2NT for feature or min/max? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I like 3N - which, to me, says I have a max, but a singleton or small doubleton in hearts. It's not to play, but partner can leave me there with an appropriate hand, or choose his other possible games in the majors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 As a nonexpert I will try a rebid of 3s. If you prefer 4s or 4h np. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 There seems little reason for partner to introduce a so-so 5-card heart suit if he has a strong hand with even xx in spades. If he is out fooling around, shame on him because I raise to 4H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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