Hanoi5 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 You get this hand: ♠AKQx♥9x♦Qx♣QJ9xx It goes:Pa Pa 1♠ 2♣ Pa 2♦ 2♥ 3♥Pa 4♦ Pa Pa4♥ Pa Pa Pa What's your lead?(What do you play 3♥ to mean? Would you have bid 3♠ in your methods?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se12sam Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 ♥x. We have 3 suits covered... the only way they can make tricks is thru ruffs/cross-ruffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 agree with sam. when the opponents bid 2 or more suits naturally you bid naturally: the one you stop. So 2♠ would be the bid, not 3♥. Not sure how standard this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jullman Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I agree with the lead. Also agree with Fluffy that I would bid 2S to show the one I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 [hv=n=sxxhtxxxd98xxckxx&w=sakqxh9xdqxcqj9xx&e=sjxhqjdakjtxxxcxx&s=stxxxxhakxxxdcaxx]399|300|[/hv] No way to go down in 4♥, is there? I played 4♦ in E/W, anyway but I thought it was interesting. (Except for ♦ or small ♠ and ♦ lead) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I had lead a heart too, obvious. And it was okay to bid 3♥ if this was meant as asking for a stopper. There is no advantage (or disadvantage) in playing stopper showing or stopper asking. Just be on the same wavelength with partner. (Actually there is a small advantage if you play stopper asking, even with two open suits, but the main point is to play it the same way as partner does.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 There is no advantage (or disadvantage) in playing stopper showing or stopper asking. The disadvantage in playing stopper asking is in giving them a free chance to double to show support/tolerance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Could someone explain something to me? I hold a reasonable, but not great, 14 count with 4-5 in the blacks. Third seat on my right opens 1♠, I overcall 2♣ on a very mediocre suit (not that the 2♣ bid is wrong, it is just not anything to write home about), and, after LHO passes, my passed hand partner bids 2♦. My RHO bids 2♥. Why am I bidding 3♥? Why am I bidding anything? This is a clear cut pass. What am I missing here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Could someone explain something to me? I hold a reasonable, but not great, 14 count with 4-5 in the blacks. Third seat on my right opens 1♠, I overcall 2♣ on a very mediocre suit (not that the 2♣ bid is wrong, it is just not anything to write home about), and, after LHO passes, my passed hand partner bids 2♦. My RHO bids 2♥. Why am I bidding 3♥? Why am I bidding anything? This is a clear cut pass. What am I missing here?Why, indeed. The vulnerability is not stated, but if I had kept my mouth shut instead of bidding 3H or 3S, partner's 4D call might have seemed more like it really was, and we would be in 5D over 4H, unless unfavorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Moreover, why did partner pass initially? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Moreover, why did partner pass initially?that is easy....Partner believes opening 3D would show that hand, and would rather use the bid with fewer or worse diamonds, or outside strength, or both---so that all 3 other people at the table are in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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