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[hv=d=e&v=b&n=s1094ha4d1062cak943&s=sahkj1052dakj3cq87]133|200|Scoring: IMP

1-1NT

2-2

3-4

6[/hv]

 

Just don't see it every day I guess. 6 went -1 while 6 made =... unjust?

 

How would YOU bid the hands?

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Perfect auction, IMO. Opener could, in theory, toss back reconsideration of hearts by bidding 5, being all esoteric and risking a disaster, so 6 is practical.
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I'd also be in 6...

 

He could've made it however. If - after finding out about the poor trumps split - he'd play on instead of , he could've discarded the loser on the 4th . Probably not the best line however.

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Hi,

 

Why would I seriously want to be in a 5-2 fit, if I have a 5-3 fit,

and why is this even worth discussing?

 

I am not sure, I would reach slam, but if I would, I would

prefer to reach 6C, of course after I discover 6C-1 vs. 6H=

I would like to be in 6H, but unfortunately, this will be too

late.

 

For the auction (assuming the system in place was 2/1):

 

I think 2NT instead of 2H is better, you have a bal. hand

with 10-12, why sell the hand as 6-9?

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

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French way would be :

 

1 - 2

3NT (18-19) ..... and now ... tuff decision, maybe you can try 4 knowing part denied 4 or 4 but he also denied 4 so ... well ... make a choice and live with it :)

 

ps : no way to end up playing 6

I thought you played a 3NT bid here as fit showing. Isn't that what ou said in another post?

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[hv=d=e&v=b&n=s1094ha4d1062cak943&s=sahkj1052dakj3cq87]133|200|Scoring: IMP

1-1NT

2-2

3-4

6[/hv]

 

Time to display my ignorance: I don't understand this auction. Can someone help?

 

1 1NT

2 2

 

Don't get this. This hand looks like a balanced invite to me, not a 6-9 signoff. I guess they must play this sequence as constructive but no fit.

 

3 4

 

I see that opener is patterning out, and responder now knows there's a 5-3 club fit. But what is this 4? Evidently not a spade cue agreeing clubs.

 

Edit: Just googled 'Bluhmer'. I get it now.

 

6

 

It's clear they're both on the same page though ;)

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I thought 2 was a serious underbid, but maybe that's how they do it in Poland.

 

I said "Bluhmer" to both commentators before 4, and lo and behold they drag it out.

 

What is perhaps sad is someone said 4 was RKC (kickback I guess) for hearts ;).

 

Pardon my stupidity here, but wouldn't 3 suffice as a Bluhmer?

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Pardon my stupidity here, but wouldn't 3 suffice as a Bluhmer?

Maybe, but then what would 4 be except a SUPER BLUHMER? I joke, but with an internal AK-A, a doubleton heart, and five-card clubs, how much better can this hand be? Heck, 4 might even be too low. Maybe a 5 SUPER DUPER BLUHMER makes sense here, in light of the diamond 10.

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Perfect auction, IMO. Opener could, in theory, toss back reconsideration of hearts by bidding 5, being all esoteric and risking a disaster, so 6 is practical.

I find an auction difficult to evaluate if I do not understand it

 

What agreements were in place where responder has a near game force

 

and bids

 

1nt over 1 and then gives a simple preference over a 2 rebid?

 

This is certainly not standard, where this sequence tends to show a much weaker responding hand

 

Maybe 1NT was already game forcing.

 

My knowledge is that this pair uses a variant of Polish Club.

However the standard opening bid with the East hand is 1 not 1 in Polsih Club.

 

Rainer Herrmann

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1nt over 1 and then gives a simple preference over a 2 rebid?

 

This is certainly not standard, where this sequence tends to show a much weaker responding hand

 

Maybe 1NT was already game forcing.

Some people open lighter than others.

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