paulg Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 My partner took a couple of actions in last night's match that I thought were poorly judged, but in the post mortem more than one person did the same so perhaps it is my judgement that is impaired. [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sj9xxxhaxdqxcqxxx]133|100|Scoring: Total Points1♠ (3♥) ?[/hv]You are playing SAYC and 3♥ is described as intermediate (typically 11-15 HCP with a fair 6-card suit). Your call? If you bid 3♠, then the auction continues (4♥) 4♠ (5♥) back to you? The second hand is interesting in that I feel my initial view was wrong and my partner probably did judge well, even though I would not have done the same. [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sj9xxxhaxdqxcqxxx]133|100|Scoring: Total Points1♠ (3♥) ?[/hv]My partner passed, when I would have doubled. RHO also passed and I balanced with 2♣ which became the final contract, making 10 tricks for the par score. If partner had doubled, there is a great temptation to bid the no-play 3NT over my 3C response especially at aggregate scoring. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 My partner took a couple of actions in last night's match that I thought were poorly judged, but in the post mortem more than one person did the same so perhaps it is my judgement that is impaired. [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sj9xxxhaxdqxcqxxx]133|100|Scoring: Total Points1♠ (3♥) ?[/hv]You are playing SAYC and 3♥ is described as intermediate (typically 11-15 HCP with a fair 6-card suit). Your call? I have no quibble with either 3♠ or 4♠. Pass is unacceptable If you bid 3♠, then the auction continues (4♥) 4♠ (5♥) back to you? Think about the hands you could hold for your 3♠ call. IMO they could be as bad as a nonconstructive raise yet partner still felt comfortable bidding 4♠. Consequently I don't have a problem bidding 5♠ at this point. = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 1. 4♠ right away. In your auction I pass I would double (and hate it). 2. I would double, but passing is fine. However, I don't understand passing over 2♣, what is wrong with 2N? It's not like that would be forcing to 4N. If partner has ♣KQ-6th and another king we want to be in game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 1) 4S to begin with and pass now. 2) double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 On the first one, I bid 4♠ on the first round. If they bid 5♥ over that, I double, completing a reasonable description of my hand. On the second, I double 1♥ because everyone else does. Modern takeout doubles being what they are, partner should have quite a good hand to bid 3♣ in reply - ♣KQxxx and ♦A would be typical. After dbl (pass) 3♣ (pass)I bid 3NT, which will probably go down if we have to lose a club, but make otherwise. For the same reason, I'd bid 2NT in your actual auction. What did partner have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 The first hand was a bit of a distributional freak, as the 3♥ bidder has a 1840 5-count that can make twelve tricks if you guess the red queens. I thought that 4♠ was clear and that 3♠ followed by double was misguided. 5♠ would go for -300. On the second hand I held ♠xx ♥xx ♦AKxx ♣Qxxxx. Perhaps not ideal for a 3♣ response to a takeout double, but aggregate scoring rewards games more than IMPs. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 The first hand was a bit of a distributional freak, as the 3♥ bidder has a 1840 5-count that can make twelve tricks if you guess the red queens. I thought that 4♠ was clear and that 3♠ followed by double was misguided. 5♠ would go for -300. Yeah I hate doubling when the 3H bidder bids 5H, imo if theyre not crazy that's usually 7-5 or 7-4-2-void maybe. I know I know people say I never double in these auctions etc but doubling them with 1 trick when they have a distributional freak and their partner has a fit seems bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=n&s=sj9xxxhaxdqxcqxxx]133|100|Scoring: Total PointsMy partner took a couple of actions in last night's match that I thought were poorly judged, but in the post mortem more than one person did the same so perhaps it is my judgement that is impaired.1♠ (3♥) ?You are playing SAYC and 3♥ is described as intermediate (typically 11-15 HCP with a fair 6-card suit). Your call?If you bid 3♠, then the auction continues (4♥) 4♠ (5♥) back to you?[/hv][hv=d=n&v=n&s=sj9xxxhaxdqxcqxxx]133|100|Scoring: Total PointsMy partner took a couple of actions in last night's match that I thought were poorly judged, but in the post mortem more than one person did the same so perhaps it is my judgement that is impaired.1♠ (3♥) ?You are playing SAYC and 3♥ is described as intermediate (typically 11-15 HCP with a fair 6-card suit). Your call?If you bid 3♠, then the auction continues (4♥) 4♠ (5♥) back to you?[/hv] PaulJLall agrees with you Paul, so your judgement can't be too bad. IMO...Over (3♥). 4♠ = 10, 3♠ = 5Over (5♥), _P = 10, _X = 8, 5♠ = 5.[*]Over (1♠), _X = 10, _P = 8, 1N = 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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