pooltuna Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 RHO is holding [hv=s=s8h3d742cakqj8632]133|100|[/hv] and hearing the auction start with LHO's 1NT and partner's pass can you guess RHO's table bid and the justification for it? the bid 3NT and why sry, worried about !D ♦ :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I don't understand what actually happened. The hand pictured raised 1NT to 3NT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? At least it is not worse than mocking forum posters :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I don't get it. The person with this hand bid 3NT because he thought that 6♣ might suffer from a diamond lead, and there was apparently no weay to find that out? Seems reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? At least it is not worse than mocking forum posters :blink: I'd actually disagree...at least on the forums the mocked party has the ability to return fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 If the point is to have a funny story about how bad people are at bridge, why not have him pass 1NT instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? At least it is not worse than mocking forum posters :blink: I'd actually disagree...at least on the forums the mocked party has the ability to return fire. Disagree with your disagreement. On the forums, the person being mocked has a high chance of actually reading that post. If this RHO is offended by reading this thread, he/she is free to respond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 If the point is to have a funny story about how bad people are at bridge, why not have him pass 1NT instead? Or have LHO pass RHO's 4♣ bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? At least it is not worse than mocking forum posters :blink: I'd actually disagree...at least on the forums the mocked party has the ability to return fire. Disagree with your disagreement. On the forums, the person being mocked has a high chance of actually reading that post. If this RHO is offended by reading this thread, he/she is free to respond. I was always told that its wrong to talk about people behind their back... Then again, I was also told that it was wrong to say that someone had their head stuck up their ass, so what do I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? At least it is not worse than mocking forum posters :blink: I'd actually disagree...at least on the forums the mocked party has the ability to return fire. Disagree with your disagreement. On the forums, the person being mocked has a high chance of actually reading that post. If this RHO is offended by reading this thread, he/she is free to respond. I was always told that its wrong to talk about people behind their back... Then again, I was also told that it was wrong to say that someone had their head stuck up their ass, so what do I know Don't care. Not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 i thought it was funny :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I don't understand what actually happened. The hand pictured raised 1NT to 3NT? yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? At least it is not worse than mocking forum posters :PDamn I must be failing at that I haven't gotten any recent complaints....Wait JDonn has alternating concentric red and white circles painted on his center...Bummer of a birth mark if you are a deer. :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Is this really appropriate? Do you get off on mocking your opponents or something? I think you are reading more into this than there really is. If your RHO said this, wouldn't you find it amusing that he wasn't worried about the singleton spade, or the singleton heart, but about the three dead diamonds instead. Would you never share the story with your dinner companions during the break? I don't think he's necessarily referring to the 3N bid as being bad, it's just the comment that was made regarding why 3N was chosen was amusing. jmoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Playing in Indy's it would probably go 3c float 1 or 2 times out of 10. The reasoning behind 3nt must be the joke but it's well hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetb Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Why not use 4♣ as Gerber to see how many Aces there are? 4NT shouldn't go down on a strong NT, and you have a better picture of the hands. Maybe that's the joke- but if it's a WEAK 1NT I could see why there's no looking for slam and just a 3NT rebid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Why not use 4♣ as Gerber to see how many Aces there are? 4NT shouldn't go down on a strong NT, and you have a better picture of the hands. Gerber! The focus of so many bridge jokes! Its Palm Springs last week and I'm killing time before the 2nd session. So I see a local novice who's attending his first regional, so I ask, "any interesting hands"? He says, yeah, you hold eight diamonds to the AKQ.... (I said, "hands with 8 baggers are usually interesting"....) ♠Ax♥Qx ♦AKQTxxxx ♣x So you open 1♦ and hear 1♥ by pard. (hmm...I said.....this is tough. I imagine 3N, 3♦, 2♠ and 3♣ might all get votes). Nope, not my choice. I bid 4♣ !? (wow, 4♣ - thats a splinter in support of hearts - that wouldn't occur to me) We don't play splinters. (actually I'm not sure he knows what a splinter is). 4♣ is ALWAYS ace asking. (auto-gerber - groan - who is teaching these people. But I admit - this might be a good hand for it) So partner shows me two (nice) with 4♠ and I ask about kings with 4N (rolling auto gerber!). And partner shows me one king. (too bad - if its the ♥K - great news - otherwise - not so great). So he wonders how to bid the grand with ♠xxxx ♥AKxx ♦x ♣Axxx playing this system. (I said the second session was starting. I didn't hand him my business card) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The previous post reminds me of an auction my opps had in my last match for my local club. 1D-1S4C-4H4S-P They have 12 top tricks, the 4C was gerber and opener said after the hand "sorry partner, I can't tell if you have 5 points or 15". The curious solution Helene suggested was that responder then asked opener for aces after the signoff (responder had a 12 count). If that did happen, then it would have been gerber and blackwood on the same hand :), with both ace asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I don't get it. The person with this hand bid 3NT because he thought that 6♣ might suffer from a diamond lead, and there was apparently no weay to find that out? Seems reasonable. Agree with Ken, especially opposite a normal 10-12 or 12-14 1N opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Years ago, my teammates bid a grand as follws, 2C - 2D2S - 4C (gerber)4NT (Blackwood) - 5C (more Gerber)6S (to play) - 7NT (hearing 5S as the more gerber response) Had to finesses a king and play a stiff diamond towards the AKQT2, finessing the Jack fourth onside but it rolled. One of them is a grand LM now and I get to remind her that she invented checkback blackwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Years ago, my teammates bid a grand as follws, 2C - 2D2S - 4C (gerber)4NT (Blackwood) - 5C (more Gerber)6S (to play) - 7NT (hearing 5S as the more gerber response) Had to finesses a king and play a stiff diamond towards the AKQT2, finessing the Jack fourth onside but it rolled. One of them is a grand LM now and I get to remind her that she invented checkback blackwood. :) good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Why not use 4♣ as Gerber to see how many Aces there are? 4NT shouldn't go down on a strong NT, and you have a better picture of the hands. Gerber! The focus of so many bridge jokes! Its Palm Springs last week and I'm killing time before the 2nd session. So I see a local novice who's attending his first regional, so I ask, "any interesting hands"? He says, yeah, you hold eight diamonds to the AKQ.... (I said, "hands with 8 baggers are usually interesting"....) ♠Ax♥Qx ♦AKQTxxxx ♣x So you open 1♦ and hear 1♥ by pard. (hmm...I said.....this is tough. I imagine 3N, 3♦, 2♠ and 3♣ might all get votes). Nope, not my choice. I bid 4♣ !? (wow, 4♣ - thats a splinter in support of hearts - that wouldn't occur to me) We don't play splinters. (actually I'm not sure he knows what a splinter is). 4♣ is ALWAYS ace asking. (auto-gerber - groan - who is teaching these people. But I admit - this might be a good hand for it) So partner shows me two (nice) with 4♠ and I ask about kings with 4N (rolling auto gerber!). And partner shows me one king. (too bad - if its the ♥K - great news - otherwise - not so great). So he wonders how to bid the grand with ♠xxxx ♥AKxx ♦x ♣Axxx playing this system. (I said the second session was starting. I didn't hand him my business card) Phil, Phil, you need a refresher course on conventions. This is very frequently played in the main club. this is a convention named "GERBER ANYTIME" that means anytime you bid 4 clubs, that is gerber. appears right next to stolen bid dble on profiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 WDNPG appeared on convention cards a lot when I used to play. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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