Hanoi5 Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 All red, partner opens as dealer, you hold: ♠Txx♥QTx♦Qxxx♣JT8 1♣-Pass- what do you bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 probably pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I'd pass, game is unlikely for both sides, clubs looks like a fine spot, and a 1D bid is unlikely to do much to destruct them, and we are vulnerable so going minus a few hundred for no reason would suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 In a strong NT method, pass. In a weak NT system, especially if partner will bypass a major with a balanced hand, 1♦. We could be opposite a 4=4=2=3 16 count and 1♣ will be a horrible result if we play it there. Not to mention that we'd like, on this hand, to get back to the field/par contract. If he doesn't rebid 1N, then we either have lots of hcp or we have some degree of fit....not a good hand for xyz tho...if we want to get back to 2♣. This approach sucks big time opposite some 4=4=1=4's but we can't cater to everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Pass. Unless partner has opened a monster 21-22 point hand I doubt we are getting anywhere - and even then my hand will be a disappointment if I bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 yeah pass. No 4 card major and the hcp are quacks. Wouldn't mind bidding 1♦ though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 In a strong NT method, pass. In a weak NT system, especially if partner will bypass a major with a balanced hand, 1♦. We could be opposite a 4=4=2=3 16 count and 1♣ will be a horrible result if we play it there. Not to mention that we'd like, on this hand, to get back to the field/par contract. If he doesn't rebid 1N, then we either have lots of hcp or we have some degree of fit....not a good hand for xyz tho...if we want to get back to 2♣. This approach sucks big time opposite some 4=4=1=4's but we can't cater to everything. Merry and Happy to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted December 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I bid 1NT and was criticized for 'pokering'. I guess they're right... ♠AKx♥K9x♦K9♣KQ9xx A heart lead from Jxxx by the ♣A holder gave me 9 tricks and 11 imp's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamford Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 "One swallow doesn't make a summer", as the interviewer said, rejecting Monica Lewinsky's application for a job as an accounts clerk. I certainly would not be happy to hear 3NT from partner and would view the appearance of dummy with some trepidation, so I would have passed. On another note, if it had gone 1C - (Dble) - ?, I might try redouble, hoping to be able to pass out partner's forcing pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I would bid 1♦ routinely and we'd play 1N as our rebid is 15-bad 19. The intermediates make this a 6 count so I'm happy to bid it as such in standard methods, we tend to respond slightly light anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Kind of funny, but I used to play with a guy where 1NT in response specifically to a 1♣ opening showed 2-5 HCP. The more vulnerable, the more minor cards expected. I would have bid 1NT with this hand, barely, with a 2-5 range. That "convention" was mostly for humor value, but it did create one of my favorite auctions ever. Red on white (hence, lots of minor stuff promised), I responded 1NT to a 1♣ opening, alerted as 2-5 HCP. Partner rebid 6♣ (after a double), which was right. We went down one when the spade King was in the wrong spot, but that meant that 5♥ or 5♠ made for the opponents. 6♣X-1 was a top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Pass. No need to bid. Playing with my regular p, I may bid 1D, but than we play a weak NT anda wide ranging 1NT rebid, i.e. the worst that can happen is 1NT (or 2NTif he has 19-20), so we will still be ok. Playing Standard American, why do you want to play 1NT? With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 If I could guess which 3cM for my psych. . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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