manudude03 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 [hv=d=e&v=b&s=shat74djt9876cjt4]133|100|Scoring: XIMP[/hv] Sitting West: 1D!-1H"2H£-?? ! Guarantees 4 diamonds" Raises systemically deny a 4cM£ may only be 3 card support (if any 5431, 6331 with bad 6 card suit or occasionally balanced with xx somewhere) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 support ask. max with 3 I try 5♦.min with 3 I try 3♦ natural.4 I try 4♥. this is a nonexpert train of thought but I found that at this stage of my bridge playing career the expert bids I try never work like on vugraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 3D, natural and forcing for one round. But I have never heard that it could be a LSGT for hearts and I would never agree to play it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 we need to know how many trumps partner has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 we need to know how many trumps partner has You bet we do!!! and hopefully that is what 2♠ conventionally requests or you can subtract 1 from that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 well it says it's a support ask. what else could it request? 2NT=doesn't support Donald Trump3♣=support the clubbing of baby seals3♦=support the acquisition of blood diamonds from Africa3♥=support heart transplant patients ? nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 2S asks for number of trumps then that is the call. I am not going to attempt 4H on the 4-3. Hey leave our seals out of this!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Assuming 2♥ means four, I am torn apart between 3♥ and 4♥, but I think I'll settle for 3. Opps are less likely to balance when they could push us to a makeable game. Pass is out of the question as opps are going to wake up, and balance with their ♠. This makes any number of ♦ even worse, as opps will then know both their fits. If partner promised only 3 hearts I curse our system, and pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 why don't you read the opening post? maybe it says there if partner promised 3 or 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Dealer: East Vul: Both Scoring: XIMP ♠ [space] ♥ AT74 ♦ JT9876 ♣ JT4 Sitting West: 1D!-1H"2H£-?? ! Guarantees 4 diamonds" Raises systemically deny a 4cM£ may only be 3 card support (if any 5431, 6331 with bad 6 card suit or occasionally balanced with xx somewhere)If I hold six diamonds and 6 HCP and partner has a minimum raise, he will not have 5 or 6 diamonds. With half the deck and at most 2 diamonds between them, the opponents would have been bidding at any vulnerability. Never say never, but I will bet that partner has precisely four diamonds. If partner has precisely four diamonds, he will have four hearts (unless he has three hearts and a small doubleton in which case the doubleton is probably in clubs). Since I am 99% sure that partner has four hearts, there is absolutely no need to ask and tip off the opponents that I have exactly four of them. I will just look as if I hold a 13 point balanced hand with 5 hearts and I will bid 4♥. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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