Pass or Correct?

[jonottawa]

IMPs, favorable, 4th seat

 

♠AKT8xx ♥xx ♦xx ♣xxx

 

3♣ - 3N - P - ?

 

By agreement you play systems off here.

[jjbrr]

Pass for me. Partner could have bid 3NT on tricks rather than HCP.

[aguahombre]

Pass for me. Partner could have bid 3NT on tricks rather than HCP.

Pass also, but only because I have too many clubs. The odds of partner having a trick-taking 3NT instead of just a nice balanced hand are about 50-50, but the spade suit should provide the tricks.

 

thinking of slam? The opener has stopped that exploration.

[Phil]

Agree with aquahombre. Club length is red flag for 4♠.

[Jlall]

I wonder how many people think it's aquahombre instead of aguahombre heh

[gwnn]

and qwnn :(

[pooltuna]

and qwnn :(

and all this time I thought it was Quinn the eskimo :(

[Fluffy]

if the opening was 3♥ I'd pass since long minor is very likelly, but now the balanced hand is more likelly and I wanna try 4♠.

[jdonn]

I wonder how many people think it's aquahombre instead of aguahombre heh

OMG I always thought it was aqua. The g is even underlined making it impossible to read.

 

But I know what it's like. Some people seem to think I'm called jdown.

[jjbrr]

i thought aquahombre and gwnn.

 

guilty.

[gnasher]

I'm also guilty of thinking it was "aquahombre". Which language did we think it was in?

[the hog]

i thought aquahombre and gwnn.

 

guilty.

Same, some of us even call the former "waterman".

[aguahombre]

wow...such fame, all of a sudden.

"waterman" was taken

 

it is a g...the spanish for water.

 

I ran a thread about three months ago which included some other interesting problems( including the Hoq) caused by the underlining in BBO. But, I have lost it, and nobody gave a sh..., anyway.

[gwnn]

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=36476

 

very little response on what is a very important issue.

[aguahombre]

ah, you found it

[jdonn]

Can't believe I missed that thread.

[jjbrr]

I have a confession: I remember that thread, and I even read it.

 

I still thought it was aquahombre <_<

[aguahombre]

that is sad, jibber

[Jlall]

Kinda ironic that aqua and agua are both water related...

 

Seriously though.. I can see thinking it's aqua since it's english but the second word is spanish!

[the hog]

Kinda ironic that aqua and agua are both water related...

 

Seriously though.. I can see thinking it's aqua since it's english but the second word is spanish!

"aqua" is Latin, not English!

[gwnn]

I think there is 1 or 2 pixels difference between underlined q and g. I don't have very good eyesight but I see something.

[Fluffy]

I always though aqua as well, but because in spannish the correct translation to waterman would be more like hombreagua :)

[jjbrr]

I think there is 1 or 2 pixels difference between underlined q and g. I don't have very good eyesight but I see something.

You're right, gwnn. I have no excuse.

[jonottawa]

This was my one 'flyer' of the event. It's always frustrating when you make an aggressive bid that seems destined to work only to be derailed by partner.

 

I held:

 

♠x ♥QTx ♦AQJTxx ♣KJT

 

IMO I'm about a ♦Q->♦K upgrade away from having made a normal aggressive bid and a ♦J->♦K upgrade away from having made a normal bid. This looks like a hand that wants to play in 3N on a ♣ lead opposite a random hand and if you don't bid it now, you often won't get there.

 

Pard's 4♠ bid with minimal thought was a disappointment. He should know a ♣ ruff is coming on opening lead. I apologized at the table (and still deserve a good portion of the blame for taking a flyer.) (RHO had Kx of ♦ and ya they can still hold me to 8 tricks but they weren't going to.) 4♠ drifted off 3 (we were never winning the board as our teammates brought back -500.)