gwnn Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 partner opens 3d unfav 1st and you AQxAxxxxxAJxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 partner opens 3d unfav 1st and you AQxAxxxxxAJxx is this MP or IMPs? (This is not a yes/no question it is an MP/IMPs question :P ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 oh imps. right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 oh imps. right. since partner has 8 tricks and I have 3.5 i will settle for 5♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 since partner has 8 tricks and I have 3.5 i will settle for 5♦ :blink: I pass. Playing 3♦ or defending a major is OK. Game seems unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 since partner has 8 tricks and I have 3.5 i will settle for 5♦:) I pass. Playing 3♦ or defending a major is OK. Game seems unlikely. So partner doesn't get dealt AKxxxxx or AQJxxxx very often then ? The problem here is that if partner has the AD, 3N will play OK most of the time, but if he has KQJ it will be horrible most of the time. 5D is unlikely to make although by no means impossible (x, x, KQJxxxx, 109xx type holding). You're on a coin flip here really, P or 3N look the best bids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 I try 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 3NT That second diamond is really, really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Think it's a "what's partner's style?" issue to help choose between pass and 3NT. It seems most people I know make reasonable r/w 1st preempts so I would 3NT it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 since partner has 8 tricks and I have 3.5 i will settle for 5♦:( I pass. Playing 3♦ or defending a major is OK. Game seems unlikely. unless you are used to habitually throwing yourself off of a cliff normally at these colors (unfavorable) and scoring (IMPS) you are very cautious with your preempts as the opps tend to get trigger-happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 So is x x KQJ10xxx J10xx a 3D opening for you, red against white at IMPs? If not I would suggest you are preempting too conservatively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 meh. i've gone down in 3NT before, I'll survive going down once more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 So is x x KQJ10xxx J10xx a 3D opening for you, red against white at IMPs? If not I would suggest you are preempting too conservatively. OP hand was AQx Axxx xx AJxx so I can't hold the JTxx but with T98x I seem to have fair chances in 5♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 3N. Right with AK-7th, AQ(J) 7th, maybe AJT-7th or AJ-8th, maybe KQ-8th. Wrong with KQJ-7th, QJ-8th. It is also right when pard has an outside King as an entry, which is very possible at these colors. Frankly unless pard has very skewed shape, no entry, and the 'wrong' suit, is 5♦ better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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