Round 1, Board 9

[inquiry]

[hv=d=n&v=e&w=skj953h8762dak6c9&e=sat62hj3djt5ca652]266|100|Scoring: MP

Board 8. Bidding Script: North opens 1D and south bids 1NT if he can. If EW still have not bid, north will bid 2C after which they will compete to 3C if forced. Should West bid 2S before north has a chance to bid 2C, North will make a Takeout double and south will bid 3C if he can.

 

4Sw =10, 4Se =9, 3Cxn=7, 3Sw=3, 3Se=2, 2N=1

 

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Contracts:

3S E 9

3S W 5

4S W 4

4S E 3

3Cx N 2

2S W 1

3Cx E 1

3C N 1

3Cx S 1

 

 

4S W olegru - driver733

4S W tylere / bid_em_up

4S W mbodell - javabean

4S W peachy/lg62

4S E karlson/threenobob

4S E bluecalm/redds <<----- corrected score

4S E elianna/awm

3S W zasanya/ravia6

3S W rogerClee/cherdano

3S W gnasher/catch22

3S W lobowolf/bkjswan

3S W Siegmund/MSchmahl

3S E mohitz/akjq

3S E Codo-Fluffy

3S E jlall/hanp

3S E CanadaGrl/Gerardo

3S E kfay/jchiu

3S E ant590 - crayzeejim

3S E cascade kermit

3S E sallyally/joylson

3S E Flycycle/Wackojack

3Cx S helene_t-agusaris

3Cx N East4Evil/sohcahtoa

3Cx N jdonn/gib

3Cx E Hrothgar/Free

3C N tlgoodwin/timg

2S E kristen33/jillybean

NA 0 j0i/gwnn

NA 0 Tomi2-JHDW

NA 0 Vampyr/Lamford

[kayin801]

Surprised that 3♣X is so high (not that I'm complaining :P ) since it looks to me like the defense frequently takes only 5 tricks (sometimes 4!). Or am I missing something?

[Siegmund]

I find the scoring on this one almost as strangeas the bidding (at my table North bid clubs twice on a 3-card suit.)

 

I see no clear top spot, to be honest - 4S needs to pick up the SQ so it's marginally better than a 50% game (and this being MPs, 4S needs to be somewhat better than a 50% game to be bid - how much better depending how many pairs we think are beating 3C.) Similarly I see very little chance of more than 5 tricks against 3C -- as we know on the NS hands we saw 3C looked to be making -- and would surely rate 3CX below partscores in spades.

[bluecalm]

We played 4♠ on this board after an auction:

 

1D pas 1NT 2D

pas3S pas 4S

 

Please correct !

[rogerclee]

I find the scoring on this one almost as strangeas the bidding (at my table North bid clubs twice on a 3-card suit.)

 

I see no clear top spot, to be honest - 4S needs to pick up the SQ so it's marginally better than a 50% game (and this being MPs, 4S needs to be somewhat better than a 50% game to be bid - how much better depending how many pairs we think are beating 3C.) Similarly I see very little chance of more than 5 tricks against 3C -- as we know on the NS hands we saw 3C looked to be making -- and would surely rate 3CX below partscores in spades.

4S is cold, north has spade shortness.

[JLOGIC]

HanP didnt overcall 2S which i tihnk its terrible but then he made a nsty bid and i made an lol 3S bid lol

[gnasher]

How good is 4♠? It's off on a trump lead, which they might well find on the auction.

 

On a non-trump lead, you'll need to ruff the last heart with ♠A, so that means you go down when North has a singleton queen.