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Nilz

Do you bid on?  

53 members have voted

  1. 1. Do you bid on?

    • Pass
      51
    • 3 Spades
      0
    • 3NT
      0
    • 4 Clubs
      0
    • 4 Hearts
      0
    • 5 Clubs
      1
    • 6 Clubs
      1
    • Other (please specify)
      0


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[hv=d=n&v=b&s=sk7532hd9cak98732]133|100|Scoring: MP

3-(P)-?[/hv]

 

Partner preempts your void as usual. Do you dig a little further, or pass and hope LHO balances?

Partner's style: He'll always have a 7 card heart suit, QJTxxxx or better. Always 6-10 points (not necessarily in hearts!). Never 4 spades. Possibly a 4 card minor.

New suit by you is forcing for one round.

 

Also, if it affects your decision, partner is (shall we say) not the best declarer in the world...

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Another attempt at getting a unanimous poll on BBF?

it beats trying to figure out what you would do if your RHO opened 3 :)

Agree with the hope of a unanimous poll.

 

I also wouldn't find too much difficulty if RHO opens 3. I would bid 4 in anticipation that I might need to bid 4 next round. Won't always work out, but I've at least bid my longest and strongest suit.

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How come 6 wasn't an option? Partner must have AQx, QJ10xxxx, xx, x, so the bid is obvious IMO.

 

Anything but pass is silly and if your suit requirements are what you say I would pass if they try to penalize us too, our AK of clubs might be useful and partner's AK of hearts will not be.

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OK, OK, I did expect the poll to be pretty one-sided.

As it happens, bidding clubs would've worked out because the hands were: [hv=v=b&w=sk7532hd9cak98732&e=shkjtxxxxdxxcqjtx]266|100|Scoring: MP[/hv]

 

If they don't lead or switch to trumps (which are 1-1), 6C makes (I think the spade Ace falls in 4 rounds, I think hearts are 4-2 or 5-1, but I can't remember for sure).

Anyway, the opps will bid lots of diamonds whether you pass or bid clubs, so you won't get to play 6C or 3H.

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Calculated just for fun:

 

Partner is a massive 33 times more likely to be 7-4 in hearts + diamonds than 7-4 in hearts + clubs. (Assuming any 4 diamonds, which doesn't hold of course since some diamond holdings would be too strong for 3, so it's just a very crude estimate).

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