inquiry Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 In a very close barometer match, you are down one imp going into the last hand (of course, through no fault of your own)... :-) You hold... [hv=d=e&v=e&s=st9xxhk9dxxxct9xx]133|100|Scoring: IMP( P) - P -- (1♣) - 3♣(3N) - 5C - (6♥) - P( P) - your bid[/hv] 1♣ 17+ any distribution forcing one roudn.. (sorry) Your turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSH Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 The opening was from Precision or similar?I think I will pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Its a clear pass to me. 1. Pard likes to make agressive (read: silly) bids over strong ♣ openers. 2. We have goaded them into a guess via 6♥. I don't sac when I've made them guess at a high level. 3. They may guess to bid 7, and ....make it. 4. They may go down in 6 (unlikely I know)5. 7♣ is probably going for 1400 anyway. Give pard his typical: xxx, xx, xx, AQxxxx (Please don't say you wouldn't bid 3♣ here), and we are -2000. Oh, and we have an outside chance to beat 6♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What is 1♣? What is 3♣? :) More info needed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I'm not close to bidding 7♣. I've already bid more than I would have at the table. It's worked out with the opponents making a guess. Why try to undo what I've done? I won't vote because 5♣ did not tell my story, it told the story of a different hand. If you're going to bid 5♣, isn't there some obligation to try to mess with the opponents on the way to 5♣. 4♥ maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Yeah, I pass as well. We've done a good job already.. They're completely in the dark. Let me add the following. Bidding 7C might induce opener to make a forcing pass to show a void, something I definitely don't want opps to do, since East might deem his Qxx as "little wastage" and bid a 7H on a finesse that works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 5♣ told my story. They "gambled" 6♥, and if I bid 7♣ they might bid 7♥ which could make.I don't like to try to tell my hand more then once, it didn't get any better with the bidding. Mike ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 My team mates know we are down one, too. If they play 2/1, isn't there a good chance that they got no intervention over their strong 2♣ opening? Or maybe West could open a suit at the one-level and thus show his big two suiter below the 7-level? In both cases, they may bid the grand on a finesse. Or maybe they will avoid the safety play in hearts, taking the finesse to tie the match with an overtrick. Passing seems so clear that I am sure 7♣ would have won the match ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Pass. If my p had more, then he would've bid 4♣ or 5♣, so we are going down too much in 7♣ imo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSH Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 14 answers, is it time to know the full hand? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 It doesn't matter what the full hand is.This is a theorethical question, probably based on a real hand since Ben posted it.But maybe it might have been right on this hand to bid 7, since he did post it ;) On the next 15 hands it would be wrong, and bridge is a numbers game, nothing is a 100% all the time, very far from that. Mike :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSH Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 It doesn't matter what the full hand is.This is a theorethical question, probably based on a real hand since Ben posted it.But maybe it might have been right on this hand to bid 7, since he did post it ;) On the next 15 hands it would be wrong, and bridge is a numbers game, nothing is a 100% all the time, very far from that. Mike :D I don't ask for the right answer, I'm just curious why he posted this hand, what they bid and what the result of the match was.I would like to know the story behind the theorethical question, bridge is also (fortunately :D ) a people game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhar Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 1. Pard likes to make agressive (read: silly) bids over strong ♣ openers. One would think he had played with me! :) I pass too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritong Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 my guess is ben posted this hand because -1400 ties vs 1430 & wins vs 1460.i suspect his aesthetics are satisfied with that stuff, anyways mine are ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishovnbg Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Pass. Playing with Ben 5♣ was already too high...Misho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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