jillybean Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 82, K54, A983, T843 MP's, dealer north 1♠ (2♥) P (P)4♣ (P) ? and, Happy Halloween ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 82, K54, A983, T843 MP's, dealer north 1♠ (2♥) P (P)4♣ (P) ? and, Happy Halloween ! 5♣ Although maybe 4♠ has appeal at matchpoints as the ♥K affords some protection against a force even if the spade support is weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 2-card discrepancy is too much for me: 5♣ I tend to think "which bid would I least be upset if I was wrong" in times like this. I find it much more effective than "which bid is right". i.e. if I bid 5♣ and it was right to bid 4♠ I would shrug, but vice-versa I would feel like I'd bent normality and would hope partner would be understanding. Perhaps that's just my weird mind though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 I wonder:Should 4♣ be forcing here?I would take 4♣ as forcing and would consider a 4♦ bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted October 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 "as the ♥K affords some protection against a force" what does this mean Wayne? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 What Wayne means is that in 4♠, the ♥K acts as a "stopper", preventing them from easily shortening your trumps in hand. The main problem with 4♠ is that you may get tapped out before you can establish your Club suit. I think I would bid 4♠ at MPs, however I believe this is a very clear 5♣ call at IMPs. The ♥K should hopefully give us just enough tempo to get everything done, however I will be ready to apologize to partner if this is the wrong decision... Matchpoints do awful things to people :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 4♠. Partner is either 6-5 with good suits or 5-5 with great suits. In either case I am not worried about the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 2-card discrepancy is too much for me: 5♣ I tend to think "which bid would I least be upset if I was wrong" in times like this. I find it much more effective than "which bid is right". i.e. if I bid 5♣ and it was right to bid 4♠ I would shrug, but vice-versa I would feel like I'd bent normality and would hope partner would be understanding. Perhaps that's just my weird mind though. I was taught early on to bid to win the post mortem and if partner wasn't looking for a club raise, why did he jump in them? However, I could hardly have more and would cue 4♥ on the way to 5♣ or 6. I know, 4♦ should be a cue but I'm not going to put pard on the spot. No doubt pard will tank over this barring me, place the final contract and I win the post mortem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 I was taught early on to bid to win the post mortem Playing postmortem bridge never ends well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Don't try to win the post-mortem. But faced with a choice that you can't otherwise resolve, make the bid that won't *lose* the post-mortem. Not to win it if it was wrong, of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 do people play 4H here as COG, and if you had that would you bid that? or would that suggest 2-3 in the blacks? I suspect with 2-3 you should always just bid 6s as partner is somewhat likely to be 6-5 (he should not canape if strong i think). Still, if i had COG avaliable i might bid that: if partner has say, AKQTxxxxAKJxx 4s might have better play. And this is not that unlikely IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yeah 4♥ should be choice of game IMHO and I bid that. Let partner answer the OP question :) Koen: 4♣ is not forcing. 1♠ was non-forcing so partner can't force until I have shown some life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 4♣ is NF, I want to let partner decide between 4♠ and 5♣, so 4♥ seems the best bid here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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