Phil Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 1N - pass - 2♦ - pass2♥ - pass - pass - 3♠ Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 1N - pass - 2♦ - pass2♥ - pass - pass - 3♠ Any ideas? Trust your partner. His pass says you don't have game. Believe him and leave the last guess to RHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 It would help a lot if I knew what my hand was and in which position I was sitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Trust your partner. His pass says you don't have game. Believe him and leave the last guess to RHO. Um... second hand low, third hand high? It would help a lot if I knew what my hand was and in which position I was sitting.Don't you think we are being asked the meaning of this very unusual 3♠ bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 4♠ and 7+m. I have two pages in all my system notes about this exact auction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Looks like the 3S bidder is walking the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Looks like the 3S bidder is walking the dog. Agreed, unless u have an agreement with pd as Adam does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 No alert, so not adam's agreement (or call director). this is adog walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Assuming double of 2♦ is diamonds and 2♥ is Michaels, then I guess he just has a good one suiter - too good for an immediate 2♠ or 3♠. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Assuming double of 2♦ is diamonds and 2♥ is Michaels, then I guess he just has a good one suiter - too good for an immediate 2♠ or 3♠. This is what I thought. In todays wrap up I explained how this is the 'only' way to bid KJTxxxx AKQ xx x. I just wanted to gauge how full of sh!t I really was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 This is what I thought. In todays wrap up I explained how this is the 'only' way to bid KJTxxxx AKQ xx x. I just wanted to gauge how full of sh!t I really was.I've got bad news for you - you're as full of it as I am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 So you're saying that it shows a hand that wanted to make a takeout double and then bid spades, but couldn't, because 2♥ would have been Michaels? There is some logic in that - I can't see any other way to bid a strong one-suiter. I don't think I'd risk it without discussion though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 So you're saying that it shows a hand that wanted to make a takeout double and then bid spades, but couldn't, because 2♥ would have been Michaels? There is some logic in that - I can't see any other way to bid a strong one-suiter. I don't think I'd risk it without discussion though. What about 2nt first ? Partner might take it for minors, but when you bid 3♠ later, wouldn't you be showing this hand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 why don't you take out double 2♥ and then bid 3♠? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 why don't you take our double 2♥ and then bid 3♠?If we accept the premise that good hands with spades have to pass first, then by analogy with other sequences:- Pass then 3♠ shows a strong one-suiter- Pass then double then 3♠ shows a strong flexible hand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Whatever the analogy or theory says, double followed by 3S is much more likely to be correctly understood by partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Whatever the analogy or theory says, double followed by 3S is much more likely to be correctly understood by partner.As long as partner doesn't raise diamonds, possibly to the five level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolvyrj Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 My first guess, is that prd woke up and made delayed pre-empt, its the simplest and most probaple explenation at least with my regular prd B-) . If i have to assume that prd is doing something clever ( oh god), i would put my money for a major two suiter. He saw thexfer and decide to wait a round to see if anything exiting would happen... nope so 3♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 As long as partner doesn't raise diamonds, possibly to the five level.Maybe Han meant to start by doubling 2♥, after having passed over 2♦. Anyway, I would take it as a strong one-suited hand, less flexible than what I could show by doubling 2♥ and then bidding 3♠. Of course Adam K's system is fine, too, although I am not quite sure if he meant it seriously :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Dog walker, in a way = Strong 1 suiter, even if his intention at the start was totally different. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 hmmm... AKQxxxAxxxxxx Pard was waiting for opps to bid 3NT so that he'd dbl for a spade lead. Since that plan failed, he now show his hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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