chasetb Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Bridge Bingo - http://tinyurl.com/4lqobfn I needed 3NT to Bingo so I bid it. I think that my 3NT bid in this case should show 13-16 HCP, at least 1 stop in ♦, 2-3♠, 2-3♥, 1-3♣. However, that isn't the issue. The issue is GIB then bidding 4NT, showing 15-16 HCP (it only had 12). Since a 7-level contract would have given me 4 in a diagonal (and I sadly believed the bidding), I bid 7♣ thinking there could be some play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 What 3NT should show is irrelevant in nearly all cases when it comes to what the GiB bids. In it's system you showed 15-20HCP, and so while it's a mild overbid, it's not completely crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 I think GIB doesn't understand that you don't count points for shortness in NT auctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 I think GIB doesn't understand that you don't count points for shortness in NT auctions.I hope you don't mean that x, AT9x, AJx, KT9xx isn't better than xxx, AT9x, AJx, KT9. I think this is more a problem with the description of the 4NT bid than with the choice to make it. If I held the North hand and my partner showed 15-20 balanced HCP, I'd want to invite slam in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I hope you don't mean that x, AT9x, AJx, KT9xx isn't better than xxx, AT9x, AJx, KT9. I think this is more a problem with the description of the 4NT bid than with the choice to make it. If I held the North hand and my partner showed 15-20 balanced HCP, I'd want to invite slam in some way.With that second hand, GIB wouldn't have overcalled 2♣ in the first place. Exploring for slam is not unreasonable, but not in NT when it has a distributional hand. GIB is usually really scared of playing in NT when it has a singleton, it's really surprising that it was OK with it this time. I'd have expected it to bid 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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