dickiegera Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 [hv=pc=n&e=sthkq8653dq86ckj2&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=3spp]133|200[/hv] Should I bid 4 Hearts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 yes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Oops, I voted without noticing I was in the balancing seat. Subtract one "pass" vote. Add two 4H votes (JLOGIC never votes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Partner could have a fairly good hand with Hx or 3, or even 4 spades, and couldn't act. Definitely 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 2/1 ACBL is irrelevant. Tell me whether it's matchpoints or IMPs, so I know whether I have anything to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 :unsure: I don't see a general purpose answer to this one. Everything is in play - the form of contest, the state of the match, and above all the feel of the table. You have, roughly, six losers. Pard has to cover three of them for 4 ♥ to make. I wish I knew who has the ace of ♠. Are they going to swindle me out of a vulnerable game, or hammer me for 1400? My general inclination is to pass, but in a really tough game I would probably go ahead and bid 4♥ just to establish that I can't be intimidated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 4♥. 1400 is just another number. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 4♥. 1400? Seriously? Our RHO passed 3♠?? I will occasionally donate a large number by bidding. I will frequently lose 12 IMPs by passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Speaking of 1400, has it yet occurred to anybody that LHO's first-seat, favorable-vulnerability preempt might be on a tattered dishrag? (I know, some of mine are, heheheh.) I wonder what partner is sitting with in spades over there. If you were in LHO's seat, how do you think you would feel if your RHO doubled and your LHO left it in? What do you think we could score on defense if LHO ducked the first round of spades around to our stiff 10, playing partner for it on the bidding? Not arguing that it's the right thing to do to double with this hand. But if anybody was wondering where that lone vote for "Other" came from . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I think we have to stretch and bid 4♥. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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