rduran1216 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=s65hakjt52dat4ca7&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=3c]133|200[/hv] Your bid? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 I will risk 3h. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 six losers. I think if CHO can cover 3 of them she might raise unless she thinks very little of my direct overcalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 not good enough for 4H, too suit-oriented for 3N 3H for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I would bid 4H. This is a very good hand. Feels heavy for 3H, but not disastorously so. The difficutly is always when partner has a singleton and a 9 count or so, he will not find a raise. I think you should stretch to game when your intermeadteads (the JT) are so good. Also, with so many keycards you can certainly stand a raise to slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Can I bid 3.5♥? No? Then 3♥ for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcw Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Full value for a 3♥ call. 3♥ = 104♥ = 4Pass = 23NT = 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farrnbach Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Team: 4♥ (ok, heavy, I agree)Pairs: 3♥ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 1) I play heavy overcalls of preempts. That loses in many cases, but not this one.2) This is nicely acey, but I see three black suit losers and two red suit losers (assuming that the HQ can be picked up). As others have said, if partner can cover enough losers, she'll raise. If responder doesn't raise, that club loser is guaranteed. I'd be more likely to bid 4♥ if one of my spades was a club, for that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Bad shape, so 3♥ seems better than 4, though since this is a problem 4 is probably the winner :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 3H is really poor to me. It seems like conventional wisdom is to make 3H extremely wide ranging and to have 4H show basically 8.5 tricks in hand. I don't know why this is the case, and we can easily expect to make 4H opposite a lot of random 8 counts without 3 hearts, so why not just bid what you think you can make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 3NT, because I think it needs less than 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 3NT, because I think it needs less than 4♥.If that post came from me, I would give it a big LOL. But, coming from Andy, I need to think about it and try to get over the fact that I can only duck one club and am open in spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 3H is really poor to me. It seems like conventional wisdom is to make 3H extremely wide ranging and to have 4H show basically 8.5 tricks in hand. I don't know why this is the case, and we can easily expect to make 4H opposite a lot of random 8 counts without 3 hearts, so why not just bid what you think you can make?I agree and prefer 4♥ to 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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