Flem72 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 mps, white v. red, W deals: P-P-1D-X1S-P-2C-XP-2D-P-3CP- ? You hold JTxxxQ9874JTx. What's 3C?What's your call? Regards and Happy Trails, Scott NeedhamBoulder, Colorado, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 mps, white v. red, W deals: P-P-1D-X1S-P-2C-XP-2D-P-3CP- ? You hold JTxxxQ9874JTx. What's 3C?What's your call? Regards and Happy Trails, Scott NeedhamBoulder, Colorado, USA I think 3C is a get even bid. Partner you made a silly 2D bid, so now I can torture you with a silly 3C bid. I pass. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flem72 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 I think 3C is a get even bid. Partner you made a silly 2D bid, so now I can torture you with a silly 3C bid. I pass. You guessed the final spot, but since I consider this a real bridge problem, and not a complete lark, let me ask what you would do in this auction as S (4th to bid) with AxxxxAKQxAKQx? Maybe Michaels? The E hand was voidxxxTxxxAKxxxx. At our table, S played 3C, for -50 for 7/12. S congratulated N for her judgment, since 2S was played only once, and 3S was played doubled. But how else do N-S try to find the (relatively) good 3N? What SHOULD 3C mean? Regards and Happy Trails, Scott NeedhamBoulder, Colorado, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemperb Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 If my partner bid this way, I'd assume he has clubs. The first double didn't deny clubs, and neither did the second, so why can't partner have something like AQx KQx x AKJTxx? The 2♣ bid could be a psyche, or maybe a legitimate bid like Kx xx AKxxx Qxxx. The better question might be: what is 2♦? Natural, as in "OMG, I can't stand 2♣x" with xxx xx QJT9xxx x, or artificial, as in "OMG, we're going places" with values? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 3C over 2C would show clubs, just like 2S would show spades. Double of 2C and then 3C does not show clubs imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Partner has some kind of monster hand, but the fact that LHO passed isn't really consistent with partner having clubs. I bid 3NT. BTW the 2♦ bid was wrong. 2♦ is not natural here I think but even if it is you don't want to play 2♦. Just pass, 2♣ doubled should be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I've got to be honest I'm clueless about this entire auction and that's pretty scary to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flem72 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I've got to be honest I'm clueless about this entire auction and that's pretty scary to me. You might be preoccupied with a little game in Netherlands :unsure: , but how would you handle the S hand given E's fairly creative actions? In my mind, this is an example of what happens to 'normal' bidding structures when a player takes action that skews the 'normal' expectations re: what bids describe -- similar to uncovering a psych. In postmortem, N was heard to say she had no idea what was going on: understandable, don't you think? Regards and Happy Trails, Scott NeedhamBoulder, Colorado, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I've got to be honest I'm clueless about this entire auction and that's pretty scary to me. That is because you made a presumption of sanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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