Quartic Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Playing in a team match in a local league, the following deal caused a lot of problems in the bidding: [hv=pc=n&s=shakt52djt8ckq853&n=sak9742hj7dakq9c2&d=e&v=b&b=10&a=p1hp1sp2cp2dp3cp3sppp]266|200[/hv] At our table the bidding was as shown, and I managed to take 10 tricks. The contracts at the other tables were 4♠-1, 3NT+2 and 6♥-1. How would you bid these hands? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Playing in a team match in a local league, the following deal caused a lot of problems in the bidding: [hv=pc=n&s=shakt52djt8ckq853&n=sak9742hj7dakq9c2&d=e&v=b&b=10&a=p1hp1sp2cp2dp3cp3sppp]266|200[/hv] At our table the bidding was as shown, and I managed to take 10 tricks. The contracts at the other tables were 4♠-1, 3NT+2 and 6♥-1. How would you bid these hands? Why did south pass a forcing bid? South has an easy 3nt bid over 3s, easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 1. Its a useful agreement if 4th suit is forcing to game 2. Even if 4th suit is not forcing to game your partnership needs to know which auctions are forcing and which are passable - clearly there was a disagreement here 3. The auction looks fine up to 3♠ although 3NT is a possible alternative to 3♠ 4. South can bid 3NT over 3♠ having a tough bid doesn't mean you should pass. South is better than minimum and should be reasonably happy bidding 3NT. Yes JTx isn't the typical sound stopper but partner knows you are not going to have great diamonds when you have shown at least 10 cards in two other suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 1♥-1♠-2♣-2♦-3♣-3♠-3NT its normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 No it's not. Normal is to butcher the hand LOL. Leaving it at 3NT seems pessimistic. But north can raise 3NT to 4 and then south can pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 No it's not. Normal is to butcher the hand LOL. Leaving it at 3NT seems pessimistic. But north can raise 3NT to 4 and then south can pass. Opposite a misfitting minimum it seems reasonable to be pessimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 With 17 hcp and a fitting jack? Come on, it's not that we got a min invite or something. It's south who doesn't have much to spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartic Posted December 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 We actually did have the agreement that 2♦ was forcing to game. Unfortunately partner forgot, and he wanted to stop before we got too high, because of the clear misfit. If he had bid 3NT, I would have raised to 4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 1H = 10-17, 5+ hearts... - 1S = INV+ relay1N = min, 0-3 spades... - 2C = GF relay2D = 4+ clubs... - 2H = relay2S = 5+ clubs... - 2N = relay3C = 0-1 spades, 5 hearts, 5 clubs... - 3D = relay3H = 0=5=3=5... - 3N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenvic Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 We actually did have the agreement that 2♦ was forcing to game. Unfortunately partner forgot, and he wanted to stop before we got too high, because of the clear misfit. If he had bid 3NT, I would have raised to 4. Agree I would bid the same as you have, S bids 3nt and North invites with 4nt. South should then Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 using Chapi http://bridge.downagain.be/FD/FD.php?bod=1SP1NP2CP2HP2SP2NP3H responder bid 3nt expecting opener to be 12-14, opener overide with 4H showing 2/5 A and 18-22 (forcing up to 4Nt), responder will make a move for 6D (4S) but opener will consider his hand a minimum with a K of S wasted and we will probably play 5D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartic Posted December 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 using Chapi http://bridge.downagain.be/FD/FD.php?bod=1SP1NP2CP2HP2SP2NP3H responder bid 3nt expecting opener to be 12-14, opener overide with 4H showing 2/5 A and 18-22 (forcing up to 4Nt), responder will make a move for 6D (4S) but opener will consider his hand a minimum with a K of S wasted and we will probably play 5D. Interestingly enough, 6♦ makes double dummy, as does 6NT by North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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