inquiry Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 [hv=pc=n&n=s852ht986d5cajt32&d=w&v=0&b=8&a=1hpp3hp?]133|200|What do you call over your partner's bid of 3♥? [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menggq Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Looks like South has a long and solid ♦ suit,no 4♠ cards,strong hand since 3♥=GF or could be stopped at 4 minor lever, wnna play 3N,seeking for ♥ stopper.The question is would ♥T986 be enough?Could North have semi-stopper?What's the possible bidding? 1.North bids 3♠:Does it mean ♠ suit or semi-stopper for ♥?Do you guys have any conventions here? 2.North bids 3N:hope for good luck. 3.North bids 4♣. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Looks like South has a long and solid ♦ suit,no 4♠ cards,strong hand since 3♥=GF or could be stopped at 4 minor lever, wnna play 3N,seeking for ♥ stopper.The question is would ♥T986 be enough?Could North have semi-stopper?What's the possible bidding? 1.North bids 3♠:Does it mean ♠ suit or semi-stopper for ♥?Do you guys have any conventions here? 2.North bids 3N:hope for good luck. 3.North bids 4♣. In bridge as in physics you need to learn to limit your questions ...otherwise you end up as you did hopeless. Granted you risk leaving something out but so you state that and move on. in your example you got trapped in your own loop. I mean why is the electric charge of the proton and electron exactly equal and opposite? No system is perfectly isolated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuburules3 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I would probably bid 3NT and apologize if it works out badly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I would not play my partner for a help in hearts. With more then a singleton low honour he surely had choosen another bid. So biding 3 Nt is aiming at a narrow target. I would bid 4 ♣, I do not have enough to justify a jump to game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 [hv=pc=n&n=s852ht986d5cajt32&d=w&v=0&b=8&a=1hpp3hp?]133|200|What do you call over your partner's bid of 3♥? [/hv] This was the one hand I got to kib. The pass over 3 hearts was alerted as showing a suit worth having partner lead (double would have shown lack of interest in the suit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I bid 3N, and maybe my judgment is colored by playing against people that don't always get the defense right. A lot of things can go right: * Partner can have the Q or J of hearts (or stiff K)* LHO may decide to lead from a long or chunky side suit (I've seen weirder things happen)* LHO may underlead Qxx/Jxx, and they may not untangle it* LHO may have a stiff honor (give partner something like A / xxx / AKQJxxx / KQ, for example) In hindsight, I think 4C is right, and I don't find it that close. Competent opponents (and/or ones holding ♥AKQJxx) will usually get this right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 3S showing half a stopper. I dont know what else 3S could show here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I like the idea of 3S, we didn't overcall 1S so I think it might even be fielded at the table (that is, I think partner would bid 3N with a heart honor regardless of what he thinks is going on). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I am a 3 NT bidder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 3S showing half a stopper. I dont know what else 3S could show here. Maybe a hand too weak to act directly over 1 ♥, like the actual one with the black suits switched? Hoping to find partner with 3073 or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 My style is to play COG before making slam tries. So IMO 4S or 4H should suggest playing 4S/5M and not be slammish, also its probably possible to bid 3S and pull 3Nt to 4c suggesting that 4S is possible but that im not forcing to 5m. Anyway I think that when partner showed a solid minor having a half a stopper bid is a must, a stiff J can make the difference between making 3Nt or being -3 after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Another sequence where you can ask about a stopper or be natural is ... 1Nt--3H 3=1-(54) GF3S--?? what does 3S mean ? I think that its kind of a 3way bid with a hand like AKxxJxxxAKxJx 1- asking for half a stopper in H ( a stiff honor)2- showing 5S and a min hand (a direct 4S would be better and 4H even better i guess)3- wanting to know wich minor is best with correction to 4S to play or 4H as COG. (both suggesting that we dont have a great fit in the minors) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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