Many missed opportunities

[bd71]

[hv=pc=n&w=sq653hqj74d32ct65&e=shk862dakqt7ca432&d=e&v=b&b=10&a=1dpp1sd3d(4%20spades%20%22some%20points%22)p3sppp]266|200[/hv]

 

This was one of the big swings in the Team 1/Team 2 match today.

 

E/W here missed many opportunities, any of which likely would likely have landed them (us) in 4♥.

 

Please respond to the poll to say which things SHOULD have happened, along with any other comments you have...

[fuburules3]

I was wondering what 2♠ on round two would show (perhaps a stronger takeout than X).

[mike777]

1) east has a huge hand and knows it is going to be difficult to show it, given 1d can really be crap.

2) I understand x over 1s

3) perhaps 2h focusing on major/diamonds and giving up on clubs is better at this point?

4) a really tough hand......

5) pard passed 1d...ok agree with a max.... 5hpc no aces, no tens, no long major..no long d.

 

 

so agree with pass of 1d...close but agree

 

 

I understand x but vote 2h in hindsight.....

[JLOGIC]

4H looks like a pretty horrible contract to me. You only have 3 top losers but how are you going to play it on a spade lead? If you play a round of trumps they duck...It seems like you need a very lucky layout to make it.

[Codo]

You obviously could have taken positions which had been much more successful on this hand. But I would not critszise any single bid. 1 ♥ with both majors or a second double with the powerhouse had been okay, but your descissions had been fine to me.

[wyman]

I thought bidding 1H with west, and then -- assuming west passed the first round -- bidding 3H as west, were both automatic at teams. Am I wildly off here?

[hrothgar]

I don't claim that either the bidding or the play was perfect, but here's what happened at my table

 

 

[hv=lin=pn|Dwar0123,jillybean,diana_eva,hrothgar|st%7C%7Cmd%7C4S27JAH9TAD4689C9J%2CS356QH47JQD23C56T%2CS489TKH35D5JC78QK%2C%7Crh%7C%7Cah%7CBoard%2010%7Csv%7Cb%7Cmb%7C1D%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7C1S%7Cmb%7C2H%7Cmb%7C2S%7Cmb%7C3H%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7C4H%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cmb%7Cp%7Cpc%7CHA%7Cpc%7CH4%7Cpc%7CH3%7Cpc%7CH2%7Cpc%7CHT%7Cpc%7CH7%7Cpc%7CH5%7Cpc%7CHK%7Cpc%7CDA%7Cpc%7CD4%7Cpc%7CD2%7Cpc%7CD5%7Cpc%7CDK%7Cpc%7CD6%7Cpc%7CD3%7Cpc%7CDJ%7Cpc%7CDQ%7Cpc%7CD8%7Cpc%7CC5%7Cpc%7CS4%7Cpc%7CDT%7Cpc%7CD9%7Cpc%7CC6%7Cpc%7CS8%7Cpc%7CCA%7Cpc%7CC9%7Cpc%7CCT%7Cpc%7CC7%7Cpc%7CC2%7Cpc%7CCJ%7Cpc%7CHJ%7Cpc%7CC8%7Cpc%7CS3%7Cpc%7CS9%7Cpc%7CH6%7Cpc%7CS2%7Cpc%7CC3%7Cpc%7CS7%7Cpc%7CHQ%7Cpc%7CCQ%7Cpc%7CS5%7Cpc%7CST%7Cpc%7CH8%7Cpc%7CSJ%7Cpc%7CD7%7Cpc%7CH9%7Cpc%7CS6%7Cpc%7CCK%7Cpc%7CSA%7Cpc%7CSQ%7Cpc%7CSK%7Cpc%7CC4%7C]400|300|[/hv]

 

I considered reopening with a double rather than 2H (Didn't like the quality of the Heart suit). However, I figured that bidding Hearts at the two level might give me the chance to show clubs at the three level and pattern out nicely...

Edited March 12, 2012 by hrothgar
edited to remove the link to myhands as that will disappear in a month or two... also to make the hand presented larger