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WellSpyder

  

31 members have voted

  1. 1. What is the best (or least worst!) bid?

    • Pass
      26
    • 2 spades
      1
    • 2 NT
      1
    • 3 clubs
      3
    • something else
      0


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I'm bidding 3. I don't like my hearts and if I win 2 tricks in hearts, can partner be expected to win 4 tricks in the other suits? I'm not sure. I'd pass without so much regret at MP's but at imp's it can be very costly.
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Partner doubled 1. The opponents next bid spades and diamonds. Now, he is doubling 2.

 

I am fairly certain that this double is not takeout for one of the remaining one suits.

 

It sure seems like partner has a double-and-bid-notrump hand, or close to it. He seems to think we can beat 2 on power. I tend to agree. So, I pass.

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PASS

 

Partner has heard that dia hearts and spades all have one opp with at least 4 cards in

each suit. Despite this information p has doubled once again. This has to be based on

very strong values and we have 2 probable heart tricks and what seems to be a useful

club Qxx for opening lead purposes. If I cannot pass with this hand then p has made a

very poor 2nd x.

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I pass. Experience suggests they make 9 tricks, but I live in hope that partner will have his call.

I'm not 100% sure whether he has or not - it is not that clear there is much to gain by bidding again:

AJ102

A

QJ72

KJ106

 

To all the passers (of which I was one) - you are right in theory. In principle oppo can only make 7 tricks, and you can't make more than 7 tricks in any denomination either. However, DD defence isn't always easy and in practice 8 tricks might easily make either way, so maybe it isn't worth the risk of passing? Certainly -670 wasn't a great success....

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