sathyab Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 [hv=pc=n&w=s95h87dq98542ct42]133|100[/hv] N-S Vul, W dealer W N E Sp 1d X 1sp 1nt p 2hp 3h 3nt p? Opponents play Precision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I'll pass and run to 4♦ if doubled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 This auction may never happen again. I'm guessing partner has 8 playing trick in a 4216 hand (Axxx Ax x AKQJxx). He was taking the money (200) against 1NT and is now sacrificing! If you drop the ball here, partner will not criticise you. Much worse, he will look sad, shake his head and say something like "it wasn't easy for you." Stand your ground. Pass if doubled. Even if you don't understand what is going on, you just have to trust your partner. Sure, 4♣ is also one down, but maybe they make 4♥. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 At the table I had been shocked, but I hope I had been able to come to the same conclusion as Phil. Hey, I have a diamond stop, we can make it... No not at the Reisinger, but... one down, good bridge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Most people got this one right by passing 3nt. At the table, the Precision 1♦ opening kept bothering me. What if partner had the minors, how would he bid ?, I kept thinking. Torn between the possibility of six solid ♣s on the one hand and a minor two-suiter on the other, I did the wrong thing. I should have reflected that he could have bid 2nt over opener's 1nt rebid with minors (or perhaps even 2nt over 1♦ as we don't consider it a real suit), so this 3nt had to be different. Partner had ♠AQ8 ♥A94 ♦3 ♣AKQJ73. 3nt makes as !s finesse works. Curiously opponents could have passed 1nt and won the board as the best E-W can do is beat it 3 tricks double-dummy :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Good problem. Partner doesn't have both minors - that hand either passes or overcalls 2♣. Partner clearly has solid clubs, which is the motivation for passing 1N. What would a direct 3♦ had been over 1♦? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antig2 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 pass, 4♦ is hopeless after after take-out dbl.(W should know that the double is take-out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Interesting point about the precision 1♦. Last weekend I had an auction where I opened a natural 1♦ promising at least 4, and LHO bid 2NT explained as the minors. He really did have it, and it made sense since our opps originated from a country where precision is the default system rather than a natural system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Pass, no matter what. If partner goes for a ton in 3 NT, then next time partner might not be bid 3 NT with a similar hand. But there might be some method to partner's madness. Give partner ♠ A ♥ Kx ♦ Jxx ♣ AKQJxxx and 3 NT may be a maker with an expected ♥ lead. Anything you do other than pass is likely to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloa513 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 I am surprised- noone has pointed the obvious- North has a diamonds suit otherwise he would have raised spades. East is counting on West to cover the diamonds suit which he has so its pass. Count on South to lead diamonds if he has any so the real hand is doomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 I am surprised- noone has pointed the obvious- North has a diamonds suit otherwise he would have raised spades. East is counting on West to cover the diamonds suit which he has so its pass. Count on South to lead diamonds if he has any so the real hand is doomed. I may be being a bit thick, but isn't Q98xxx a stopper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jota981 Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Most people got this one right by passing 3nt. At the table, the Precision 1♦ opening kept bothering me. What if partner had the minors, how would he bid ?, I kept thinking. Torn between the possibility of six solid ♣s on the one hand and a minor two-suiter on the other, I did the wrong thing. I should have reflected that he could have bid 2nt over opener's 1nt rebid with minors (or perhaps even 2nt over 1♦ as we don't consider it a real suit), so this 3nt had to be different. Partner had ♠AQ8 ♥A94 ♦3 ♣AKQJ73. 3nt makes as !s finesse works. Curiously opponents could have passed 1nt and won the board as the best E-W can do is beat it 3 tricks double-dummy :) Hard to see how 3NT can legitimately make, except if they lead spades for you. All they need to do is (keep) stick(ing) you in your hand using non-spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Hard to see how 3NT can legitimately make, except if they lead spades for you. All they need to do is (keep) stick(ing) you in your hand using non-spades. I may be being a bit thick, but isn't the ♣T an entry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I am surprised- noone has pointed the obvious- North has a diamonds suit otherwise he would have raised spades.Any reason North cannot be 2434? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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