Fluffy Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=sq4haqj94dat852c4&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=1sp2hp2s(could%20be%205)p3dp3np]133|200[/hv] Match points if it matters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeegan Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=sq4haqj94dat852c4&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=1sp2hp2s(could%20be%205)p3dp3np]133|200[/hv] Match points if it matters. :P 4♦. Excellent down to earth problem. It looks like a crapshoot to me. Anything could work out best. I really, really hate to give up on 3NT (esp. at MP's), but my 3♦ kind of sounded like a plea for just any sort of club stop, and a weak one probably won't do on this hand. 4♦ at least allows us to consider and evaluate the other three possible games. For that matter, maybe four possible games. If partner bids 4NT, I am going to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 For me, 3♦ showed a very distributional hand - with 1543 I would usually bid 2N. Partner could have bid 3♥ if he had doubt and needed a club stopper, yet he chose an immediate 3N.I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=sq4haqj94dat852c4&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=1sp2hp2s(could%20be%205)p3dp3np]133|200|Match points if it matters.[/hv] IMO Pass = 10, 4♦ = 9, 4♠ = 8.3N caters for partner holding something like ♠ A K J x x x ♥ x ♦ x x x ♣ K J x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 This time 3NT was better, partner had ♠AK10xx ♥x ♦Jx ♣KJ109x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilG007 Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 :P 4♦. Excellent down to earth problem. It looks like a crapshoot to me. Anything could work out best. I really, really hate to give up on 3NT (esp. at MP's), but my 3♦ kind of sounded like a plea for just any sort of club stop, and a weak one probably won't do on this hand. 4♦ at least allows us to consider and evaluate the other three possible games. For that matter, maybe four possible games. If partner bids 4NT, I am going to pass.Sorry,but 3NT is the best spot. And while 3♦could be construed as "fishing" for a club stop,the real nature of the bidis you're showing a second biddable suit and asking p for preference. You've shown 5-5 in the red suits and partner hasn't supported either of them but has shown he has the unbid suit ♣ guarded. The contract should rest here,to go further on tempts fate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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