whereagles Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Team match, final hand. You need points badly :) [hv=pc=n&s=s9hk97dakj74caq42&d=e&v=n&b=10&a=3c]133|200[/hv] yer bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 3nt. easy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Team match, final hand. You need points badly :) How badly? I read about Ron Anderson comparing a match when Mike Passel said "read em out" and Anderson said "It doesn't matter, we are blitzed". Passel said "A hundred bucks?" and Anderson said "-1100 etc.". They won by a few. 3nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 6♣.... errrm perhaps not this time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 6♥nah, 3NT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 It is extremely unlikely we are going to score big with 3n it is afairly easy bid. IMHO the conditions of contest call for something a bit more unusual I get the feeling 3N will not readily get usthe points we need. I think we need to hunt for a dia or even aheart slam and therefore I propose the underbid call of 3d I say this not because I think it is a great bid but I feel it givesus our best chance of finding a slam and a ton of those elusive points.If p bids 3s over our 3d we can still back in with 3n but if they happen to raise dia or bid 3h:)))))))))))))))))))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I propose the underbid call of 3d Good thought and not as risky as it seems with a stiff spade. If lho bids them we may avoid a doomed 3nt and if partner bids them we get to 3nt anyway. And if partner bids anything else we may surprise them with 4nt as our next call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Thx all. Here's the hands: [hv=pc=n&s=s9hk97dakj74caq42&w=sakqj87haq6dq965c&n=st653hjt84dt832c3&e=s42h532dckjt98765&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=3c]399|300[/hv] I bid what seems to be a pretty normal 3NT and suffice to say it didn't turn out well... (Teammates went 1 down in 4♠ on a trump lead.) This hand brought me "visions of Cardiff", a european championship I played on, where the wrong choice would normally net you -1100 LOL. I suppose the slight underbid of 3♦ would be a possibility given match status. You don't need to overbid to generate swings.. you can do it the other way around :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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