diana_eva Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Star partner, random team match on BBO. IMPs. No agreements but you would expect pd to understand whatever is considered expertish standard if there is such thing for this sequence: [hv=pc=n&n=S9632HQ54D32CQ654&d=w&v=b&a=PPP2CP2DP3Dp?]133|200[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrecisionL Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Not enough information provided, what are your agreements? Is 2♦ waiting? If so, what is the negative rebid. Is 2♣ absolutely forcing to game? Are 2Qs considered a semi-positive? What is a 2♥ response? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Not enough information provided, what are your agreements? Is 2♦ waiting? If so, what is the negative rebid. Is 2♣ absolutely forcing to game? Are 2Qs considered a semi-positive? What is a 2♥ response? No agreements :) That's the nice part about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 A very common "expert" agreement is to play this 3♦ rebid as denying a 4 card major and for 3M rebids to show 4 of that major plus longer diamonds. This agreement simplifies these kinds of hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 In my experience, 2♣ openings by BBO randoms vary wildly. There's nothing you can really do about that though. A reasonable meta-agreement with randoms is that a suit rebid after a forcing opening is also forcing. 3NT seems like the most logical choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 It is standard to play that 3♦ is forcing. Having a star doesn't mean that much on BBO....they give them out pretty loosely....but you'll probably find out whether this one knows anything after you bid 3N, which is really the only possible call now. BTW, playing 3M by opener as 4M and longer diamonds may be common but it isn't standard and a random BBO star shouldn't make that call undiscussed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 3NT wtp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 OK so this was unanimous. I thought I could "invent" a bid to pass the cat back to my partner so I bid 3♥. Pd raised to 6♥, holding ♠Q ♥AKTx ♦AKJT9x ♣Ax. I think he is quite young as he did not pass out when he saw the dummy. He merely commented "Oh, I forgot the cheap major relay convention, sorry pd" :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I love that line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 . I think he is quite young as he did not pass out when he saw the dummy. :)wasn't he looking at dummy during the auction? As in: his hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hi, Pass is out, and so is bypassing 3NT. A new suit should be 4+, or 5+, so you have either3S oe 3NT, I go with 3NT. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 wasn't he looking at dummy during the auction? As in: his hand? Yes I meant when he saw my hand sry. Failed to become dummy, at least in the bridge sense of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akwoo Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 With no agreements, I bid 3♠. I've played 3♥ as a weakness showing in this situation. It's a perfectly reasonable convention, though of course there are downsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBinUS Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 3♠ I want partner to bid 3NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perko90 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 He merely commented "Oh, I forgot the cheap major relay convention, sorry pd" :) Awesome partner!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.