luckyloser Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 pairs, both green. lho opens 2h (normal w2), p dbles and rho raises to 3h. after two passes p dbles again. rho passes, what do you bid? QxxQxQxxxJTxx to my mind you have at least 4 reasonable choices: pass, 3s, 4c, 4done choice is very good, one good, one unlucky and one bad... which is which? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 multiquiz!!! love it vgood: pick the right minorgood: 3Sunlucky: pick the wrong minorbad: pass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyloser Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 multiquiz!!! love it vgood: pick the right minorgood: 3Sunlucky: pick the wrong minorbad: pass not quite... but, anyway, what do you bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Pass! If we are making something, they are nearly certainly going down. We rate to have the balance of the points, but at most a 9 card minor fit, I pass and hope to set them. Btw, 3nt is as reasonable as some of your choices. You can xx if doubled and play in the right minor and 50 a trick isn't so bad if they are making 3h. But I don't think they are, so I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 multiquiz!!! love it vgood: pick the right minorgood: 3Sunlucky: pick the wrong minorbad: passThis is one of many OBAR situations where I am willing to give up a natural NT, even 3NT. So, Partner will be picking the right minor. "vgood" or not so good on this particular hand remains to be seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 We recently had a thread in which PhilKing advocated a scrambling 3NT. But that was after a raise of a 1M opening, after which we are a lot less likely to be able to make 3NT. I strongly believe 3NT should be to play here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 not quite... but, anyway, what do you bid? 4♣. Slightly stronger minor, gives pard a chance to pull to 4♦ if he believes in ELC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 We recently had a thread in which PhilKing advocated a scrambling 3NT. But that was after a raise of a 1M opening, after which we are a lot less likely to be able to make 3NT. I strongly believe 3NT should be to play here. To be clear, I was suggesting 3nt as a choice on par with some of the others (I.e., not a great choice, but in the discussion of choices), as to play, which it clearly is - unless doubled where you then run. Qx might be a stopper (the opponents ducked to my Qx in the finals of an event in this nationals),might combine with stiff K as a stopper, and might cause a nonheart lead to lead through our potentially positional stopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Scrambling 3NT here is a good way to frequently end up saying "preempts work". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 4♣. Slightly stronger minor, gives pard a chance to pull to 4♦ if he believes in ELC. I agree with this. Pass is by far the worst bid in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 3NT is natural here because we have a great chance of shutting out the hearts if we have Axx. On the actual hand, I try 3♠, because I am lousy at guessing which minor to bid. I expect it to play pretty well, and 4♠ may be difficult to defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjennifer Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 3 spade to keep the level low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorsharp Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I'm all for 3S here - not a diaster (yet). PhilKing says it all 4 me. Pray tell us what bid crushed our poor LuckyLoser this time?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrussell Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Pass. I judge the odds of getting a plus score defending 3♥-X is greater than the odds of getting a plus playing 3♠ or 4♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I can't imagine Pass. Give Opener 7 HCP and you have 7. Give partner 18 (with a stiff H) for his second double. Dummy has 8, good for at least 2 tricks behind partner, maybe 3 on top of their 6 trump tricks. So to be consistent, eliminate 3S since dummy will be tapped at T2.I see no merit to 4D over 4C, so 4C unless playing Dave's suggestion of 3NT for minor takeout, which I would prefer. They get one H and the same 2 tricks from RHO they would have gotten in 3H, so making 4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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