belight Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 [hv=pc=n&n=sk4h94daj97432cq5]133|100[/hv] Hi, new here. Reg p and I had no idea what is best to bid. We are playing 12-14 nt,2 s transfer to minors,2 nt balanced invite, thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belight Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 bidding was p - 1 nt p - 2 s - p - 3 c p - 3 d - p - p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I'd just bid 3NT directly over 1N Might even make... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 In an ideal world you could invite in diamonds somehow, if parnter rejected I doubt 3N would be very good. If your methods do not allow that then just bidding 3N is definitely better than signing off in 3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 ♣In an ideal world you could invite in diamonds somehow, if parnter rejected I doubt 3N would be very good. If your methods do not allow that then just bidding 3N is definitely better than signing off in 3D. agreed. big hand in ♦, if p has some sort of fit 3N will be there, but if not you still want to be in ♦ whats 2♣ followed by 3♦? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Everyone is acting as if the opponents are not at the table. I would bid 3♦ to play - ostensibly preemptive. On the vast majority of hands, 3♦ will be your best contract. It also makes it more difficult for your opps to get into the auction. They have 16-18 HCP - if they have some distribution, they may have a playable contract. If you have to bid 2♠ to get to 3♦, this is an annoyance. It allows the opps to double to get into the auction. But if that is the way it is, you don't have any choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Well, we got 22-24 hcp so I doubt opponents can get into the auction easily. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 12=14 nt do not easily allow for minor suit invites since by theirnature it is unusual for them to have al suits stopped anyway. Adirect 3n here seems best ay IMPS since 5d is a long way off evenif 3n has no play. While 3d rates to be a safer contract, going forthe game bonus seems right at IMPS. St MP a direct bid of 3n is reasonable but another good idea is2N. The main reason for the invite is it keeps us in the best scoringcontract even if opener declines the invite. Trying to play in 3d atMP just seems wrong and such a tactic would be much better served atIMPS if one is feeling particularly conservative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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