ochinko Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 A funny board from a last week tourney. You hold: [hv=d=s&v=n&s=s8hj7daj9862cj875]133|100|Scoring: MP[/hv] The bidding goes: S [space] [space]W [space] [space]N [space] [space]E P [space] (1H) [space]P [space](1Sp) ? You have only 3 cards in opponents' suits, partner seems to be below opening strength, opps are likely to have a game but they haven't found a fit yet. You're too weak for a double, and don't want to mislead your partner, yet you desperately want to participate. So you bid 2NT. LHO insists on 3H, partner goes to 4C, passed to your LHO who doubles, and all pass. [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sak9ha1042dk3c10642&w=s53hkq9865dq5cak9&e=sqj107642h3d1074cq3&s=s8hj7daj9862cj875]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] A small heart is lead by East, partner takes it with the ace, cashes two spades to get rid of the heart, Di K, A, and gives to the opponents their 3 trump tricks. You score 510 for 89.66%. It turned out that opps didn't have a game after all. There were many scores of 4Sp doubled -2 where NS get 62.07% and 4H doubled -3 for 82.76%. Best option for opponents was to pass 4C but who could blame them for their double? It was matchpoints after all. I believe the moral here is twofold:1. Get early in the bidding to steal opponents' bidding space.2. Allow your partner to participate as well. One eager player wend to 4D doubled -2 and only got 3.45%. You have disbalanced minors but still not a single suited hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I am not convinced of this 2NT bid. Next time you may play in a 4-3 club fit doubled in 3♣, with a 6-2 diamond fit available, and your penalty may exceed any slam opponents don't have. If I wanted to bring both suits in, I would double. But I think I would just bid 3♦ with this hand and congratulate you to your better result. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Sorry but I agree with Arend here, this is a pass in all positions at all vulnerabilities. I don't think either of your opponents quite knew what was going on here. I think the moral is onefold - you were incredibly lucky against very weak opponents - sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I disagree that pass is the right bid here, but 2NT isn't right either because the ♣ suit is waaaaaaaay weaker than the ♦ suit. With my regular f2f partner, I'd bid 2♥ to show 4♣ and 5+♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted February 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Sorry but I agree with Arend here, this is a pass in all positions at all vulnerabilities. I don't think either of your opponents quite knew what was going on here. I think the moral is onefold - you were incredibly lucky against very weak opponents - sorry!I could agree that the result was a product of sheer luck. But I still don't see how it was any of opponents' fault, really. Was doubling of 4C that big mistake? Their bidding seems quite normal to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badderzboy Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 swap A & K ♥ and what do i get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted February 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 swap A & K ♥ and what do i get...That would shift the type of partner's hand towards a more defensive one so I can only hope she would then chose to double 3H instead of bidding 4C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 how is Xing 4C normal? He has 2 tricks and no equity to protect. MP is not a reason to go insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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