whereagles Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 BBO Indy, novic... ehhh.. ahem.. expert pard :)[hv=pc=n&s=sk7haq9dkt6cj5432&d=e&v=0&b=14&a=p1c3h3sp3np4dp]133|200[/hv] Indy (IMPs), so no clear-cut agreements here. You have to judge what pard has and what he will make of 4♥ and 4NT. Bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 4♥ is obvious if partner has half a brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 4♥ is obvious if partner has half a brain Sadly, he was partnering me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suokko Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Ok. ♠K and ♦K are good cards, ♥A is ok card but ♥Q and ♣J are poor cards. Was it IMP scoring? In MP 4NT S/O would be a clear bid trying to score at least same number of tricks that spade games score. In IMP my hand looks even less perfect for a slam because I would expect a bit more active slam tries. So I would probably just tell partner I don't have good cards for a slam. But what is the best contract? 5 level requires one more tricks but is often our better fit assuming partner is holding 5-5 for the biding. For that reason I feel like biding the 4NT S/O also in IMP assuming it should be likely to make 10 tricks after a slam try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 It was IMPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbenvic Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm a min opening hand and have denied 3 spades, so with 4♠ hopefully he gets the picture. if he moves again I can be happier with my hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Ok. ♠K and ♦K are good cards, ♥A is ok card but ♥Q and ♣J are poor cards. I think your evaluation is a bit off, Partner expects us to have wastage in hearts when we bid 3NT, ♥AQ9 is so much better than KJx or KQx, There are better heart holdings such as ♥AJ10, but not many. On the other hand ♠K and ♦K are not just good cards, they are amazing!. If we were on a 12-14 NT context our hand would be a monster. but the preempt has put us under pressure so we have a wider range, still we are worth a cuebid at least and I would go to slam unless partner sings off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I dislike 4NT to play, as I can easily imagine losing 3 clubs and something else in the wash for 1 down. If partner is a presumed idiot I will hope he doesn't go too many off in 4S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 My hand is min and I could certainly have more for my 3n bid but my hand qualityopposite a dia spa 2 suited is actually pretty darn good. 1. we have a dia fit 2. Kx of spades with the K being a superb card and 3. the doubleton a far greater asset then a singleton or a void4. dia K is a great card for slam5. Heart ace is a great card for slam the above 5 could almost all have been missing when p bid 4d. 5 positivefactors is monstrously huge and a failure to at least make 1 move toward slamseems to make one guilty of dereliction of duty. One almost wonders if a 6d might actually be better than 4h but the expected poor break in spadesand possibly in diamonds makes a 4h cue seem sufficient. I would probably consider bidding 6d if p were to suddenly try and sign off in 5d and I would raise a 4s bid by partner to 5s. One need to appreciate that this hand is aboutas close t a miracle hand as one can get with a minimum opening bid changing theheart Q to the spade Q would definitely have been enough for me to jump to 6dover 4d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 As per fluffy and gszes, that's a slam try, how can I not bid 4♥? My problem should be on the next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I would go to slam unless partner sings off. Hmmmm.....playing online, as I suspect they were, I am not sure how we can tell whether partner is singing off, or signing off. If he were singing, then I think we need to take another call, but if he were signing, then we pass. At least that's how we play singing bids here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 ever tried stand up, mike? http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 4♥ for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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