eagles123 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 W/r at mp you hold TxAkqjtxXxJxx The bidding goes p (p) 1h (x) 1n (x) 1n is non forcing What's best now just want to test my thinking Sorry for no diagram on phone Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 12 cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tramticket Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 They clearly have an eight-card spade fit and at least half of the deck. What is the best way to keep them quiet? Pass maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Pass looks like an excellent gamble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'll start by asking what the double means. If its penalty pass looks interesting but if it's responsive then I'll bid 2♥ but ask partner after the hand if he thinks 3♥ is blocking (I vote no). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 They clearly have an eight-card spade fit and at least half of the deck. What is the best way to keep them quiet? Pass maybe?I think cat out of bag- time bid number of hears willing to compete to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles123 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'll start by asking what the double means. If its penalty pass looks interesting but if it's responsive then I'll bid 2♥ but ask partner after the hand if he thinks 3♥ is blocking (I vote no). "maximum pass" apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Pass looks to me like a very random shot at a top or a bottom. Certainly as long as the opponents are still on lead at trick 1, they will see they are in cashout mode. Call me simple-minded, but I have a minimum with 6 hearts. I rebid 2♥. If they want to bid spades, they can bid spades. I may not win the event on this hand but I won't lose it on this hand either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I don't see any point in opening this hand 1♥ third in, esp favourable. I'm probably opening 2, and maybe 3, depending on how much the opps look willing to be pushed around. We can't imagine game opposite a passed hand unless he's max, good fitting and with a side shortage, in which case he'll surely look at it even after a preemptive opening, so why give the opps extra space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 2h One cannot win every board. 2h is unlikely to cost us the match (jdonn) and it is a much much much safer approach than passing 1n (which will be defended double dummy). Having said this I also feel 1h is a sort of waste when game will rarely be much better than 50% and usually significantly less. 3n would probably depend on a favorable lead even if partner had a max. IMHO I would not worry about game and just open 3h. It will virtually never be played x and thus any penalty incurred would be hugely unlikely to cost us the match. The upsdie of 3h is that we might win the bidding outright or cause the opps to misjudge. That's a lot of upside vs not much risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selba Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) 2 H 6-11 weak Edited May 13, 2015 by selba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selba Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 2♥ 6-11 6H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump Echo Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 2♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodepp Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Can the advancer's double really mean 'max pass'? I can't visualize a hand where the advancer would want to do that when - say - a hypothetical 2♠ would send the same message. Partner obviously does not have five spades so the opps have eight. Under ordinary circumstances - like when the second double is competitive - I'd bid 2♥ and be done with it, but maybe the aggressor will pass and partner has seven tricks on tap. Granted, this may not be 'good bridge'...but sometimes good matchpoints is bad bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Partner can easily have 4 moderate spades here in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyC Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I absolutely hate opening this hand 1H in 3rd W/R - 3H is extremely low risk and puts a lot of pressure on the opponents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case_no_6 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Can't answer. 1H would not have been on my radar as an opening bid. I would have opened 3H at favorable vul, 3rd seat, at MPs. 2H is also reasonable if that is available as a weak 2 bid showing only hearts. But I still like 3H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilG007 Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 W/r at mp you hold TxAkqjtxXxJxx The bidding goes p (p) 1h (x) 1n (x) 1n is non forcing What's best now just want to test my thinking Sorry for no diagram on phone Eagles Depending on the vulnerability,the choice is between 2♥ and 3♥ Whoever holds thishand must not allow themselves to be seduced by all the pretty pictures.Partner has shown a limited hand. Bid boldly but play safe. "Any fool can take tricks with Aces and Kings. The true expert shows their worth by how he handles the2's and 3's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zillahandp Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Pass no prob may get harder later but bit of a soft question if p gets in he has seven tricks in nts hope you are learning eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 For those nervous of putting this hand down in a doubled contract, our trick target is 6, since -100 rates to be a good result. Since we can achieve that opposite the monster that is: ♠xxx♥xx♦Axxx♣Txxx Then its difficult for me to believe it is that wild a gamble to pass. And if the opponents remove the double, we have lost nothing - it's not as if we are going to buy the hand in 2♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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