Liversidge Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Partner bid 3 ♣ over the opps' weak No Trump. We went 3 off - -300. Partner had seven clubs with AQ missing!! I had one club. He apologised afterwards - a mad moment. With what holding would you make a bid like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhchung Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Vulnerability matters a lot, and so does the entire rest of the hand. A 7222 hand is nothing like a 7420 hand, for example. Hands with really good suits (like KQJTxxx) and a singleton, I would always bid 3C non-vulnerable, and would probably do so r/r. Not sure about r/w. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Partner bid 3 ♣ over the opps' weak No Trump. We went 3 off - -300. Partner had seven clubs with AQ missing!! I had one club. He apologised afterwards - a mad moment. With what holding would you make a bid like this? To answer the question directly, and absent agreement to the contrary, long clubs. Just what your partner had apparently. Holding 7 clubs and only making 6 tricks, it sounds to me quite possible that opps had some sort of game on. In which case -300 wouldn't have been so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Your NT defence needs to be considered as a whole rather than each bid being independent. If 2♣ is artficial then 3♣ typically shows a constructive overcall with long clubs. It gets more interesting when the constructive overcall can be shown using a different route. The majority probably then use 3♣ as a form of weak jump overcall, although there are other possibilities (2-suiters and 3-suiters). In general though, 2♣ is going to be used artificially over a weak NT so the stronger (intermediate strength) hand is the one to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Your NT defence needs to be considered as a whole rather than each bid being independent. If 2♣ is artficial then 3♣ typically shows a constructive overcall with long clubs. It gets more interesting when the constructive overcall can be shown using a different route. The majority probably then use 3♣ as a form of weak jump overcall, although there are other possibilities (2-suiters and 3-suiters). In general though, 2♣ is going to be used artificially over a weak NT so the stronger (intermediate strength) hand is the one to expect. Also just in general, it is not a good idea to come in over a weak NT without constructive values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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