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3=preemptive

3 would be mixed raise showing a better hand than preempt, worse hand than cue with 4 card support.[/hv]

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  1. Pass. Assuming a max for partner might be x x Q x x x x A x x x.x x
  2. 4

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Not a very good game either. If the openning bidder has all the clubs, all the diamonds, the KQ of spades could be offside. If the openning bidder has all the clubs, all the spades, the ace of diamonds could be offside. And you're dead if the hearts are 3-0 assuming you're missing QTx. Me and my partners miss enough ice cold games, we don't have to affix responsibility for missing the 60% games. Still, nothing wrong with agreeing on the strongest hand you can preempt.
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Partner should have exactly 4 trump, shortness and one big card or 5 trump without a stiff. Given that our opponents arent bidding I'm inclined to put him on like xx Axxxx xxx xxx.

 

3 is plenty.

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Pd had

 

98x

AKxxx

xxx

xx

 

Not bad game at all, considering East opened 1

 

Would you preempt or mix raise with this? I prefer mix raise.

 

Certainly not a preempt. Mixed raise is fine. Would not complain about a raise to 4 (but would prefer a singleton or void in the hand.

 

Would have passed the preemptive raise.

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  • 2 weeks later...
Late to the conversation so I already saw partner's hand and IMHO it is not unreasonable 3h bid since it has lots of hearts and zero defensive tricks (sounds like a preempt to me). a Preemptive raise is not exact science and at imps we are stretching to bid vul games anyway. I can see an argument for pass at MP since we might have already gotten a fair amount of MP but IMPS when all we need is something like Qxx Axxxx xx xx with the opening bidder on our right for game it seems far too timid to pass here Even if rho happens to have the heart AQ and a couple of side tricks they will probably not want to x expecting their heart Q to be dead so the risk factor is also limited dramatically and the rewards? well they are quite nice indeed.
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