Fluffy Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 [hv=pc=n&s=s63hjt5dakt987c84&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=1cd1d1h1sp2dp2np]133|200[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 What's the 2NT? ahydra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 North should be either 1) 18-19 balanced2) semi-balanced, in which case he might be slightly weaker. 3) singleton in diamonds, but with a source of tricks in clubs In all cases 3NT is obvious Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Partner is obviously not balanced, he bid 1♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Partner is obviously not balanced, he bid 1♠. What would X have been from partner instead of 1♠ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Assuming that Opener would have doubled with a balanced or semi-balanced hand and 4 spades, they look to be advertising themself as 4315 and about 16-17 hcp. But as with CY, my first instinct was to question how you differentiate between X and 1♠ as everyone seems to do so slightly differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Pass AQxx...Kxx...x...AQJxx give east: KJxx..Axx...QJxxx...x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 What would X have been from partner instead of 1♠ ? Support is the agreement in place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Given a red double by them and a 1 heart bid volunteered by lho partners 2nt bid is a bit fishy. Since all I did was get us out of a potentially fatal 3-2 club fit and try to play a diamond partial I'm raising and if partner has less than Qx in diamonds (AND at least 1 of them is bidding on air) we are going to have a little chat. Edit: I suppose AKxxxxx of clubs with appropriate major suit cards is ok in that my lho may be bidding on a 4-6 nothing count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 That seems to play North for perfect cards say something close to: Axxx...Kx...Qx...AQJxx which looks like a 1nt opener but ok. east something close to: KQJx..Axxx...Jxxx...x otherwise agree North seems to have bid a fishy 2nt. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Pass AQxx...Kxx...x...AQJxx Assuming South's bidding shows roughly 5-9 points, I don't think that's a 2N bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Assuming South's bidding shows roughly 5-9 points, I don't think that's a 2N bid. fair enough what are your 4 hands? It does sound like a fishy 2nt :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Pass AQxx...Kxx...x...AQJxx give east: KJxx..Axx...QJxxx...x With this hand opener should pass 2D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I'm bidding 3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broze Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Did we have a weak jump in diamonds available? If so what have I shown now? These questions are academic however because 3NT is clear imo. (Although partner can't possibly be 18-19 bal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finanzier Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 P has more than one stop in so my ♥ are usefull. He has 5-6 fast tricks. So we need more than 2♦ tricks. But he has probably 2♦cards at most, judging after his carefully 2NT.If he has only a single, we are doomed, if he has a doubleton, he has to duck and the attacked suit has to stand. Beside bad ♦ standing.But 2NT is in any case not wishable so I will try 3NT with the expectation of a collapse.The alternate 3♦ may even be worse than 2NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 don't see how my hand can be any better than this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 don't see how my hand can be any better than this ♥Qxx, ♦KQJ10xx would be better with what looks like a certain heart entry once the diamonds have been established for one loser. Partner is very likely to be 4315 here and you have 2 tricks for him, possibly with the consolidation of a heart trick but no late entry. Give partner as much as AKxx, AQx, x, AQxxx and 3N is not great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yes and at some point we need to factor in the opponents vul bids....they show something...not zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlynne Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I will raise to 3NT within a nanosecond. 2D showed six diamonds and little else. You could easily make such a bid on Qx, xx, KJxxxx, xxx. Yet you have quite a good diamond suit including the Ace and King AND THE TEN which can make the Queen or Jack, if with partner, huge. And, even beyond that, you have heart values which may produce a likely second stopper if partner has a holding like K9x or A9x and will produce a positional second stopper if partner has Ax. You have a good hand for this auction. It would be EXTREMELY timid to not bid game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 3N. Partner is well aware you have long diamonds and not much more. If he has a stiff he expects to make 3N on power. If he's balanced our diamonds are valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandayre Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 [hv=pc=n&s=s63hjt5dakt987c84&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=1cd1d1h1sp2dp2np]133|200[/hv] I'd have to know who my partner is. I agree that I have something extra for my bidding and that I'd like to bid 3NT. Perhaps the vul opps are fooling aroung with nothing, but I believe at a minimum that the minors are not breaking. Form of scoring was not given, so at IMPS I will just have to bid 3NT. If I know that partner would not open 1NT with the 4225 16, I'll try it at MP too. Otherwise 3D, never pass. I don't understand the questions about WJS available. This had too good for that action, if played. Which I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I don't understand the questions about WJS available. This had too good for that action, if played. Which I don't. if you play WJS, rebidding the suit like this shows a constructive hand of some variety. in the european style this would show about 9-11 in which case all this hand has already been shown. of course if we were playing that style, fluffy would have told us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 This auction sounds to me like partner is 4414 - with a more balanced hand I would expect a 2NT rebid over the 1H overcall, as I don't consider the 1S forcing. If partner is indeed 4414, the diamond hand is worth only 2 tricks unless the hearts turn out to be quite useful. Overall, I find the auction quite confusing unless partner is pulling with 4306 distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjennifer Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 It is very difficult to imagine partners hand consistent with hisbidding.A 1S by him is a non-forcing bid.He did not know my hand until I bid 2D showing a six card suit and no preference for clubs or spades.(by passing or bidding 2C).However,he also knows now that the diamond suit must be a decent two level playable suit.But by bidding 2NT ,I presume that he has xx in diamond and his hand is something like ????,AQ,xx,????? And hence he invited .With such a good Diamond holding I am certainly going to accept his invitation and bid 3NT. However with an unknown partner ,who knows,whatever you bid may turn out wrong and on top someone will be impudent enough to say "Did not I warn you that I don't like diamonds ,however shiny you think they are ,at least in this deal?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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