Jinksy Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 AAKTxxxxAT9xx Favourable at teams, you're in fourth seat, and the auction starts 1S P 2S ... What's your call? Does it make a difference if LHO could have only 4 spades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles123 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 seems clear to make a game try (bid game try and make ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaitlyn S Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 seems clear to make a game try (bid game try and make ;))Agree. Bid 4H, then double 4S seems to be a good description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 3H is too few here, and you don't have time to double then bid hearts. Agree with the 4H then double 4S bidders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 4 ♥. A 3 ♥ bid could be made on a lot less. So bidding that terribly understates the hand. You will be giving your opponents an additional level to sort out their hands. If the opponents bid on to 3 ♠, then what? If you take the push, you may be giving the opponents a fielder's choice. It's better to bid 4 ♥ quickly and let them make the next decision with as little information as possible to go on. There is some danger of possibly pushing them to a vulnerable game they might not otherwise bid. It looks like you've probably got at least 3 tricks. A second ♥ trick might be iffy. But Partner has some ways to produce a fourth trick - stiff ♥ and ruff, possible trump promotion, or side suit trick. I'd also double 4 ♠, if they bid it. It only costs an extra 200 points or so, if they make, which gives them a couple more IMPs vs. an undoubled game. But if 4 ♥ makes, doubling may be necessary to offset the potential game swing as much as possible when 4 ♠ goes down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 the minority report returns and it seems x got outvoted by hmmm I guess technically it was unanimous. I think the 4h x 4s bidders are not looking at the risk vs reward concept of IMPS enough. If p has completely nothing for us 4333 nothing bigger than a 5 spot we still rate to go down only 2 in 5h. Note that that same combination of hands would seem to make 4s also unbeatable. Starting with x followed by at worst 5h will give p a vastly superior idea of our hand vs a 4h jump followed by x which I would save for a hand like A QJTxxxxx AK Ax where I have strong expectation of taking 4 defensive tricks. nuff said lets see if any minds can be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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