nekthen Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 [hv=pc=n&w=sa2hat8daq93c9872&e=sj5hkq54dkjt876c5&d=w&v=0&b=8&a=1cp1d2cpp2d3c3dppp]266|200[/hv] East West have missed 6♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 East West have missed 6♦ Only if hearts play for 4 tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekthen Posted March 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Only if hearts play for 4 tricks. OK we missed 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 As a general rule, when partner has freely bid a suit at the one-level in which I have AQ93, and I have a chance to raise it to the 2-level, I take all my courage and force myself to do so. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnu Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 As a general rule, when partner has freely bid a suit at the one-level in which I have AQ93, and I have a chance to raise it to the 2-level, I take all my courage and force myself to do so.You are a fearless player. You could get doubled and go for 800 on a terrible day. Fortune favors the bold :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 No reason for W not to raise diamonds immediately. Sure, he has a weak NT and quite often people pass with that on the second round; but even in such a style, this is no ordinary weak NT, with three aces, a ruffing value and great four-card support. After 2D, E bids 2H, then after (3C) W doubles (game try/thrump) and E bids 5D, or at least 4D which gets raised. Might be more interesting playing Walsh after 1C-1H start. Then I think W probably should pass on the second round. E balances with... 3D, I suppose (if 2D is non-forcing) and W can easily raise that to 5. ahydra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCovert Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Most systems are opening that hand 1♦ to begin with, and they'd have a much better time trying to find 5♦. :( Usually, with two-suited hands, I'd bypass the diamonds on hands that aren't worth two bids, and bid the diamonds on hands worth two bids. This assumes that I don't hold a 5 card major. So, 1♦ is just generally good news when I look at this hand in West. The opponent freely bidding clubs over a 1♣ opener is basically telegraphing that we have no wastage in clubs, and partner really figures for a singleton and a hand worth two bids. West's hand has grown up so much after South bids 2♣ that passing is criminal. After South bids 2♣, as West I'd be doing almost everything I can to play 5♦. Of course, you're going to need a constructive auction to get there, it's not guaranteed just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcphee Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 failure to bid 2D is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelicityR Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 No further comment on the strange bidding (as everyone else has commented.) I wouldn't want either East or West as teammates on my team if they were this timid. 'Little old lady bridge' comes to mind, and whilst I am perhaps seen as a little old lady myself these days, I don't underbid this badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Am I the only person who thinks this is 15 not 14 ? good intermediates, 3 bullets, 1N opener for me. K&R gives 14.95. We would open 1♦ with this shape anyway if we decided this was too good for a weak NT, but not bidding 2♦ having opened 1♣ is horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Am I the only person who thinks this is 15 not 14 ? good intermediates, 3 bullets, 1N opener for me.I wouldn't upgrade but I very much respect the decision to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekthen Posted March 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Am I the only person who thinks this is 15 not 14 ? good intermediates, 3 bullets, 1N opener for me. K&R gives 14.95. We would open 1♦ with this shape anyway if we decided this was too good for a weak NT, but not bidding 2♦ having opened 1♣ is horrible Like it or not we are playing a system where a 1♦ opener guarantees 5 cards in an unbalanced hand. Exception 4441 hands also open 1♦All weak NT hands are opened 1♣ I agree that this makes an upgrade to 1N even more desirable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DozyDom Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 I don't know whether I'm upgrading. But after I open 1C and hear 1D, I should be extremely happy that I have done - we've found a fit that's usually difficult to find! Time to raise. E could bid more, but with shortage in partner's suit and a useless jack, I don't think I would bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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