pilowsky Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 [hv=pc=n&e=sq72haq8543dacaj6&d=w&v=0&b=8&a=p2h=?]133|200|I was dealt this hand in a friendly tournament today.As I was pondering what to bid, and which contract we might end up in, West passed and North opened the bidding.I have a pretty fair idea of the shape of North's hand, but my question is; what would the experts do?[/hv] The Hand [hv=lin=st||pn|James,Bond,M,pilowsky|md|2SAKJ65HJDJT654CQT,ST984HDK873C97432,S3HKT9762DQ92CK85,SQ72HAQ8543DACAJ6|sv|o|rh||ah|Board%208|mb|P|mb|2H|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|D3|pc|D2|pc|C6|pc|CT|pc|C2|pc|C5|pc|HJ|pc|C3|pc|H2|pc|HQ|pc|CA|pc|CQ|pc|C4|pc|C8|pc|S2|pc|SA|pc|S4|pc|S3|pc|SK|pc|S8|pc|D9|pc|S7|pc|SJ|pc|S9|pc|DQ|pc|SQ|pc|CJ|pc|D5|pc|C7|pc|CK|pc|HK|pc|HA|pc|D6|pc|D7|pc|H3|pc|DT|pc|D8|pc|H6|pc|HT|pc|H4|pc|DJ|pc|ST|pc|H9|pc|H5|pc|S5|pc|C9|pc|H7|pc|H8|pc|S6|pc|DK|]300|300|Turns out that the odds of a 6610 distribution is 0.07.[/hv] What happened (to us) and the possible contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL78 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Pass. Let the opponents play the misfit hands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali quarg Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Pass. Let the opponents play the misfit hands.And possibly miss a NT/♠ game opposite a West 8 count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBengtsson Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 And possibly miss a NT/♠ game opposite a West 8 count? no. is east ♥ suit source of tricks? except if you find partner with ♣kxxxxx will 3nt be on, and you might find ♣3-1 or 4-0. when you have no sensible bid you pass. bidding 2nt without a no trump hand is not good. if partner is a good player, he will balance with 8-10(11) probably with a X. now opponents in 2♥X, nice score for you. Pass. Let the opponents play the misfit hands. yes. agree 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw64ahw Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 West balancing when East has 17 points is optimistic. West is highly likely to have a 5 card suit. In ♦ it could even be 6. On balance I would expect to make 3x or be one off so it would be the optimal play NV. In this case the optimum contract appears to be 3♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Partner is short in hearts and he's a passed hand so he's allowed to balance on some 7-8 points. If he can double it's yummy and if he bids a suit (or 2NT which is unusual by a passed hand) we are ok also. If he passes then we go plus on a partscore board, also fine. So this is a very easy pass which we can do without break in tempo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Concur totally with Helene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepossum Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I'm no expert and didnt vote because I couldnt decide on NT or pass. Possum sim says that pass is clearly the only obvious bid by a long way EDIT Part of the reason I couldn't decide is that I wasn't observant enough to see that partner had passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.