Echognome Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Finished my first day playing in the Reno Sectional. I have to say that after playing in England for 3 years, I find it quite a culture shock to be playing in the U.S. again. We decided to play in the A flight and couldn't believe that no one alerts their bids or uses the stop card. People ask questions on our alerts whether or not they intend to bid. Partner psyched on one hand and after the board was over the opponent called the director and asked if psyching was allowed in this tournament. This is supposed to be the 1500+ section. Anyway, it will take some getting used to. [hv=d=w&v=n&s=s8hq10952d8732ck72]133|100|Scoring: MPP - (1♠) - P - (2♠)P - (3♥) - P - (4♠)All Pass[/hv] You ask what the 3♥ bid is and are told first that it's natural and then that it's help suit and then that they don't know. You don't press any further. What is your lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Finished my first day playing in the Reno Sectional. I have to say that after playing in England for 3 years, I find it quite a culture shock to be playing in the U.S. again. We decided to play in the A flight and couldn't believe that no one alerts their bids or uses the stop card. People ask questions on our alerts whether or not they intend to bid. Partner psyched on one hand and after the board was over the opponent called the director and asked if psyching was allowed in this tournament. This is supposed to be the 1500+ section. Anyway, it will take some getting used to. [hv=d=w&v=n&s=s8hq10952d8732ck72]133|100|Scoring: MPP - (1♠) - P - (2♠)P - (3♥) - P - (4♠)All Pass[/hv] You ask what the 3♥ bid is and are told first that it's natural and then that it's help suit and then that they don't know. You don't press any further. What is your lead? 2 of clubs Not sure if this is ATTACK or SUICIDE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I lead D8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 low C is a standout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 All 4 suits could be right or wrong, I would go for a ♦ without confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 H10. I believing, that 3H was help suit, but would not be surprised, if diamond is better, you are playing MP, and going safemay not the worst policy in this situation. Marlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 ♦, passive, but could easily be wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Low club, automatic :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 low diamond, obivous. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I'd lead the ♠8. Seems like LHO probably has heart shortage, since he has accepted a natural game try despite my rather large number of decent hearts. I'll try to cut down the ruffs and score some heart tricks. I've found that underleading kings at matchpoints is usually a bad idea, and I don't think this is the time for a passive diamond lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 At the table I would probably lead a trump (giving away the trump suit). I would've liked to know more about what was meant by this partnership by the term "natural, help needed GT" and what the partnership defined as help. It is reasonable to smell a rat, but these days I am concerned about asking for further clarification as being deemed to be UI for partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeG Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 In my experience, many people who play "help suit" game tries use the bid only to discourage a lead in the "help" suit, sort of a mini-psyche. So put me down for a ♥ lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted August 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s93ha874dkj104c854&w=sj6542hj6dq965ca6&e=sakq107hk3dacqj1093&s=s8hq10952d8732ck72]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] Note if you don't lead a heart, it goes away eventually on the clubs. I went for the passive diamond. D'oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limey_p Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Echog, you are lucky to find a sectional tornament that starts on a Wednesday. Around these parts (Philadelphia) it is almost always friday-saturday-sunday. So if you were here you'd be playing in a club game. Also, according to the tourny's web site (http://www.acekingqueen.com/nextevent.htm) it was a stratified game, meaning that players of all experiences are in the same section. Here's a link to the ACBL web site for a description of the type of pairs games:http://www.acbl.org/play/pairGamesExplained.html#25 Games are commonly one of "stratified", "flighted" or (yes) "stratiflighted" A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Slam does not seem that hard to bid. I would think you are still getting a good score.1) West has an easy 4 card limit raise, even playing junky openings.2) What the heck was 3h?3) I guess they accept game tries with JX in help suit :rolleyes:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 just be glad Sid Davidson wasnt directing the tourney(RIP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 In my experience, many people who play "help suit" game tries use the bid only to discourage a lead in the "help" suit, sort of a mini-psyche. So put me down for a ♥ lead. that's what I meant by smelling a rat, that the heart bid was phoney. next time need to trust instincts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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