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Another from the GNT's

Poll: Another from the GNT's (24 member(s) have cast votes)

Another from the GNT's

  1. 2 Hearts (2 votes [8.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.33%

  2. 3 Diamonds (undiscussed) (5 votes [20.83%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.83%

  3. 3 Hearts (5 votes [20.83%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.83%

  4. 4 Clubs (undiscussed) (1 votes [4.17%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.17%

  5. 4 Diamonds (2 votes [8.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.33%

  6. 4 Hearts (6 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  7. other (3 votes [12.50%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

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#21 User is offline   mikeh 

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Posted 2006-March-23, 19:01

2♥

What makes us want to be heroes with 3♥ or 4♥ or some other big bid? We hold a 4=4 fit, with the tap likely on our hand at trick one, and a ♣ suit that needs some help... even tho the hook rates to work, how that that help you if either or both LHO or CHO holds a stiff? Give partner Jxxx or Qxxx in ♥ and see how game fares (assuming he cannot raise 2♥)

I really don't understand this urge to blast away.

And I do not understand any number of ♣: the odds are high that we are going to have to either ignore ♥ or introduce ♥ at some much higher level.

2♥ should suffice with a good partner: there are a lot of hcp out there and partner will almost always bid again when we can make game, whereas if I bid more now, he will almost always bid more when we can't make anything.

Make my hand xx AQ10x void AQxxxxx, and I'd be more aggressive.
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Posted 2006-March-24, 01:06

"And I do not understand any number of ♣: the odds are high that we are going to have to either ignore ♥ or introduce ♥ at some much higher level."


I was taught that 7-1 fits often play better than 4-4 fits but based on all these heart raises this seems far from accepted wisdom.
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Posted 2006-March-24, 03:11

4♣ would be the most descriptive bid (showing clubs + major fit somewhere), if it weren't by the inconvenient fact that it might leave pard endplayed into bidding 4♥ if he doesn't have diamond control (i.e. 4♣ is self-preemption!).

Being so, I think 3♦ followed by 4♥ is a reasonable alternative.
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Posted 2006-March-24, 14:04

Even though 3 people said 2H, it appears that I am the only one who actually voted for it.

Try and make 4H on a trump lead....
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Posted 2006-March-24, 16:47

3♦.
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