[andych]

The scene is BBO money bridge. VS Joe Grue

1. South. White vs Red. Opp West.
♠J8 ♥K9862 ♦T ♣A8754

W N E S
- 1D P 1H
1S 2C 3S 4C
P 4H P P
X P P ??


2. South. White vs Red. Opp West.
♠AK762 ♥4 ♦AJ72 ♣852

W N E S
1H 2C 2H 2S
4H P P ??


3. West. Red vs White. Opp South.
♠6 ♥AKQJ632 ♦65 ♣Q64

W N E S
1H P 1NT 2S
3H 3S P 4S
P P X P
??

4. South. Red vs Red. Opp West.
♠KJ875 ♥9 ♦AJ75 ♣K65

W N E S
- - 1D 1S
2H 2S 3H P
6H P P ??


5. West. Red vs White. Opp South.
♠98 ♥AQ ♦A542 ♣KJ973

W N E S
1D P 1S 2H
P 3H 4D 4H
??

6. South. Red vs White. Opp West.
♠J86 ♥KJ653 ♦864 ♣64

W N E S
- - P P
1S 2C X P
2NT P 3D P
3NT P 4S ??



7. South. Red vs Red. Opp West.
♠A432 ♥AQ3 ♦Q62 ♣AJ3

W N E S
1D P 1H P
1NT P 2NT P
3NT P P ??

[gwnn]

andych, on Dec 26 2007, 08:29 AM, said:

1. South. White vs Red. Opp West.
♠J8 ♥K9862 ♦T ♣A8754

W N E S
- 1D P 1H
1S 2C 3S 4C
P 4H P P
X P P ??


2. South. White vs Red. Opp West.
♠AK762 ♥4 ♦AJ72 ♣852

W N E S
1H 2C 2H 2S
4H P P ??


3. West. Red vs White. Opp South.
♠6 ♥AKQJ632 ♦65 ♣Q64

W N E S
1H P 1NT 2S
3H 3S P 4S
P P X P
??

4. South. Red vs Red. Opp West.
♠KJ875 ♥9 ♦AJ75 ♣K65

W N E S
- - 1D 1S
2H 2S 3H P
6H P P ??


5. West. Red vs White. Opp South.
♠98 ♥AQ ♦A542 ♣KJ973

W N E S
1D P 1S 2H
P 3H 4D 4H
??

6. South. Red vs White. Opp West.
♠J86 ♥KJ653 ♦864 ♣64

W N E S
- - P P
1S 2C X P
2NT P 3D P
3NT P 4S ??



7. South. Red vs Red. Opp West.
♠A432 ♥AQ3 ♦Q62 ♣AJ3

W N E S
1D P 1H P
1NT P 2NT P
3NT P P ??

1. pass, let's believe pd before LHO.
2. x, descriptive
3. pass, I'm maybe a little purer than normal, but who are we kidding? 5♥ could go for 500 and it must be bid to make!
4. is this a lead problem? oh no, pd is on lead.
5. this is basically a weak NT, pd should handle this, pass.
6. ??? pass. wtp? what are the alternatives? we have a junk hand, pd has his usual junk overcall.
7. p!!! wtp? whatever pd wants to lead its fine by us and doubling just to show opps they don't have 26 hcp isn't very productive.

bottom line: opps may force the issue a little bit, but don't double them on nothing. pass and collect the penalty.