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#1 User is offline   cherdano 

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Posted 2008-March-28, 21:56

Scoring: IMP

RHO opens 1♠. How about bidding 2♥?
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Posted 2008-March-28, 23:55

I'd not overcall with this combination of sub-minimum overall strength and a terrible suit.
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Posted 2008-March-29, 00:50

my vocabulary is very limited, so i'll just go with "bad"
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Posted 2008-March-29, 00:51

2♥, wtp?
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Posted 2008-March-29, 01:11

I think my suit is way too horrible to bid it.
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Posted 2008-March-29, 01:21

Unfortunately all appropriate adjectives I can come up with would probably require censorship by the mods. And since I have repeatedly expressed my displeasure for this, I won't tempt them.
I constantly try and "Esc-wq!" to finish and post webforum replies.

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Posted 2008-March-29, 01:22

Your hand has a ton of playing strength opposite a fit. Random 8 counts with 4 hearts could easily produce a game, and any hand with 5 hearts you want to be in there. Your hand has no playing strength if it's a misfit, and a real danger of going for a number.

I would pass and hope for 1S p 1N p 2C X (I can dream can't I?) where it's safer to get in.
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Posted 2008-March-29, 07:32

No need to bid on this one. Unless it comes back to you in 5♣, you can always butt-in later without distorting your shape/strength.
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Posted 2008-March-29, 08:14

whereagles, on Mar 29 2008, 08:32 AM, said:

No need to bid on this one. Unless it comes back to you in 5♣, you can always butt-in later without distorting your shape/strength.

So, if the auction is: 1♠-P-2♣-P; 4♣-? you're entering the auction?

I don't like 2♥. But, I'm not confident that I will be able to act later, or that I'll even want to act later.

Edit: added "not".
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Posted 2008-March-29, 10:31

I would also pass.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-29, 10:33

han, on Mar 29 2008, 11:31 AM, said:

I would also pass.

Your post contained no adjectives, you jerk.

Sorry, I mean you ugly jerk.

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Posted 2008-March-29, 10:36

I know who bid 2H at the table so I didn't want to write much.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-29, 11:10

Sorry about multiple posting.
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Posted 2008-March-29, 11:14

jchiu, on Mar 29 2008, 12:51 AM, said:

2♥, wtp?

Red vs white? (Just asking...)
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Posted 2008-March-29, 11:20

cherdano, on Mar 28 2008, 10:56 PM, said:

Dealer: East
Vul: N/S
Scoring: IMP
♠ AJ74
♥ K7432
♦ K852
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RHO opens 1♠. How about bidding 2♥?



IMO risky = 10, foollhardy = 9, brave = 8, insane = 4

IMO _P = 10, 2♥ = 7, 2♠ = 4

It would be more interesting at pairs at green, but at teams at red, the suit is a bit thin for enterprize. I asume that overcalls are wide-ranging. I normally play that a 2♥ overcall would be intermediate, so that option would not be avaiable..
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Posted 2008-March-29, 12:04

nige1, on Mar 29 2008, 12:20 PM, said:

IMO risky = 10, foollhardy = 9, brave = 8, insane = 4

You forgot ballsie = -5.
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Posted 2008-March-29, 12:56

TimG, on Mar 29 2008, 02:14 PM, said:

So, if the auction is: 1♠-P-2♣-P; 4♣-? you're entering the auction?

If that auction happens, I'm glad I kept my mouth shut. They're about to go down on 5/6♣ on bad breaks :ph34r:
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Posted 2008-March-29, 12:58

matmat, on Mar 29 2008, 07:50 AM, said:

my vocabulary is very limited, so i'll just go with "bad"

Yes, it should have been posted in the Water Cooler so that we could have used appropriate adjectives.
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Posted 2008-March-31, 03:13

Normally I call these calls:

dumm, erfolglos, idiotisch, peinlich, lächerlich, krass, dämlich, voll hohl, absurd, hyperaktiv, ungewöhnlich,

if it had worked:

Inspiriert, aggressiv, kämpferisch, visionär, jugendlich, aktiv, erfolgreich, wunderbar, vorausschauend,

Your translation abilties are far better then mine and luckily you do understand both languages.
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Posted 2008-March-31, 10:18

Jlall, on Mar 28 2008, 11:22 PM, said:

I would pass and hope for 1S p 1N p 2C X (I can dream can't I?) where it's safer to get in.

Isn't this the infamous West Texas Penalty Double?
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