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Open Interstate Teams Selection pt 2 bidding decision

Poll: What do you bid? (11 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you bid?

  1. a) 3NT (9 votes [81.82%])

    Percentage of vote: 81.82%

  2. b) 4C, slammy (2 votes [18.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.18%

  3. b) 4D, splinter (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. c) 4NT, rkc (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. d) 5C (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. e) Other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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Posted 2008-April-16, 18:40

You hold
Scoring: IMP
as west.

Partner opens 1, 0+ 11-15, one of
a) 14-15 bal
b ) two suited no 5CM or 6Cm
c) three suited including 5431s no 5CM

It goes
1 - p - 1 - 1
2 - p - 2 - p
3 - p -

Your call?
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Posted 2008-April-16, 18:45

is it my turn to bid?
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Posted 2008-April-16, 18:51

matmat, on Apr 16 2008, 07:45 PM, said:

is it my turn to bid?

Sorry had a minor mistake. Fixed.
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Posted 2008-April-16, 18:53

3NT.
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Posted 2008-April-16, 18:56

3NT, lack of spade raise means pard probably has a singleton heart
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Posted 2008-April-16, 21:19

3NT.

Partner did not bid 3 before my 2. I forced him to bid 3.

Plus, I like my 76. I'm missing the AQJ1098. If partner has one of them, and RHO one of them, then LHO has four of them, and I might be in trouble. But, partner or my RHO might have two of them, and that might work out. I feel lucky.
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Posted 2008-April-16, 21:24

kenrexford, on Apr 16 2008, 10:19 PM, said:

3NT.

Partner did not bid 3 before my 2. I forced him to bid 3.

Plus, I like my 76. I'm missing the AQJ1098. If partner has one of them, and RHO one of them, then LHO has four of them, and I might be in trouble. But, partner or my RHO might have two of them, and that might work out. I feel lucky.

Did you notice LHO overcalled your 1 with 1?
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Posted 2008-April-16, 21:40

effervesce, on Apr 16 2008, 10:24 PM, said:

kenrexford, on Apr 16 2008, 10:19 PM, said:

3NT.

Partner did not bid 3 before my 2.  I forced him to bid 3

Plus, I like my 76.  I'm missing the AQJ1098.  If partner has one of them, and RHO one of them, then LHO has four of them, and I might be in trouble.  But, partner or my RHO might have two of them, and that might work out.  I feel lucky.

Did you notice LHO overcalled your 1 with 1?

Yes.
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Posted 2008-April-17, 09:56

effervesce, on Apr 16 2008, 07:40 PM, said:

You hold
Scoring: IMP
as west.

Partner opens 1, 0+ 11-15, one of
a) 14-15 bal
b ) two suited no 5CM or 6Cm
c) three suited including 5431s no 5CM

It goes
1 - p - 1 - 1
2 - p - 2 - p
3 - p -

Your call?

What does it mean when partner opens 1 then bids and rebids clubs? Could partner be 1345? Why wouldn'the have ever raised hearts? Could he have a 4cM plus 5 clubs? Why didn't he raise hearts or spades (or bid some number of NT over 2S if he didn't think it was natural)? What would a double of 1 shown?

I think we need more information to figure out what we would do here.
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Posted 2008-April-17, 10:00

TimG, on Apr 17 2008, 10:56 AM, said:

effervesce, on Apr 16 2008, 07:40 PM, said:

You hold
Dealer: East
Vul: E/W
Scoring: IMP
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KQ5
 
as west.

Partner opens 1, 0+ 11-15, one of
a) 14-15 bal
b ) two suited no 5CM or 6Cm
c) three suited including 5431s no 5CM

It goes
1 - p - 1 - 1
2 - p - 2 - p
3 - p -

Your call?

What does it mean when partner opens 1 then bids and rebids clubs? Could partner be 1345? Why wouldn'the have ever raised hearts? Could he have a 4cM plus 5 clubs? Why didn't he raise hearts or spades (or bid some number of NT over 2S if he didn't think it was natural)? What would a double of 1 shown?

I think we need more information to figure out what we would do here.

X = 1345/1354/0355

2C = 1255/2155/3154/3145

3C should be 5 clubs, may have only 4 diamonds.
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Posted 2008-April-17, 10:21

Seems to me that slam could be good. I'm guessing partner doesn't have wastage in spades -- with Qx, Ax, Qxx, Axx partner might have tried 3 over 2. Then again, we could be off two aces: x Qx KQxxx AJxxx seems to fit the bidding.

I think I'll stall with 3. But, that's probably just delaying the decision.
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Posted 2008-April-17, 18:46

We ended up playing in 5, down one. 6NT is cold if played by west.

Scoring: IMP


On reflection, playing in clubs is a poor choice given south did not raise spades, making partner odds on to have 2-3 spades.
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Posted 2008-April-17, 21:21

My feeling of good clean living and the fruits thereof (luck) was warranted!
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