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All white, it goes:
1♦ Pa 1♥ ???
You hold:
♠KJ95432
♥T73
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♣T53
What's your bid?
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Posted 2009-October-15, 16:23
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
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Posted 2009-October-15, 16:26
I think even in england they wouldn't bid 4S 
3S seems really normal.
3S seems really normal.
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Posted 2009-October-15, 19:41
Jlall, on Oct 15 2009, 05:26 PM, said:
I think even in england they wouldn't bid 4S 3S seems really normal.
3S seems really normal.An alternative is 2♠ trying to screw up their 3 level vs game judgment.
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Posted 2009-October-15, 20:57
3♠, I would need some more stuffing in the spade suit to bid 4 on this hand w/w.
Um, no.
If you only bid 2♠ because you don't think the hand is worth a 3♠ pre-empt, we disagree on the evaluation of the hand, but not necessarily on the bridge logic.
But if you think the hand is worth 3♠, and cunningly make a lower preempt to give opponents a different problem, this is wrong. You are just giving them an easier problem (and also making yourself an opponent much in demand).
pooltuna, on Oct 15 2009, 08:41 PM, said:
An alternative is 2♠ trying to screw up their 3 level vs game judgment.
Um, no.
If you only bid 2♠ because you don't think the hand is worth a 3♠ pre-empt, we disagree on the evaluation of the hand, but not necessarily on the bridge logic.
But if you think the hand is worth 3♠, and cunningly make a lower preempt to give opponents a different problem, this is wrong. You are just giving them an easier problem (and also making yourself an opponent much in demand).
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2009-October-15, 20:59
3♠.
If I want to screw up their judgment, pass works better than 2♠.
If I want to screw up their judgment, pass works better than 2♠.
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Posted 2009-October-15, 21:06
The way you screw up their judgment is to bid the highest bid possible. But of course that might not be safe, so you bid the highest bid that has the desired level of safety. That is 3♠ to me here.
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Posted 2009-October-15, 21:21
3S for me. Seems normal.
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Posted 2009-October-15, 21:42
jdonn, on Oct 15 2009, 10:06 PM, said:
The way you screw up their judgment is to bid the highest bid possible. But of course that might not be safe, so you bid the highest bid that has the desired level of safety. That is 3♠ to me here.
Obviously 3♠ is a no-brainer. But, I disagree that the best way to screw up their "judgment" is always to make the highest preempt available.
Passing (strange and stupid though it may be) has the potential of screwing up their judgment more than 2♠ in my opinion because the opponents are left in the dark as to the layout. Thus, they might bid to the right level but then never play the hand for this wild of a split. They might think somehow that there is no risk to playing one fiamond early for some reason during the play, or something like that.
In SOME situations, preempts obviously can help the opponents a lot. If the opponents reach the right spot anyway, and the preempt did not harm, then the opponents are ahead of the game in the play.
2♠ is the worst of all options. It minimizes preemption, making the task of reaching the right contract easier, while still providing info for the opponents to use in the play.
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