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3 Level Preempt Question Just wondering.

#1 User is offline   Adam1105 

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Posted 2011-May-22, 22:29

Partner and I not vulnerable.
Opps vulnerable.
Playing SAYC card in BBO tourney.

Partner opens bidding passing.
My RHO passes.

My hand.
void
xxx
xxx
QJxxxxx

I bid 3 clubs.

My LHO doubles.
Partner bids 3NT with whatever he had. (I can't remember--it's not important.)

Partner screams bloody murder that my bid is outrageous. (I checked a SAYC card on the net today and my bid seems kosher according to it.)

Was my bid outrageous?
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Posted 2011-May-22, 22:38

You are third seat, white vs. red. Almost anything goes at this position with regard to preempts; your hand is certainly fine. You might not want to bid 3 if you were in first or second position.

Anyway, there is no passed hand that should bid 3NT and expect to make it opposite a preempt. Partner's the ridiculous one here.
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Posted 2011-May-22, 23:36

either way, I believe I would pull to 4 given that partner is passed. I understand there's no hand with which partner passed initially that could now want to play 3NT, but I'll save him from his own stupidity since I have no desire whatsoever to play 3NT-X.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 05:43

outrageous? hell yes, you're worth 4 at least :)
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Posted 2011-May-23, 05:46

View Postolien, on 2011-May-22, 23:36, said:

I understand there's no hand with which partner passed initially that could now want to play 3NT


that might not be totally true.. imagine you have

Axx
Axx
xxxxx
Kx

pass pass 3 dbl
??

3NT now is normal, hoping for AQxxxxx and out across. Sure, with the actual hand opener has to pull to 4, as he knows he doesn't have the magic hand.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 07:44

Your bid is not outrageous at all. With this vulnerability 3 (or even higher/psych if you feel lucky) is common sense. Partner's 3NT is outrageous, you won't have a decent hand anyway. And what is he complaining about? Opps have game, if he goes -9 you'll still have a good score.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 07:45

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-May-23, 05:46, said:

that might not be totally true.. imagine you have

Axx
Axx
xxxxx
Kx

pass pass 3 dbl
??

3NT now is normal, hoping for AQxxxxx and out across. Sure, with the actual hand opener has to pull to 4, as he knows he doesn't have the magic hand.

1. that's an opening hand.
2. AQxxxxx is quite a holding for a 3rd seat favorable preempt don't you think? :rolleyes:
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Posted 2011-May-23, 07:54

View Postawm, on 2011-May-22, 22:38, said:

You are third seat, white vs. red. Almost anything goes at this position with regard to preempts; your hand is certainly fine. You might not want to bid 3 if you were in first or second position.

Anyway, there is no passed hand that should bid 3NT and expect to make it opposite a preempt. Partner's the ridiculous one here.


I might be piling on, but Adam's post really says it all.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 08:03

I would expect partner to run from any X of 3NT. I will be irritated if partner passes the decision around to me but I will run. BTW I could easily have a less and make the 3 call.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 08:23

View PostFree, on 2011-May-23, 07:45, said:

1. that's an opening hand.
2. AQxxxxx is quite a holding for a 3rd seat favorable preempt don't you think? :rolleyes:


1. Maybe it is in your standards, but not all would agree. That's the point.
2. Just because people sometimes open 3 on jack-7th and out it doesn't mean you won't have a decent suit once in a while :P
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Posted 2011-May-23, 08:27

View Postawm, on 2011-May-22, 22:38, said:

Anyway, there is no passed hand that should bid 3NT and expect to make it opposite a preempt. Partner's the ridiculous one here.


I don't agree. In fact, I just gave an example above:

Axx
Axx
xxxxx
Kx

xxx
xx
x
AQxxxxx

Sure, you can discuss with pard that 3NT by a passed hand is best used as a save-suggesting bid. I would even agree. But lacking such agreements I would only pull a 3NT by pard with a hand like the one of the original post.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 09:06

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-May-23, 08:27, said:

Axx
Axx
xxxxx
Kx


You seem to have missed it so I'll point out for you again that that's an opening hand.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 10:24

View Postmgoetze, on 2011-May-23, 09:06, said:

You seem to have missed it so I'll point out for you again that that's an opening hand.


Really? I would not open it, although I accept that this is a function of style.

Pulling to 4 is clear. A 3rd seat is wide ranging. If we have a good hand (perhaps even better than Whereagles), why shouldn't we be allowed to play 3N along the to 4m?
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Posted 2011-May-23, 10:58

Pulling to 4C is clear. 3NT is possible with a passed hand.
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Posted 2011-May-23, 11:03

I'd bid 4 both rounds :)
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Posted 2011-May-23, 23:28

View Postmgoetze, on 2011-May-23, 09:06, said:

You seem to have missed it so I'll point out for you again that that's an opening hand.

Probably not for anyone who thinks that QJ-7th and nothing else is an "outrageous" preempt 3rd seat favorable.

Can we see what hand partner actually had?

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Posted 2011-May-24, 14:47

Han and gwnn sum it up.
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Posted 2011-May-24, 15:21

View PostAdam1105, on 2011-May-22, 22:29, said:

Partner and I not vulnerable.
Opps vulnerable.
Playing SAYC card in BBO tourney.

Partner opens bidding passing.
My RHO passes.

My hand.
void
xxx
xxx
QJxxxxx

I bid 3 clubs.

My LHO doubles.
Partner bids 3NT with whatever he had. (I can't remember--it's not important.)

Partner screams bloody murder that my bid is outrageous. (I checked a SAYC card on the net today and my bid seems kosher according to it.)

Was my bid outrageous?



3 is OK. I myself would open 4.
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Posted 2011-May-24, 21:27

I'd be willing to open this hand 3C in first or second seat too.

Put me down for 'no such thing as a passed hand 3NT' at this vulnerability. Ain't no way you are ever gonna see AQxxxxx in the dummy when I open only-3-clubs favorable.

You can make a case for passing because partner obviously miscounted and passed a 17-count in first maybe... or you can pass to punish him for being stupid... but 4C is the practical action to avoid a bottom.
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Posted 2011-May-24, 22:48

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-May-23, 05:46, said:

that might not be totally true.. imagine you have

Axx
Axx
xxxxx
Kx

pass pass 3 dbl
??

3NT now is normal, hoping for AQxxxxx and out across. Sure, with the actual hand opener has to pull to 4, as he knows he doesn't have the magic hand.


Agree with Nuno. This is certainly at least a 3C opening and, yes, you might bid 3NT with Nuno's posted hand.
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