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Poll: Quick Poll (59 member(s) have cast votes)

Bid?

  1. 1H (53 votes [89.83%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 89.83%

  2. 1NT (2 votes [3.39%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 3.39%

  3. 2C (4 votes [6.78%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 6.78%

  4. 2NT (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:33



gszes and I can't agree what to bid on this hand.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:40

I agree with the one who bids his four-card major. The other is probably overthinking a very simple situation IMO.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:44

1♥, if only because 1NT, 2♣ and 2NT are all horrible.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:50

When I answer this kind of poll I always get surprised. Today I'm part of the majority so this must be easy.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:51

I agree with gszes
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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:54

I have a major. I bid my major.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 13:57

I think my second choice is 1♠
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Posted 2012-April-14, 15:01

I think showing clubs (1NT) is not a bad idea, but I would still bid 1♥
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Posted 2012-April-14, 15:27

View PostMickyB, on 2012-April-14, 13:51, said:

I agree with gszes

I think my second choice is 1♠


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Posted 2012-April-14, 17:56

Hey mfa1010 you are supposed to be resting in order to win the next round in the Danish trials, not participating in BBF polls! :P

Anyway guess I learned something here, thanks guys.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 19:14

1♥ for me
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Posted 2012-April-14, 19:19

1♥ Why would you contemplate anything else?
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Posted 2012-April-14, 21:43



mgoetze writes "gszes and I can't agree what to bid on this hand."

IMO 1♥ = 10, 1N = 9. 2♣ = 8. We've been brainwashed to bid lousy four card majors but I like 1N which could work out better.

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Posted 2012-April-14, 22:52

Simple bid 1 ♥. There's not enough points to bid 2 ♣ and reverse into ♥s.

A very wise old player when asked about his secret to success at bridge said "I don't do anything that I can be criticized for in the post mortem." Sounds sort of corny, but it's actually great advice.

In this hand, I don't want to have to explain to partner why we are not playing in our 4-4 fit when partner shows up with something like ♥ AKxx or ♥ AJ10x. If I bid something else, partner will probably never be able to figure out that I do indeed hold 4 ♥s. And if partner doesn't have ♥s, the ♥ bid just might inhibit a ♥ lead.
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Posted 2012-April-14, 23:23

anything other than 1H is retarded
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Posted 2012-April-15, 00:00

I suspect the trouble is when partner is 4144, now when you bid 1H, partner bids a spade and you're bodog'd into 2S or 1NT, either way missing the superior club contract. well life sucks then you die, bid 1H.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 00:31

I had a similar hand recently although one of the clubs was a diamonds and the majors were reversed. Probably for the first time I hid the major. But we do always raise with three and playing 4-3 with that suit quality didn't look promising.
Funnily the opponents interfered and we played in our 4-4 spade fit afterwards.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 00:32

View PostNabooba, on 2012-April-14, 19:19, said:

1♥ Why would you contemplate anything else?

Because if I don't bid 2♣ now partner will never be able to figure out my shape later.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 02:52

If you could bid 1♦-2♣;2♦-2♥ non-forcing 2♥, that would be more descriptive, but nobody plays this as non-forcing. Even if you played it as a one-round force, it would be an overbid with a misfit, bad suits, and only a ten-count. But nowadays "everyone" plays this sequence as game-forcing, so 2♣ isn't even a possibility.
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Posted 2012-April-15, 03:01

View Postmgoetze, on 2012-April-15, 00:32, said:

Because if I don't bid 2♣ now partner will never be able to figure out my shape later.


Does this mean that you play a system in which a subsequent 2♥ bid is non forcing? If so, then 2♣ is right for you. However if you play that 2♥ is forcing, then how will partner ever "be able to figure out my shape later"?
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