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Open the bidding and then continue

#1 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2012-April-20, 07:07

MP's, all red:

♠T9x
♥QJ
♦Kxx
♣AKQxx

1♣ or 1NT?

After:

1NT-2♥*-2♠-3♥
???

*5+ hearts 4+ in a minor

If you weren't going to pass 3♥, would you bid 3♠ or 4♣? Do you consider the pass normal? (2♠ is a sign-off)

 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:

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Posted 2012-April-20, 07:21

did you really consider opening 1♣ or bidding 4♣?
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Posted 2012-April-20, 07:57

Along the same lines as Fluffy.

I open 1NT and do nothing further.

This is about as likely a -200 as I have seen recently.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 08:05

I prefer to bid freely when my hand has gotten better, not when it has gotten worse.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 08:12

View Postbillw55, on 2012-April-20, 08:05, said:

I prefer to bid freely when my hand has gotten better, not when it has gotten worse.


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Posted 2012-April-20, 08:19

Also, they might be pushed to game, hope they don't get doubled and concede -100. Surprise, the QJ are dropping and LHO caught the perfect dummy. "Must be our lucky day pard".

They might even make 5.

Completely obvious pass.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 17:18

Obvious pass. You probably won't make anything you attempt to bid at this point.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 22:36

I'm opening 1NT and passing.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 22:44

Easy pass here...WTP?
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Posted 2012-April-21, 17:59

I agree obvious pass over 3♥ but we can make the point that partner's 2♠ over 2♥ has a higher minimum than if he transferred directly over 1NT. He should pass over 2♥ with 5332 0 counts (and 1 and 2...) If my majors here were QJx xx I would definitely raise.
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Posted 2012-April-21, 22:24

If playing SNT, I would have downgraded this and opened 1♣. Having opened 1NT it now looks like an easy pass at red. If playing WNT, having downgraded, I bid 3♠ now.
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