[Fluffy]

My worst hand was this one I think.

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What do you bid?

[hrothgar]

3♠

[nige1]

Fluffy, on 2014-March-01, 17:58, said:

My worst hand was this one I think.

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What do you bid?

IMO 3N = 10, 3♠ = 9, 2♠ = 8, 4♠ = 7.

[the hog]

I am tempted by 3NT but this could be very stupid. I will bid 3S.

[lycier]

I bid 3nt,it is hopeful to get 9 tricks.

[MrAce]

I play 3♠ stronger than 4♠, so i would bid 4♠. This shows a 7-8 card very good suit + a few values, if any, on the side, which i have.

3♠ in my own world/mind shows 6+ very good suit, at least semi solid, and a lot of side values and forcing to game.

[jmcilkley]

I presume the 2d opener is a weak 2 in diamonds. I wouldn't bid 3nt with 6 pretty solid spades and a worthless doubleton in hearts. Nor would I double - I don't want my p to think I might have 4 hearts. My vote is to bid what you think might make and for me that is 4s. Partner will know that I'm expecting a couple of tricks from his hand and if he has more he might go on higher. 3s might show a stronger hand being forcing.

Fluffy, on 2014-March-01, 17:58, said:

My worst hand was this one I think.

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What do you bid?

[mcphee]

I hate to make a bid that could result in a ridiculous score. 3N strikes me as that sort of bid here. Mark me down for a simple 2S, I doubt the bidding is going to die.

[Onedown]

mcphee, on 2014-March-02, 11:39, said:

I hate to make a bid that could result in a ridiculous score. 3N strikes me as that sort of bid here. Mark me down for a simple 2S, I doubt the bidding is going to die.

I agree with Bobo here. 2♠ is my only bid unless I play hero bridge. My partner is not a passed hand and does my hand say any more than 2♠?

[Fluffy]

3♠ and 4[p] led to minus very quickly, at the other table 2♠ led to 3NT which is very interesting.

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Sorry I forgot about ♥J on the original post, against 3NT LHO will lead ♦Q, RHO encourages.

[rhm]

Fluffy, on 2014-March-02, 15:49, said:

3♠ and 4[p] led to minus very quickly, at the other table 2♠ led to 3NT which is very interesting.

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Sorry I forgot about ♥J on the original post, against 3NT LHO will lead ♦Q, RHO encourages.

Duck

Rainer Herrmann

[Fluffy]

If you duck LHO will hessitate a bit and lead a low club

[rhm]

Fluffy, on 2014-March-03, 02:08, said:

If you duck LHO will hessitate a bit and lead a low club

If East has the ♣Q you probably lose 5 tricks no matter what you do now. (unless East has ♣Qx)
So play West for the ♣Q and insert the ♣J.

If this loses to the ♣A East can either cash his ♦A or develop a second club trick by returning a club without cashing ♦A.
However, if he returns a club he loses the ♦A unless East has ♣ATxx, which is unlikely.

(Do not tell me that East will duck with the ♣A, which would be annoying).

Rainer Herrmann

[Fluffy]

So if RHO wins ♣A and plays a club to the queen you are playing LHO to have ♣10, doesn't that mean that you should play ♣9 from dummy?, may that comes down to determine wha tis more likelly, if LHO underleading ♣AQ or RHO ducking ♣Axxx

[the hog]

Well, the simple line is to play w for the stiff d and 2 bullets. This is not unreasonable. Would east really open 2d with 6d and 2 aces. So you need to win the first d and pull a heart in this layout. Having ducked the d I rise c king, if east has the q I lose 2c, 2d and a h. I now run 7 s and see whatever

By the way, do some play 3s as forcing here? Weird!

[the hog]

rhm, on 2014-March-03, 05:23, said:

If East has the ♣Q you probably lose 5 tricks no matter what you do now. (unless East has ♣Qx)
So play West for the ♣Q and insert the ♣J.

If this loses to the ♣A East can either cash his ♦A or develop a second club trick by returning a club without cashing ♦A.
However, if he returns a club he loses the ♦A unless East has ♣ATxx, which is unlikely.

(Do not tell me that East will duck with the ♣A, which would be annoying).

Rainer Herrmann

[MrAce]

the hog, on 2014-March-03, 05:39, said:

By the way, do some play 3s as forcing here? Weird!

Yup, i do.

You have 2♠ overcall which is NF but can be upto 18 hcp for some, you have double and then spades which is 17+ hcp but also NF. I do not need another NF bid tbh. When you place 6-7 semi solid spades in a hand with a lot of side values it is usually close to 2♣ opener if not better than minimum 2♣ opener. Unless of course you are suggesting those hands should start DBL, which is a very bad idea imo to start dbl when your strength is mostly due to your shape and solid-semisolid long suit rather than defensive strength incase pd may pass the dbl.

I see this bid similar to leaping michaels (which is also GF) but 1 suited