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A basic competitive auction and some questions
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Posted 2014-May-25, 15:59
'In an infinite universe, the one thing sentient life cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.' - Douglas Adams
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Posted 2014-May-25, 17:49
broze, on 2014-May-25, 15:59, said:
Just trying to gauge what is standard, and to think about what is best in this spot, assuming that pard has not necessarily promised 4♠ - I think that is pretty standard.
So some questions:
1) Is p's double game forcing (unless opener passes of course)? If not...
2) Is 3♠ forcing now? If so how high?
3) Would you ever rebid 4♠ as opener?
4) What is a 4NT rebid by opener? 18-19 bal?
I appreciate that some of this will be down to partnership agreement and I think I know what some of the answers should be, but interested to hear other's opinions.
1. No (see 2).
2. No (see 1). Strain before level. I personally dislike being forced to choose between defending 3♥ undoubled or playing in game or higher.
3. Yes. Responder has either spades, or a plan for what to do when I rebid spades. I would hope one doesn't make a neg double of 3♥ here if spades by partner will checkmate you.
4. I would imagine it would show something like 10 running NT tricks. Really unusual and mostly unnecessary jumps should show something fairly specific, in my opinion.
I'm sure there are lots of other perfectly reasonable answers to those good questions, but these are what I would assume with a good partner and no other specific agreements to the contrary.
Cheers,
Brian Zaugg,
Seattle
"I suggest a chapter on "strongest dummy opposite my free bids." For example, someone might wonder how I once put this hand down as dummy in a spade contract: AQ10xxx void AKQxx KQ. Did I start with Michaels? Did I cuebid until partner was forced to pick one of my suits? No, I was just playing with Brian (6S made when the trump king dropped singleton)." David Wright
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Posted 2014-May-26, 07:56
No, no, yes, nat prob 18-19 bal.
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Posted 2014-May-26, 13:23
#1 no
#2 see #1
#3 yes, due to #1
#4 no, if I have to assing a meaning, it would be RKCB for spades
with 18-19 bal. and a good stopper I go for blood
#2 see #1
#3 yes, due to #1
#4 no, if I have to assing a meaning, it would be RKCB for spades
with 18-19 bal. and a good stopper I go for blood
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Just trying to gauge what is standard, and to think about what is best in this spot, assuming that pard has not necessarily promised 4♠ - I think that is pretty standard.
So some questions:
1) Is p's double game forcing (unless opener passes of course)? If not...
2) Is 3♠ forcing now? If so how high?
3) Would you ever rebid 4♠ as opener?
4) What is a 4NT rebid by opener? 18-19 bal?
I appreciate that some of this will be down to partnership agreement and I think I know what some of the answers should be, but interested to hear other's opinions.