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They pre-empted our NT How do we defend?

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Posted 2015-January-06, 11:10



How do you propose the N/S hands be bid?

 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 2015-January-06, 11:40

First I would treat N hand as 1 suiter after NT opening and start 4♦ if it is IMPs. Rest of it depends on agreements but I don't think finding slam is difficult after that. Missing grandslam or ending up in non making grandslam due to misguess is possible.

At MP, I would start with 4♠ showing 2 suiter and try to land in hearts if we have a fit.

I am sure good pdships in forums have better agreements, but these 2 would be my general approach w/o agreements.
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Posted 2015-January-06, 11:46

Punting 6♦ is not unreasonable on the North hand. After the 3♠ bid, it is less likely that partner has significant values in spades.
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Posted 2015-January-06, 14:00

View PostHanoi5, on 2015-January-06, 11:10, said:

How do you propose the N/S hands be bid?

4♣ = diamonds; 4♦ = hearts; 4♥ = hearts + minor; 4♠ = clubs seems like a good starting point, although I think the more common agreement here is "switch".
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Posted 2015-January-06, 14:12

There is no scientific way to bid this. So try a practical 6♦ (or 5NT pick-a-slam if you prefer).
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Posted 2015-January-06, 17:20

View PostZelandakh, on 2015-January-06, 14:00, said:

4♣ = diamonds; 4♦ = hearts; 4♥ = hearts + minor; 4♠ = clubs seems like a good starting point, although I think the more common agreement here is "switch".


I think the more commom agreement here is "natural"!
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Posted 2015-January-06, 22:57

I start with 4S to show a big 2 suiter. I will not treat a 7-5 as a 1 suiter.
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Posted 2015-January-07, 00:00

And to answer the subtitle, "How do we defend?"... We don't.

Think I will join the 6♦ bashers; and I hate bashing.
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Posted 2015-January-15, 01:29

I play Leaping Michaels in this case, with adjusted strength. So I have an easy 4♦ call to start with, showing a GF hand with 5+♥ and 5+♦.
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