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#1 User is offline   Wackojack 

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Posted 2018-June-04, 03:49

♠4 ♥A8732 ♦107 ♣K9872
I was dealt this at love all imps and passed.
5-5 come alive I say. So I bid 2♠. East passes. Partner bids 2NT. I show my 2nd suit with 3♣ and partner bids 3NT.


Partner had:
♠107532, ♥KJ, ♦AQ865, ♣A

This was obviously not a success and went 2 off. I blame partner for making the wrong bid twice.
1. Should have made a preference bid of 3♥ over 3♣
2. Should have overcalled 1♠ with 2♦ initially. Then of course I could have passed throughout.

At the other table South did overcall 2♦ and the bidding went:

This went 2 off and so you can see why overcalling 2♦ gains.
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Posted 2018-June-04, 04:11

I would not bid 2♠ with your hand.
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Posted 2018-June-04, 04:49

View PostWackojack, on 2018-June-04, 03:49, said:

This went 2 off and so you can see why overcalling 2♦ gains.


Agree entirely with that but agree so much more with Mr Ace that 2♠ is a chancer's bid. So lucky not to be doubled in 3NT. A competent East-West would have hung you out to dry.
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Posted 2018-June-04, 09:02

i'd want more than this shite to come in 2S here!! and I wouldn't bid 2D with ur partners hand either, but it is close, the fact it happens to work here is a complete irrelevance!
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Posted 2018-June-04, 10:46

I also agree that bidding 2 ♠ is not something to do.

You should note that 2 NT by the opponents was off 2. Assuming a somewhat similar defense sitting for 1 NT is likely to beat it 1 for a minimal loss.

Your point that a 2 ♦ overcall wins is well taken, but that doesn't lessen the problem with making the 2 ♠ bid.
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Posted 2018-June-04, 15:02

Ha-ha I think Wacko is teasing us. He was sitting in the opposite seat in both threads :)
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Posted 2018-June-04, 16:13

Fantastic Helene you got it. I am surprised that nobody said that bidding 2 ♠ was insane. Were they afraid of hurting my feelings :) The point of this post is that paradoxically if I am bold and overcall 2♦ the opps get too high and if I pass my GIB partner pushes me way too high. GIB is very strange sometimes.
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Posted 2018-June-05, 17:36

Maybe you could play muiderberg opening: 2H =6-9 pts, 5H + 4+ minor
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Posted 2018-June-06, 07:09

View PostWackojack, on 2018-June-04, 03:49, said:

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5-5 come alive I say.

And get what you deserve. Maybe partner could have bid better, but you force him to make an awkward decision on 3 level. When fixed stay fixed is a saying you should study next.

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Posted 2018-June-06, 12:37

Nobody ever said GIB knew how to bid.
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