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#1 User is offline   rduran1216 

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Posted 2011-March-29, 23:56

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all red, you're dealer and pass

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pass 3H 3NT pass
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What action if any do you take now?
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Posted 2011-March-30, 00:36

I'll bid 4 if I expect partner will accept the "transfer" to 4 spades. Otherwise I'll just bid 4 myself. I'm not going to try for slam, or 5. I'd leave it in 3NT before considering going past the 4 level, I don't want to count on partner for too many aces and high cards.
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Posted 2011-March-30, 03:01

Bunny, to be honest being in 4 is the least atractive place for me.

Pd bidding 3 nt, can have a very wide range and shape of hands. Why would i force him to play a possible 5-2 fit with 5 small ? Honestly i would't wanna be in 4 even if i knew he has 3.

To me its more of a 5 or 3 nt decision at this point. In 3 nt after lead if pd doesn't have Ace he may have 3 or more , or he can actually create tricks from his long if he has, or from suit if he has 3 or 4 of them. On the other hand 5 waranths the maximum tricks in suit, but we need to make 11 tricks and a lot of to park.

I am not sure if everyone plays 4 as a xfer here also. It is the only cue available and do we really wanna use it just for xfer ? If so then 4 means stayman, perhaps we can bid 4 and get lucky if pd has 4 and if not u can lift his 4 response to 5.

I would personally pass 3 NT though.
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Posted 2011-March-30, 04:27

Without specific agreements, I'll try 5. At least I'll be playng it, ha!
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Posted 2011-March-30, 08:32

Opponent has put us to a guess. I am guessing Pass with this hand.
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Posted 2011-March-30, 09:42

Easy pass. I'm not the least bit concerned about missing a spade contract. I am mildly concerned about missing 6 however.
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Posted 2011-March-30, 10:08

In a notrump contract, it is quite possible that my hand will produce 2 tricks. Of course, it could also produce 7 tricks. It all depends on whether partner has the A at least doubleton or if he has enough length in diamonds to knock out the A and have an entry.

I suspect that 5 will make most of the time that 3NT makes, but that 5 will also make (or go down less) when 3NT goes down.

4 could be a winner, but I won't put my money on it.

I will bid 5.
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Posted 2011-March-30, 14:52

View PostArtK78, on 2011-March-30, 10:08, said:

In a notrump contract, it is quite possible that my hand will produce 2 tricks. Of course, it could also produce 7 tricks. It all depends on whether partner has the A at least doubleton or if he has enough length in diamonds to knock out the A and have an entry.

I suspect that 5 will make most of the time that 3NT makes, but that 5 will also make (or go down less) when 3NT goes down.

4 could be a winner, but I won't put my money on it.

I will bid 5.


I wasn't sure where to go with this either, so I bid 4D, intending it as a mild slam try in diamonds, hoping partner would bid 4NT over if not interested.

Partner now bid 5C over 4D, what should I do now?
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Posted 2011-March-30, 15:17

View Postrduran1216, on 2011-March-30, 14:52, said:

I wasn't sure where to go with this either, so I bid 4D, intending it as a mild slam try in diamonds, hoping partner would bid 4NT over if not interested.

Partner now bid 5C over 4D, what should I do now?


Your hand just turned to rubbish. Pard can't cue either major suit Ace.

I doubt the director would allow an insufficient 4N, so I would settle on 5. GL me.
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Posted 2011-March-30, 15:18

By the way, I hope you can appreciate the difference between the actual hand and Kxxxx x KQJTxx x.
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