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#1 User is offline   Echognome 

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Posted 2006-May-07, 16:33

Scoring: IMP

1NT(1) - (P) - 2♣(2) - (X)(3)
P(4) - (P) - ?

(1)13-15 balanced
(2)Stayman
(3)Lead directing
(4)HHxx or Hxxxx in clubs, no 4 card major, suggestion to play

You are playing with your regular partner so you are on firm ground as to the meaning of partner's calls. Your relevant* choices are:

Pass - So endeth the auction
XX - To Play in 2♣XX
2♦ - Scrambling
2NT - Invite
3NT - To Play

*This may be debated for some of the calls above, but trust me that there are more that are irrelevant for sure. :blink:
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Posted 2006-May-07, 16:40

Right or wrong, I'm playing 2C xx'd. :blink:
Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
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Posted 2006-May-07, 17:57

What *IS* 2c rewound making 3, anyway?
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Posted 2006-May-07, 18:39

asdfg2k, on May 7 2006, 11:57 PM, said:

What *IS* 2c rewound making 3, anyway?

1160. Although that wasn't our score.
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Posted 2006-May-08, 01:38

I would redouble for sure, it would be very unlucky if they had a cheap safe haven.
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  Posted 2006-May-08, 03:20

I'll rewind, even if it is a violation of Burn's law.
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Posted 2006-May-08, 04:51

We have 27-29 HCPs, so in 3 NT we make around 630.
2 Club XX will give me more. Ok, I never made a XX contract till now, but this may be the first.
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Posted 2006-May-08, 07:27

3NT. Who cares for 2♣ redoubled?
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Posted 2006-May-08, 07:49

If I can redble and play there, I will take my chances.
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Posted 2006-May-08, 09:04

I like 2♣ redoubled...
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Posted 2006-May-08, 09:12

Echognome, on May 8 2006, 12:33 AM, said:

(4)HHxx or Hxxxx in clubs, no 4 card major, suggestion to play

I redouble, but I would hope that partner delivers a good texture too. I wouldn't expect a suggestion to play with KJ75, or K8543. It should show a hand that doesn't expect LHO sitting in front of partner to take many trump tricks.

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Posted 2006-May-08, 09:17

I would redouble. Last time I had an auction like this we scored 1160: at the other taable, after a similar start, our teammates ran and went 1100. Routine win 2.
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Posted 2006-May-08, 10:06

Here was the full deal:

Scoring: IMP

1NT - P - 2♣ - X
P - P - XX - P
P - 2♥ - X - All Pass


I was actually North on this hand. Partner chose to rewind and East made the mistake of running. 2♣ is actually touch and go, but in 2♥X, we held them to 2 tricks for 1700. The auction started differently at the other table and our teammates defended 3♥. So it turned out to be 170 at one table and 1700 at the other. Not quite a push.
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Posted 2006-May-08, 10:07

Totally obvious redouble with all those top tricks. This is not even a close decision. I think par is about 9 tricks for us, and if anything I'm being conservative.
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