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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:06

Scoring: IMP


p - (1S) - p - (2S)
p - (p) - ??

Do you balance? Please hide your answer if you are better than I am.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:08

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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:22

YES
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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:26

Nope

In theory, I could bid 2NT. In practice, I won't.

Partner was a passed hand when the 2♠ came around. If he has reasonable shape, he could have acted. He didn't.
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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:27

I balance too. only problem is 2-5-3-3 and even if that's the case, my hand is not that bad.
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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:27

I'm so not better than you... but Ill hide my answer anyway...

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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:37

I wouldn't. Yes we don't have anything wasted in spades, but our shape is sterile and partner didn't pre-bal. It could certainly work out well.

NB: I won't claim to be better or worse than you...
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Posted 2008-March-10, 16:41

Echognome, on Mar 10 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

NB: I won't claim to be better or worse than you...

Chicken
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-10, 18:48

hell yes, 2N
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Posted 2008-March-10, 19:09

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"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." MikeH
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Posted 2008-March-10, 19:26

jillybean2, on Mar 10 2008, 08:09 PM, said:

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I just gave some people the opportunity to insult me.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-10, 21:23

2N for me.
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Posted 2008-March-10, 21:41

han, on Mar 10 2008, 06:26 PM, said:

jillybean2, on Mar 10 2008, 08:09 PM, said:

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I just gave some people the opportunity to insult me.

written in humor, not intended as an insult at all
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." MikeH
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Posted 2008-March-10, 23:32

Am I better than Han? Well I haven't beaten the Nickell team in the Spingold. But then... neither has he. :D


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Posted 2008-March-10, 23:54

Nice to see so much disagreement here, I actually thought it was a clear balance and bid 2NT at the table. On this particular hand it could have worked well because they competed to 3S which might have gone down. But they made, don't ask. :D
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-March-11, 01:40

Agree with emphatic yesses. We probably have a fit, and when we have this much it's quite unlikely they have missed game. We also have nothing in spades which not only means we make more, but that they are more likely to just bid 3 anyway.
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Posted 2008-March-11, 03:19

han, on Mar 11 2008, 07:54 AM, said:

Nice to see so much disagreement here, I actually thought it was a clear balance and bid 2NT at the table. On this particular hand it could have worked well because they competed to 3S which might have gone down. But they made, don't ask. :)

you should listen to the better players.... :)

(yes I think I was wrong on this one, I just autopassed because of the 3 small spades - I need to learn to think out of the box)
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Posted 2008-March-11, 03:59

I'll bid 2NT. With tenaces over the opener, I don't think this will push them into a making game. It might push them into a non-making game :)
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Posted 2008-March-11, 05:20

In this hand I had bid as good (or bad) as you, no need to hide the answer.
Kind Regards

Roland

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Posted 2008-March-11, 10:15

2NT means minors, or pick a suit?
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

"gwnn" said:

rule number 1 in efficient forum reading:
hanp does not always mean literally what he writes.
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