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I play 2 NT as asking for singleton, which can work really nice, and it also shows invitational hand. 3♣ I play as all GF hands, but only in 1st and 2nd seat, and is asking for a feature.
Mike
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Posted 2004-March-20, 01:18
3♠ to keep opps out of bidding or at least to make it harder for them to enter.
I play 2 NT as asking for singleton, which can work really nice, and it also shows invitational hand. 3♣ I play as all GF hands, but only in 1st and 2nd seat, and is asking for a feature.
Mike
I play 2 NT as asking for singleton, which can work really nice, and it also shows invitational hand. 3♣ I play as all GF hands, but only in 1st and 2nd seat, and is asking for a feature.
Mike
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be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work.”
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Posted 2004-March-20, 18:47
"I pass if they bid 4Hs and if they get to a minor game I pass and bemoan my fate... "
Strange comment. If they get to 4H we have more trumps than they do. If they get to 5m I think we have good chances of beating this. Thats why I think swopping -110/130 for -200 is incorrect. The opps won't bid over 3S, but they may well bid over 2S and get to a bad game rather than 3C - an even better result for us.
Strange comment. If they get to 4H we have more trumps than they do. If they get to 5m I think we have good chances of beating this. Thats why I think swopping -110/130 for -200 is incorrect. The opps won't bid over 3S, but they may well bid over 2S and get to a bad game rather than 3C - an even better result for us.
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Posted 2004-March-20, 21:28
Hog--why make that statement-----I DON'T know we have the majority of hearts do I--lol
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Posted 2004-March-20, 21:43
The full hand was posted, lol. However assuming we can't see through the back of partner's cards and are trying to make the optimum bid with the given cards:
Is it a major surprise, (excuse the pun), that opener has 3H. No, not really. Likely to have less, but 3 is not a surprise. So one hand is going to be forced immediately on a S lead. My 4H could easily prove an embarrassment.
To get to 5m is a LONG way off. In 5m, I have at least 1 defensive trick, 2 if the A of D is positioned well for the defence. Again the Q of H has excellent defensive potential, and all this is assuming that no S stands up. 3S will definitely net you -200. I cannot see the opps bidding over this. As I stated in my penultimate post, they may well bid over 2S. Likely is that they will get to 3-4 C. If they get to 4H or 5m I am happy to take my chances.
One final consideration is that on the given hands, pd's 2S opening is about as good in S as you are likely to get, and you are still 2 down. Are you willing to risk down 3 playing with an aggressive partner? I'm not!
Ron
Is it a major surprise, (excuse the pun), that opener has 3H. No, not really. Likely to have less, but 3 is not a surprise. So one hand is going to be forced immediately on a S lead. My 4H could easily prove an embarrassment.
To get to 5m is a LONG way off. In 5m, I have at least 1 defensive trick, 2 if the A of D is positioned well for the defence. Again the Q of H has excellent defensive potential, and all this is assuming that no S stands up. 3S will definitely net you -200. I cannot see the opps bidding over this. As I stated in my penultimate post, they may well bid over 2S. Likely is that they will get to 3-4 C. If they get to 4H or 5m I am happy to take my chances.
One final consideration is that on the given hands, pd's 2S opening is about as good in S as you are likely to get, and you are still 2 down. Are you willing to risk down 3 playing with an aggressive partner? I'm not!
Ron
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