[effervesce]

3♣. A non-problem playing a strong club system.

[rogerclee]

effervesce, on May 15 2008, 01:33 AM, said:

3♣. A non-problem playing a strong club system.

Are you implying that this is a problem if you're not?

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

..., I would go with 3C, I am going to play game,
wont be the first time I am going down.

I may have passed the first time, but given I hold
10HCP, ... I am pretty certain I would have opened.
As it is the opponents bidding may help partner to
judge my strength correctly, espesially if you happen
to play 2NT as some kind of (reverse) good-bad.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Free]

3♣, this isn't even an overbid.

[mhais]

3c

[jtfanclub]

catatonic, on May 14 2008, 03:43 PM, said:

pass

you really think this is going to be passed out unless pt has lots of diamonds?

No, I think the next call is going to be 4♦, so I get to decide whether I'd rather bid clubs at the 3 level or the 5 level. One of the nice things about a 6-6 is that we're extremely likely to have a fit. Of course, they're extremely likely to have a fit too. I suspect they just found theirs (or one of theirs).

I guess I don't see how 3♣ can be an overbid. It's a four freakin' loser hand.

I also think a pass may encourage partner to overbid his 6 card spade suit. After all, the more non-spade cards I show, the fewer spades I'll have on the average.

[skjaeran]

3♣.
Need to bid my 2nd suit now. I'd not be comfortable having to bid it at ther 4- or 5-level. The playing strength of this hand is immense. With only 9hcp we've got a 4-loser hand.

[cjames]

skaeran, on May 15 2008, 11:24 AM, said:

3♣.
Need to bid my 2nd suit now. I'd not be comfortable having to bid it at ther 4- or 5-level. The playing strength of this hand is immense. With only 9hcp we've got a 4-loser hand.

Harald is correct as always

[catatonic]

come on then , what was the full deal ; want to know what happens , and whether or the john collings route would have been best ...the one I would have followed

[gwnn]

catatonic, on May 16 2008, 11:15 AM, said:

come on then , what was the full deal ; want to know what happens , and whether or the john collings route would have been best ...the one I would have followed

the full deal is not that important because it was a gouhlie . suffice it to say there was no fit for either side.

The dude I kibbed bid

1♥-p-1♠-2♦
2♥-p-3♦-p
3♥-p-3♠-p
4♥-p-6♥.

[the hog]

Surprise surprise!

[catatonic]

that's the point really , isn't it ? there is rarely a fit , and if there is you generally hear about it if you listen

what would JC have done in 2nd hand after a pass by dealer ?
passed like a flash , and waited to collect the money

you are sadly missed john , your partnership with jonathan cansino was becoming amongst the best in the world until your 2 heart attacks and jonathan's subsequent brain tumour put an end to your careers at the highest level ,both at barely 30 years of age

[the hog]

Uh Cat on the tonic, wasn't it Collings who passed on
x AKQxxxxxxx x x
who then asked "What did you have?" when his pd tossed in the hand. The reply was, "Nothing much, just 3 Aces."

[ArtK78]

Knowing that this was a ghoulash hand might have influenced the answers.

[gwnn]

Yes I know, and that's why I didn't specify it.

[whereagles]

Think I'm gonna bid 3♣. Good-bad 2NT here would be nice but I really need to get that 2nd suit in.

[whereagles]

ugh dbl possssssssssst