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#1 User is offline   shanbari 

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Posted 2009-June-10, 14:38

first seat, white vs red,

1) what do you open ?
2) there could be second part depend on your opening.



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H: AQ105432
D: Q10764
C: -
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Posted 2009-June-10, 15:00

I open 4♥
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Posted 2009-June-10, 15:13

4♥ I could be quite a bit worse at these colours but nothing else fits.

I might flirt with the idea of 1♥.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 15:49

4♥ I guess

1♥ is within reason also though
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Posted 2009-June-10, 15:58

I think 1♥ is sick, not so much that I mind holding only an 8 count but I see no gain since this hand can never be adequately described. You would just be giving the opponents the gift of no-preemption.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 16:32

jdonn, on Jun 11 2009, 09:58 AM, said:

I think 1♥ is sick, not so much that I mind holding only an 8 count but I see no gain since this hand can never be adequately described. You would just be giving the opponents the gift of no-preemption.

The reason I would consider 1♥ is not so much that I can describe my hand better this way but that at these colours we bid 4♥ on a lot less than this hand.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 16:56

4♥ WTP
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Posted 2009-June-10, 17:14

1♥ just to have the follow-up (and that's what I'll do at the table).

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2009-June-10, 17:15

4♥. Agree with wtp.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 19:06

4H and also wtp. Don't know how on earth you are going to "follow up", Hanoi5.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 19:16

4♥. Anything else is a zero.

1♥ falls into the category of "I don't know what I'm going to do the next round but I'll listen to a round of bidding, peer into my opponent's souls and then place the contract".
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Posted 2009-June-10, 19:40

1h or pass
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Posted 2009-June-10, 19:50

3NT, showing 6+♥ and a 5+ minor, weak.

If not playing that method, then...

3NT, showing a good 4M bid.

If not playing that either, I guess I'm stuck with opening 4♥.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 21:36

4♥ for me, and regardless of color.
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Posted 2009-June-10, 22:51

awm, on Jun 11 2009, 03:50 AM, said:

... I guess I'm stuck with opening 4♥.

Allow me:

LOL
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Posted 2009-June-10, 23:55

4♥ intending to dbl 4♠ later if applicable to show desire to bid 5♥ (either on a 4♠ overcall or takeout dbl with 4♠ answer)
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Posted 2009-June-11, 01:16

OleBerg, on Jun 10 2009, 11:51 PM, said:

awm, on Jun 11 2009, 03:50 AM, said:

... I guess I'm stuck with opening 4♥.

Allow me:

LOL

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Posted 2009-June-11, 01:27

Jlall, on Jun 11 2009, 02:16 AM, said:

OleBerg, on Jun 10 2009, 11:51 PM, said:

awm, on Jun 11 2009, 03:50 AM, said:

... I guess I'm stuck with opening 4♥.

Allow me:

LOL

??

LOL
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Posted 2009-June-11, 10:32

Ulrich, on Jun 11 2009, 09:27 AM, said:

Jlall, on Jun 11 2009, 02:16 AM, said:

OleBerg, on Jun 10 2009, 11:51 PM, said:

awm, on Jun 11 2009, 03:50 AM, said:

... I guess I'm stuck with opening 4♥.

Allow me:

LOL

??

LOL

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Posted 2009-June-11, 12:18

OleBerg, on Jun 11 2009, 12:32 PM, said:

Ulrich, on Jun 11 2009, 09:27 AM, said:

Jlall, on Jun 11 2009, 02:16 AM, said:

OleBerg, on Jun 10 2009, 11:51 PM, said:

awm, on Jun 11 2009, 03:50 AM, said:

... I guess I'm stuck with opening 4♥.

Allow me:

LOL

??

LOL

!!

LOL

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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