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#21
Posted 2009-June-17, 11:44
If partner needs half a stopper, he rebids 3NT.
Harald
#22
Posted 2009-June-17, 14:06
skaeran, on Jun 17 2009, 08:44 PM, said:
If partner needs half a stopper, he rebids 3NT.
So you don't really care that if partner has ♥Ax or Kxx you'll have two ♥ stoppers when you're the declarer, but only one if partner declares?
How are you going to ever find a playable contract if you insist on wrong-siding it?
#23
Posted 2009-June-17, 14:16
ochinko, on Jun 17 2009, 03:06 PM, said:
skaeran, on Jun 17 2009, 08:44 PM, said:
If partner needs half a stopper, he rebids 3NT.
So you don't really care that if partner has ♥Ax or Kxx you'll have two ♥ stoppers when you're the declarer, but only one if partner declares?
How are you going to ever find a playable contract if you insist on wrong-siding it?
How is that not equivalent to saying
"So you don't really care that if partner has ♥x or ♥xx you'll have no heart stoppers when partner passes?
How are you going to ever find a playable contract if you insist on playing 3NT with no stopper?"
#24
Posted 2009-June-17, 14:19
ochinko, on Jun 17 2009, 10:06 PM, said:
skaeran, on Jun 17 2009, 08:44 PM, said:
If partner needs half a stopper, he rebids 3NT.
So you don't really care that if partner has ♥Ax or Kxx you'll have two ♥ stoppers when you're the declarer, but only one if partner declares?
How are you going to ever find a playable contract if you insist on wrong-siding it?
There's no guarantee that partner has anything in hearts. If partner has solid diamonds and need a stopper from me to make 3NT, it looks pretty stupid to reach 3NT with no stopper at all.
How are you going to ever find a making 3NT if you insist on bidding it without a stopper in opps suit?
Edit: Josh beat me to it I see...
Harald
#25
Posted 2009-June-17, 14:24
I didn't mean that what I proposed was standard. I only wanted to say that I think it would be good to have that understanding with partner, as I do with some of my partners, sometimes even successfully.
#26
Posted 2009-June-17, 14:30
#27
Posted 2009-June-17, 14:55
hanp, on Jun 17 2009, 03:30 PM, said:
yes. doesn't everyone?
#28
Posted 2009-June-17, 16:11
hanp, on Jun 17 2009, 11:30 PM, said:
I really do. Precisely for cases like this. Well, only half a stopper is expected from me as I explained. Would you really like to be in 3NT with only one stopper here?
I mean, if partner only needs one stopper, and she already has it, there would be no need to ask me. She'd just bid 3NT.