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Poll: what you you bid? (38 member(s) have cast votes)

what you you bid?

  1. pass (14 votes [36.84%])

    Percentage of vote: 36.84%

  2. double (9 votes [23.68%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.68%

  3. 3 NT (8 votes [21.05%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.05%

  4. 4 C (7 votes [18.42%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.42%

  5. 4 D (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. 4 H (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  7. 4 S (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   andrei 

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Posted 2009-November-11, 20:18

IMP, all vul, you deal and see:

♠A2
♥J5
♦JT53
♣K8753

bidding goes:

P - 2♠* - X - 3♠
??

* - weak, 5+♠ - 4+ minor
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Posted 2009-November-11, 21:22

i pass, we have minors. opps have at least one 4 card minor. our hand sucks.
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Posted 2009-November-11, 21:40

pass, no problem yet.

Assume pard is:


xx......akTx......ak9x....xxx
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Posted 2009-November-11, 22:04

Partner's original expectation was that I had about 6-9 points. That's what I have. PASS
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Posted 2009-November-11, 22:26

3N for me...pass feels feeble. Sure, we could have better, but we could have worse too.
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Posted 2009-November-12, 11:05

Pass sure seems feeble to me, too.

But I am not bidding 3NT with Ax of spades. I have no reason to believe we have 9 running tricks.

I bid what I have - 4♣.
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Posted 2009-November-12, 11:10

X
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Posted 2009-November-12, 12:39

3NT, wtp? It usually won't make but it might and I have to do something. I'm a passed hand and partner already doubled forcing me to the 3 level, if I pass here I can't depend on him forever even if he has some extras.

Besides maybe LHO will try to be a genius and lead his minor.
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Posted 2009-November-12, 17:45

jdonn, on Nov 12 2009, 01:39 PM, said:

3NT, wtp? It usually won't make but it might and I have to do something.

So why not double? I thought double would show almost exactly this type of hand (particularly Ax of spades and length in the minors).
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Posted 2009-November-12, 18:44

X should show more ♥ imo, I don't think there is that much doubt about strain...if we have game it is almost certainly 3N, not 5m.
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Posted 2009-November-12, 19:00

quiddity, on Nov 12 2009, 06:45 PM, said:

jdonn, on Nov 12 2009, 01:39 PM, said:

3NT, wtp? It usually won't make but it might and I have to do something.

So why not double? I thought double would show almost exactly this type of hand (particularly Ax of spades and length in the minors).

How does double show anything in spades? If you double you are almost always giving up on 3NT.
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Posted 2009-November-13, 08:48

4C.

Since p maybe a tad lighter, I am not forcing to game.

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Posted 2009-November-14, 00:27

:unsure: 3NT wtp? I am a passed hand. Pard is unlikely to have a distributional hand with a stiff ♠ - that would give them 10. Moi is only a scant king short of an opening bid. ♣ should be our suit, and I have 5 - and can run to 4♣ if I have to. Most important 3NT is clearly a possible contract, and I must bid it now or never - no silly responsive double - 4♣ would be better than that, but it isn't game. Finally, there is the rule of Bob Hamman. If 3nt is a possible contract, and it is, BID IT.
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Posted 2009-November-14, 16:03

3nt its a dirty job but someone has to do it.
Olivier.
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Posted 2009-November-14, 16:34

Double - I don't think it says anything other than I have too much to pass.
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