[babalu1997]

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So, north opens 2 clubs, to which I answer 2 diamonds, waiting i hope-- no agreement

he then bids 3 diamonds

I cringe, please do not let this be one of those 4 card diamond suits.

3 spades by me

4 hearts by him

At this point I was in pain, but figure he must have some clubs, so I bid the mastermind made possible by my guardian angel.

6 NO TRUMP

a club lead, the queen of clubs holds, i am aghast

my rho tosses all his clubs and when i finesse the heart he leads to my winning dummy.

Bad bridge yes, but i bid no trump just to put myself out of my misery.

3nt, or 6nt for that matter, ends all auctions


I am now doing this while being chastised by partner, but i did answer him:

Why do you open that hand 2 clubs in the first place?

would my learned friends from the forum do that?

thanks all

[helene_t]

Yeah a 2♣ opening wouldn't be my choice.

But 3♦ shows 6. Maybe some would occasionally do it on 5. But it certainly can't be a 4-card suit.

So support with support. Bid 4♦ over his 3♦ bid.

[Little Kid]

babalu1997, on Jan 29 2010, 11:19 AM, said:

So, north opens 2 clubs

No, he doesn't.

[barmar]

I'd never open that hand 2♣, even though it meets the criteria of LTC and QT. It's simply unnecessary, as a 1♦ opening is unlikely to be passed out, and then you'll have plenty of room to reverse into ♥ and bid them again, to show your 6-5 shape and extra values.

[jjbrr]

2♣ is terrible.

I wouldn't have bid 3♠ with your hand. Raise with support.

[ArtK78]

I don't see any problem here.

6NT made, didn't it?



Don't submit this one for Assign the Blame. You may get numbers over 100%.

100% to North for opening 2♣.

100% to South for any number of atrocities in the bidding, not the least of which was the final fatal jump to 6NT (oh, it made, did it? Well, that leads us to....)

300% to East and West for allowing 6NT to make.

All in all, pretty funny stuff.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

#1 The auction showes, why a 2C opening with the North hand is not a
good idea, you know, you reach the 4 level, before you have shown
both of your suits.
#2 ..., playing with a random p, why are you surprised, that this happens?

With kind regards
Marlowe

PS: And yes, raise, show the fit, it simplifies the auction, and even after you
introduced spade, you still had the chance to show the fit, so ..., in the end
get your side clean of errors, and lots of problems will disappear.

[aguahombre]

title is wrong...partner was wrong (2c).....

Who said, "A smart guy is one who knows what he is dumb at."? If it is true, I must be a genius.

All above posts are good things, including Art's humor.

[pooltuna]

babalu1997, on Jan 29 2010, 11:19 AM, said:

[snip]

would my learned friends from the forum do that?

thanks all

Only if my avatar was wearing a mask

[PhantomSac]

U,Udiot

[jdonn]

Where did you get this ridiculous idea that 3NT and/or 6NT ends all auctions?

[pirate22]

while i agree opening 2cl is not on---why all the cringing and self inflicted agony,2c-P-2d(auto) 3d at this point bid 4d,pard could be 4/4/4/1 if you switch his hts to spades you will hear 4sp but as it is u hear 4 hts,so 6d is a better crack,no marks for masterminding 6 n/t

[ggwhiz]

Congrats, you may have set the world record for the number of worst possible bids in an auction of this length, ending in a top score.

[hanp]

2Cwould not be my choice but it should have worked well. 3S was terrible.

[the hog]

I would not open 2C. However I cannot understand why you did not raise partner's D suit.