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#1 User is offline   whereagles 

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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:06

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♠ KQJ74
♥ 4
♦ JT5
♣ 9763

1. Would you overcall RHO's 1♣, 1♦ or 1♥? Why?
2. If/when you overcall, what would it be? 1♠ or 2♠ (weak)?
3. How would vulnerability affect your choices?
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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:20

1♠.

vul wouldnt matter.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:21

w/r I'd bid 2S over anything from RHO. Otherwise I'd overcall 1S.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:40

Always 1♠ at any vul over any suit. I can live with a style in which it is sometimes 2♠ but if someone passes I will die. Preparing my will now...
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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:56

Agree that the vast majority of posters would o/c 1S with this hand.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:58

2♠ if NV

1♠ seems normal if V; might pass if unfavorable at MP especially over 1♥.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 16:28

1♠ sometimes, 2♠ sometimes. I prefer to bid 2♠ against strong opponents, NV, IMP's, and 1m as opposed to 1♥. I do not know the exact proportions of these factors, but I know I would never bid 2♠ when vulnerable.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 17:56

2♠ at any colors except red-v-white, any seat.

1♠ red-v-white if partner has passed.

Pass if red-v-white if RHO deals.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 18:20

If w/r I bid 2♠, all other vulnerabilities I bid 1♠.

On this hand it doesn't matter to me what suit was opened, or what seat we are in.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 18:30

I'm never passing.

1S always except NV when pard has already passed - 2S then.
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Posted 2010-April-28, 18:39

1S for me almost always.

At favorable I don't mind the 2S deviation.
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Posted 2010-April-29, 00:32

1 ♠ somtimes 2 ♠, esp.over 1 ♥
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Posted 2010-April-29, 01:39

Always 1♠, although I'd like 2♠ with a passed partner NV.
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Posted 2010-April-29, 07:32

jdonn, on Apr 28 2010, 02:40 PM, said:

Always 1♠ at any vul over any suit.

me too.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-April-29, 07:34

gwnn, on Apr 28 2010, 05:28 PM, said:

I prefer to bid 2♠ against strong opponents, NV, IMP's, and 1m as opposed to 1♥.


Codo, on Apr 29 2010, 01:32 AM, said:

1 ♠ somtimes 2 ♠, esp.over 1 ♥


I agree with Csaba that 2S is more attractive over 1m.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-April-29, 09:00

jdonn, on Apr 28 2010, 09:40 PM, said:

Always 1♠ at any vul over any suit. I can live with a style in which it is sometimes 2♠ but if someone passes I will die. Preparing my will now...

Even with such bait, I cannot bring myself to pass. :)
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