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Your partner overcalled their 1NT

#1 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2011-March-01, 06:01

All Red,Bidding goes:

1NT 2♠ X ???

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♥Qx
♦KT97xx
♣T8xxx

Do you bid or pass? Double is for penalties, partner should have spades only.

 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 2011-March-01, 06:42

View PostHanoi5, on 2011-March-01, 06:01, said:

All Red,Bidding goes:

1NT 2♠ X ???

♠
♥Qx
♦KT97xx
♣T8xxx

Do you bid or pass? Double is for penalties, partner should have spades only.


Pass, I am more comfortable in the frying pan.
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Posted 2011-March-01, 08:51

I'd definetely pass, especially with minors being in the wrong order.
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Posted 2011-March-01, 14:54

At imps I pass.
At matchpoints I might try 2NT in case of a bright future.
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Posted 2011-March-01, 15:42

View PostFrancesHinden, on 2011-March-01, 14:54, said:

At imps I pass.
At matchpoints I might try 2NT in case of a bright future.


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Posted 2011-March-02, 01:31

Agree wih frances
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Posted 2011-March-02, 02:24

I would try 2NT (and a XX later if necessary) in either IMPs or MP.
I think our prospects in 2♠X are poor and we are heading for a big loss unless I get lucky, and partner has some fit for a minor. Even if partner's overcall is very normal , other pairs may not have a penalty double available, so I think playing in 2♠X is accepting the disaster.
One further consideration : pd is not likely to have ♥ length , since he did not use a "majors" bid , and although he could bid 2♠ with 6-4 , there is still hope he has a few minor suit cards.
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Posted 2011-March-02, 08:45

2NT for me. I tend to run more often than it's perhaps considered normal, but I think it pays off more often than it would appear.
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Posted 2011-March-02, 12:52

Pull. If 2NT can cause a mix up, then 3♦.
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Posted 2011-March-02, 17:51

I'd bid if we were white, but red I think I'll pass. I don't think running is strange.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2011-March-02, 18:14

I'm not usually a runner in these situations but I would try 2NT here. The tens and nines made me do it.
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Posted 2011-March-02, 18:46

2NT for me at both MPs and Imps.
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Posted 2011-March-02, 20:30

Is my XX SOS? And differs from 2NT how?
I play SOS: D>=C; 2NT: C>=D. Here.
2S denied 3+H for me.
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