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7-5 reds

Poll: 7-5 reds (34 member(s) have cast votes)

(1C)-?

  1. 1H (8 votes [23.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 23.53%

  2. 4H (13 votes [38.24%])

    Percentage of vote: 38.24%

  3. 2NT (10 votes [29.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 29.41%

  4. double (2 votes [5.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.88%

  5. other (1 votes [2.94%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.94%

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#1 User is offline   daveharty 

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Posted 2011-May-27, 08:54



EDIT: Sorry the 2C option was supposed to be 2NT.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 09:04

4♥. I bid what I think I can make.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 09:24

View PostArtK78, on 2011-May-27, 09:04, said:

4♥. I bid what I think I can make.


I doubt the problem ends there.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 10:12

View PostPhil, on 2011-May-27, 09:24, said:

I doubt the problem ends there.

4H might end the auction, but you're right. Plus there's a funny story.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 11:23

I have 2 places to play why not show that
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Posted 2011-May-27, 13:26

View Postpooltuna, on 2011-May-27, 11:23, said:

I have 2 places to play why not show that



Do you really have two places to play? What would partner bid with Tx-Tx in the reds?

I also bid 2NT, but I'm sure 4♥ is the experts choice.

 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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Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2011-May-27, 13:52

I agree with pooltuna. I would start by showing a 2 suiter. We could easily have a slam and that will keep us in play, and it will make it harder for partner to evaluate what to do later in the auction if we have a decision over 5S.

Bidding 4H now might help us slightly if we can shut them out of bidding 4S where had we bid 2S we would not, but imo that is unlikely with this hand type.

Edit: Sorry just got a new computer and thought it said 1S lol. I would bid 2N rather than michaels then obv. My main point was to show both suits.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 15:21

4♥. I want my 790, 990 or 850.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 16:00

My only concern with bidding 4H is that partner might expect I have a weaker preemptive hand and we possibly miss a slam....
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Posted 2011-May-27, 18:02

I do not want to give up the possible slam, so, 2NT.

But my partner probably has 8 ♠'s :rolleyes:
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Posted 2011-May-27, 20:53



My friend was West and made the (to my mind) strange call of double. EW lurched to 6H, but East didn't like the looks of that and converted to 6NT. South then got greedy and doubled. West didn't like the looks of THAT and pulled to 7D, which South also doubled. After some agonizing North led his stiff, and that was that.
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Posted 2011-May-27, 21:03

75% grand.
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Posted 2011-May-28, 06:17

C'mon Han, more like 99%, everyone knows you lead trumps against a grand slam.
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Posted 2011-May-28, 09:50

Prefer to bid 1C over righty's 1C opening, then 6D.
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Posted 2011-May-28, 10:41

View Postaguahombre, on 2011-May-28, 09:50, said:

Prefer to bid 1C over righty's 1C opening, then 6D.

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Posted 2011-May-30, 02:31

View Posthan, on 2011-May-27, 21:03, said:

75% grand.

View Postdaveharty, on 2011-May-28, 06:17, said:

C'mon Han, more like 99%, everyone knows you lead trumps against a grand slam.

Not if trumps split 0-4 :rolleyes:
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Posted 2011-May-30, 03:48

I'd just bury the diamonds and bid some nr of hearts. Probably 4, eventually taking the push to 5.

If pard has fitting diamond honors they'll be helpful anyway.
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Posted 2011-May-30, 18:33

View PostFree, on 2011-May-30, 02:31, said:

Not if trumps split 0-4 :rolleyes:

Even if trumps are 0-4, clubs then need to be split 0-8 or the most unlikely North holding the the AC or a bad break in hearts.
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Posted 2011-May-31, 02:51

View Postcloa, on 2011-May-30, 18:33, said:

View PostFree, on 2011-May-30, 02:31, said:

Not if trumps split 0-4 :rolleyes:

Even if trumps are 0-4, clubs then need to be split 0-8 or the most unlikely North holding the the AC or a bad break in hearts.

The point of a 0-4 trump split is that the opening leader can't start a trump. In that case, he has a choice of 3 suits which makes it a 66,67% grand slam (while we're joking) :)
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Posted 2011-May-31, 04:43

Not 66,67% actually. All things being equal, if North has, say, 5044 he has a 5/13 chance to select a spade. (while we're being picky :P)
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