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Overcalling on direct seat over their pre-empt

#1 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2012-March-18, 09:05

Red vs White, imp pairs:

♠A9xxx
♥KQT
♦Jxx
♣Qx

3♦-???

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2012-March-18, 09:35

Pass. Not good enough to overcall. Add the ♠K (maybe the ♠Q) and I will overcall.
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Posted 2012-March-18, 13:31

Easy pass.

Our space is very limited and the most efficient way to use the space remaining is for the lower limit of 3♠ to be a hand with a decent chance of making game when partner might pass out 3♦. This doesn't meet that standard.
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Posted 2012-March-18, 13:38

I cannot imagine anyone voluntarily bidding this hand alone at the 9-trick level, even non-vul, even (maybe) at matchpoints. To bid it red at IMPs is asking to go -1100 to save a partscore.

You have 8 losers and no guarantee of a sufficient trump fit. Terrible. Let this one go.
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Posted 2012-March-18, 18:12

Pass and not close by a country mile.
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Posted 2012-March-18, 20:34

I like to compete agrressively vs enemy preempts, but this is a very clear pass. More interesting is whether to compete over a weak 2♦ opening, but even then I think I'd pass.
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