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How many spades? Ugly suit, ugly hand?

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Posted 2012-May-09, 19:46

Mp's, white vs red, partner passes as dealer and so does RHO:

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♥K
♦Kx
♣AJ

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Posted 2012-May-09, 20:29

2♠. If partner can't act over that, I don't think I want to be in 4.
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Posted 2012-May-10, 02:21

My first thought was 3♠, as even if partner has short spades we're unlikely to have many trump losers. But then if partner bids 3NT over 3♠ I'm forced to bid 4♠.

Now I think 2♠ is best, and if opponents balance we can then bid 3♠.
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Posted 2012-May-10, 07:47

I would take other openings into consideration.

LHO's silence smells badly, I would want to stay low.
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Posted 2012-May-10, 08:28

♠J97xxxxx
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There's an easy way to look at this.

If partner has two spades and three big cards (say, Kx, Axxx, xxx, Kxxx), partner is raising and we can bid game. So 2♠ is fine.
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Posted 2012-May-10, 08:51

View PostPhil, on 2012-May-10, 08:28, said:

♠J97xxxxx
♥K
♦Kx
♣AJ

There's an easy way to look at this.

If partner has two spades and three big cards (say, Kx, Axxx, xxx, Kxxx), partner is raising and we can bid game. So 2♠ is fine.

Sadly he doesn't need that much, xx, xxxx, AQxx, xxx may well be plenty.
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Posted 2012-May-11, 03:40

2 ♠ too
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