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Yay or nay?

Poll: Yay or nay? (37 member(s) have cast votes)

Your bid

  1. Pass (34 votes [91.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 91.89%

  2. 3H (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Dbl (3 votes [8.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.11%

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Posted 2013-April-25, 18:43



A quick sanity check. IMPs scoring.
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Posted 2013-April-25, 20:17

Pass, or if you prefer, nay.
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Posted 2013-April-25, 20:37

Nay bid.
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Posted 2013-April-25, 20:52

Even thinking about bidding is a misbid.
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Posted 2013-April-26, 03:25

I would pass, but I dont think X is insane. If the spade Ace was in some of the minors I would surely X.
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Posted 2013-April-26, 04:43

Nay.
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Posted 2013-April-26, 04:58

I would pass but I definitely do not consider it "insane" to bid.
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Posted 2013-April-26, 06:34

I pass, and also do not consider bidding insane, only moderately drunk.
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Posted 2013-April-26, 08:40

Pass but I do consider bidding to be insane in that it's insulting to pards balancing skills.
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Posted 2013-April-27, 10:05

Too weak for my taste, easy nay.
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Posted 2013-April-27, 13:52

Pass/nay, not even close.
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Posted 2013-May-01, 07:34

I need another queen to even think about it, and I would reject it then
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Posted 2013-May-09, 18:10

Yep, as I thought I need to rearrange my thinking in this spot. I doubled eventually worried about 2S-3S-AP and thinking 'what's the worst that can happen?' Apparently (2♠)-Dbl-(3♠)-4♦-(P)-P-(Dbl)-AP off two, -300 against nothing is...
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Posted 2013-May-10, 00:30

I like double, it is normal with 1 more jack so it can't be that insane. Having 5 hearts is a plus (more game chances), as well as quick tricks.
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Posted 2013-May-10, 00:33

View Postbroze, on 2013-May-09, 18:10, said:

Apparently (2♠)-Dbl-(3♠)-4♦-(P)-P-(Dbl)-AP off two, -300 against nothing is...

And that's because partner's 4♦ bid was the sane thing to do?
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Posted 2013-May-10, 05:15

View PostFree, on 2013-May-10, 00:33, said:

And that's because partner's 4♦ bid was the sane thing to do?


This was the full hand:



I couldn't really fault partner for 4♦ (although probably dbl has something going for it) and agreed in the post-mortem that I was probs a bit light but I really thought it was a lot closer than the poll suggests! E.g. If the A♠ was in any other suit it would be clear to bid; any other vul I would surely pass.
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Posted 2013-May-10, 08:16

While it may not work out any better---this hand is a much safer balancing x than
dirext----the opps are vul and if the bidding goes 2s p 3s p p both opps are weak
since they didnt try for a vul game------------- the direct x has a much greater risk
vs reward--lho is unlimited you could be facing a xx and a sledge hammer awaiting
you and you have very few values to compete on the 3 level not vulnerable does
not mean invulnerable.
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