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#1 User is offline   benlessard 

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Posted 2013-August-17, 18:22



Do you agree with opening ? Now what ?
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Posted 2013-August-17, 18:35

2H. 3H would show a better hand. I'll bid 3H next round if allowed.
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Posted 2013-August-17, 18:44

I can live with 2 or 3 which for us shows 6 and a half to 7 playing tricks and is more limited at the top end than it is for most people.
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Posted 2013-August-17, 19:16

2H is fine. I will compete to 3 if allowed.
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Posted 2013-August-17, 21:07

Yes and 2H. For us, jumps to 3 are sound. We also tend to respond very light.
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Posted 2013-August-26, 18:21

Open 1 was right,now I bid 2.
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Posted 2013-August-26, 20:12

Open (WTP) and 2 since I'd not play 3 as preemptive here after opening, in spite of RHO's X.
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Posted 2013-August-29, 15:40

I'll rebid 2.
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Posted 2013-August-30, 08:32

2H, then 3H, then 4H, then ... :)

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Posted 2013-August-30, 19:47

I saw 4H at 2 tables in the "A" and I thought It was really loony.

Responder hand was

AKJxx
xx
QJx
Kxxx

and 4H goes down on a club lead.
From Psych "I mean, Gus and I never see eye-to-eye on work stuff.
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
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Posted 2013-August-31, 05:18

:P Imo, the posters are correct. Open with one, and then bid 2 over the double. So, you end up in 4. This is a very high percentage game. You have only four possible losers and potential discards on dummy's spades given time. A lot has to go wrong for you to go down. Rough estimate of the probabilities:
1. Club opening lead - 50%
2. Club ace with RHO - 80%
3. Heart king with LHO - 60%
4. Heart king with RHO four times - 5%
5. Spades misbehave - 25%
Figuring all of these combined chances is a bit of a Bayesian mess (e.g. the location of the club ace and the probability of a club lead are interconnected), but you gotta figure you are roughly 2 to 1 to make 4. It's a bidders' game. Not being in 4 is an error.
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Posted 2013-September-01, 12:38

View Postbenlessard, on 2013-August-30, 19:47, said:

I saw 4H at 2 tables in the "A" and I thought It was really loony.


I think a number of people would just open 4.
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