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Re #5553 Express- Free TCR 80 Auto 2014-03-19-09:32 (Sorry- I can't remember how to generate link to deal)
The bidding:
1♥ x xx (GIB)1♠
p 2♣ 2♥ (GIB)♣ etc.
Was GIB, holding a Yarborough, required to make the 3♣ bid with 3-card support?
I also wonder about the earlier 1♠ bid with a 4-card suit.
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GIB Yarborough Bidding SOPs Reply? Raise?
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Posted 2014-March-19, 10:11
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Posted 2014-March-19, 12:26
You didn't provide the hand, so it is hard to comment precisely. However, it is normal for responder to a takeout double to bid a 4 card spade suit, even with minimal values, over the redouble. If responder did not do so, the doubler might assume that responder did not have 4 spades and he will bid something other than 1♠ on his 4 card spade suit.
As for bidding 3♣ on a Yarborough, doubler showed a very strong hand with long clubs by bidding 2♣. The 3♣ bid is probably just a curtesy raise, as responder is known to have very little on this auction.
As for bidding 3♣ on a Yarborough, doubler showed a very strong hand with long clubs by bidding 2♣. The 3♣ bid is probably just a curtesy raise, as responder is known to have very little on this auction.
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Posted 2014-March-19, 14:37
1 spade is normal, after xx one looks for the safest escape route, and bidding promises zero hcp just as it does after a pass. 3♣ with yarb 4333 is not normal IMO.
2 clubs and 5 spades are crazy. 2 spades is the call, shows a lot extra when partner likely broke. Without the redouble raising 1s to 3s is probably normal.
Looking for slam is nuts, after open and xx the opps are supposed to have more than half the deck and you have the other half, so yarb is somewhat expected, but better shape than this to bid 3c. If one of the opps psyched, with real values partner is supposed to do something like cue bid hearts, or *pass* the redouble then bid freely afterwards.
2 clubs and 5 spades are crazy. 2 spades is the call, shows a lot extra when partner likely broke. Without the redouble raising 1s to 3s is probably normal.
Looking for slam is nuts, after open and xx the opps are supposed to have more than half the deck and you have the other half, so yarb is somewhat expected, but better shape than this to bid 3c. If one of the opps psyched, with real values partner is supposed to do something like cue bid hearts, or *pass* the redouble then bid freely afterwards.
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Posted 2014-March-22, 10:35
I appreciate the hand diagram and comments provided by the other members.
I will not be unhappy if BBO administration is unable to reply because I know they are always very busy, but I what I was hoping was that Barmar or someone might have time to tell me (1) if GIB is programmed to always bid over opponents 1st round xx (what if the 4-card suit had been a minor?), and (2) if the programming which led to GIB's 3♣bid might be improved.
As for my own bidding I agree I completely missed the significance of the xx, and that my ensuing bids were awful.
I will not be unhappy if BBO administration is unable to reply because I know they are always very busy, but I what I was hoping was that Barmar or someone might have time to tell me (1) if GIB is programmed to always bid over opponents 1st round xx (what if the 4-card suit had been a minor?), and (2) if the programming which led to GIB's 3♣bid might be improved.
As for my own bidding I agree I completely missed the significance of the xx, and that my ensuing bids were awful.
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