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Feeling lucky?

Poll: Feeling lucky? (21 member(s) have cast votes)

Bid 4?

  1. Yes (17 votes [80.95%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 80.95%

  2. No (3 votes [14.29%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 14.29%

  3. Wibble (1 votes [4.76%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

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#1 User is offline   Jinksy 

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Posted 2016-August-06, 04:01



IMP pairs.

3S is preemptive, with 0 to a mediocre 7 HCP.

[ETA] We also play mini-splinters, so P cannot have shortage and 5+ points.
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Posted 2016-August-06, 04:57

oh yes definitely 4 spade - we're vul at imp and even if p has a yarbrough we surely have a decent chance of making game
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Posted 2016-August-06, 06:29

You can't investigate, game can be ridiculously cold, just bid it at IMPs
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Posted 2016-August-06, 08:17

Can't imagine not bidding game.
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Posted 2016-August-06, 09:23

We would need a perfect flop and some luck to make slam so I'll settle on game.
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Posted 2016-August-06, 11:07

you bid game anyway, but if partner has less than 5ish on this auction he's an idiot.
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Posted 2016-August-06, 14:05

If I was feeling Karapet the Free Armenian unlucky, I would pass.
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Posted 2016-August-06, 14:55

4 ♠ in a flash!
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Posted 2016-August-08, 18:32

Ta. Just a sanity check. Everyone in the room (inc me) reached 4♠, which was a poor contract that required (and in fact had) trumps 2-2 with K onside.
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Posted 2016-August-09, 16:08

View PostJinksy, on 2016-August-06, 04:01, said:

3S is preemptive, with 0 to a mediocre 7 HCP.

[ETA] We also play mini-splinters, so P cannot have shortage and 5+ points.


Sorry, this is far too wide a range. It's obvious to bid game on the quoted hand, but make the hand a bit weaker and you are just guessing.
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Posted 2016-August-10, 16:59

Would you feel differently NV? Or the same at any vulnerability? And what range would you recommend instead (given that the upper limit will be a bad 7)?

I've so far found it goes pretty well if you just assume responder is near max, since his a priori odds of having less than, say, 5 are so low - and lower still given that opener is looking at (say approx) an 18-point hand and a nine-card fit, and neither opp has been able to act.
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Posted 2016-August-10, 17:13

not particularly relevant, but if my system was to raise on 4 pieces with 0-7 hcp, at this vulnerability, i would only make the bid when i held 5-7
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Posted 2016-August-10, 17:50

View Postkuhchung, on 2016-August-10, 17:13, said:

not particularly relevant, but if my system was to raise on 4 pieces with 0-7 hcp, at this vulnerability, i would only make the bid when i held 5-7


Then your partner would be giving misinformation if they said 0-7 when it is really 5-7.
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