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Posted 2019-June-17, 06:02
On the first hand, what would East have meant by double or the various 2-level bids ?
I got a 'server error' trying to vote for the second hand.
I got a 'server error' trying to vote for the second hand.
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Posted 2019-June-17, 11:08
pescetom, on 2019-June-17, 06:02, said:
On the first hand, what would East have meant by double or the various 2-level bids ?
X = 5C + 4M
2C = MM
2D = 5D + 4M
Rest natural
But she is a conservative balancer. Especially red...
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Posted 2019-June-18, 10:09
You should change the diamond 4 to the diamond 2. 3rd/5th is normally against suit contracts only. For me, it was close between the heart and the diamond.
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Posted 2019-June-18, 23:39
Thanks all for your comments.
On deal 1, I lead the HJ like many of you. Just to catch dummy with a low D singleton and KQ9x H. I thought H would be a safe lead, giving away nothing, while D (I hesitated a lot on that one) could be ok but could also help declarer a lot, with such a broken suit... We lost a tempo (p had KJxxx D) and declarer could set up her Cs while we could only do our CA and some spades for -120. At the other table, teammates quickly ended up -100 on the D lead.
On deal 2, I lead SQ (for attitude) rather than H. Five small with unclear entries made me think that S could be settled more easily. Actually, the HT would have been much harder for declarer (Jx in dummy, AQx in partner, Kxx declarer, and xxxx S in partner). Fortunately, teammates made 9 tricks vs. 10 at our table.
We both thought it was close décisions in any case. But just wanted to check here.
On deal 1, I lead the HJ like many of you. Just to catch dummy with a low D singleton and KQ9x H. I thought H would be a safe lead, giving away nothing, while D (I hesitated a lot on that one) could be ok but could also help declarer a lot, with such a broken suit... We lost a tempo (p had KJxxx D) and declarer could set up her Cs while we could only do our CA and some spades for -120. At the other table, teammates quickly ended up -100 on the D lead.
On deal 2, I lead SQ (for attitude) rather than H. Five small with unclear entries made me think that S could be settled more easily. Actually, the HT would have been much harder for declarer (Jx in dummy, AQx in partner, Kxx declarer, and xxxx S in partner). Fortunately, teammates made 9 tricks vs. 10 at our table.
We both thought it was close décisions in any case. But just wanted to check here.
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