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What is your call as East? and why?
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Posted 2019-July-23, 05:28
Team matches IMPS
What is your call as East? and why?
Thank You
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Posted 2019-July-23, 11:48
I’m not defending red vs green with 2 useful cards and a void.
I am bidding 4NT which is 2-suits to play. It is possible that partner has a big hand with D but I’ll convert 5D to 5H. If partner is of course allowed to bid cheaply.
If partner Xes 5S, I’ll probably sit for it. Same if he bids D and they bid 5S, I am Xing too. Partner should then guess that I either have C/H or too weak a hand to go to 6D.
If partner bids 5C and they bid on, I am bidding 6. If partner bids 5H (big hand with H? You must be joking, man), 7H seems odds on. But I wonder how expensive 7S is.
I am bidding 4NT which is 2-suits to play. It is possible that partner has a big hand with D but I’ll convert 5D to 5H. If partner is of course allowed to bid cheaply.
If partner Xes 5S, I’ll probably sit for it. Same if he bids D and they bid 5S, I am Xing too. Partner should then guess that I either have C/H or too weak a hand to go to 6D.
If partner bids 5C and they bid on, I am bidding 6. If partner bids 5H (big hand with H? You must be joking, man), 7H seems odds on. But I wonder how expensive 7S is.
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Posted 2019-July-23, 11:53
My rule of thumb, is with offensive hands, bid. With defensive hands, defend. This is an offensive hand, so I want to bid. I don't like double, because partner may pass it. Bidding 5c or 5h is a guess, the way to remove the guess is to bid 4n. Most people treat this as some 2 suited takeout. Partner is supposed to bid the first suit they like. If partner bids 5c, I'll pass. If they bid 5d, then bid 5h.
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