7231 club bridge
#1
Posted 2023-March-17, 09:01
#2
Posted 2023-March-17, 12:49
#3
Posted 2023-March-17, 13:13
If they have 5♣ vulnerable and weren't going to find it otherwise then I head to a better club next time (not always possible, admittedly).
#4
Posted 2023-March-17, 13:50
We have spades, lots of them. As smerriman says. my LHO is marked with Kxx or worse, KJT, do I really want to bid 4S?
#6
Posted 2023-March-17, 18:11
Cyberyeti, on 2023-March-17, 14:19, said:
(1♣) 1♠ X
Would you pass with xxx,Kxx,Kxxx,xxx , xxx,Axx,Kxxx,xxx ?
#7
Posted 2023-March-18, 03:11
jillybean, on 2023-March-17, 18:11, said:
Would you pass with xxx,Kxx,Kxxx,xxx , xxx,Axx,Kxxx,xxx ?
Of course not, but it wasn't a double, it was 1N showing at least one spade stop, it's specifically this auction where it's problematic, where you know the spades are wrong rather than a double where they're likely to be right
#8
Posted 2023-March-18, 03:32
smerriman, on 2023-March-17, 12:49, said:
Agree. Bidding up to the level of the fit is not a total rule when you have a bit of knowledge where the cards are. Either partner has bid up to the level of the fit on garbage or he has some useful defensive cards. If on garbage you do not want to be in 4♠, and he will need exactly the right
I am happy to let the opps. play in 4♣ here. East might have stretched to 3♣. You are not going to bounce them into 5♣ if you decide to bid 4♠ immediately, and I think it is a 80% chance you will go down in a 4♠ contract. I would rather be cautious here even at white/red.
#9
Posted 2023-March-18, 05:36
#10
Posted 2023-March-18, 08:04
Cyberyeti, on 2023-March-18, 03:11, said:
With same cards after (1C) 1S (1NT) you would pass?
#11
Posted 2023-March-18, 08:06
TMorris, on 2023-March-18, 05:36, said:
That is not always the case unless it is your regular club. The title was in reference to the level or play rather than familiarity with players.
#12
Posted 2023-March-18, 09:26
jillybean, on 2023-March-18, 08:04, said:
Playing what I play with VERY sound 1/1 overcalls I would consider doubling on a lot less than you would.
I would probably pass those hands because they're flat and my trumps might not be that useful, unless partner has a second suit they're not ruffing anything in my hand.
I take the point this is a more awkward problem if 1N is on shape and doesn't necessarily show a spade stop.
#13
Posted 2023-March-18, 12:34
Here is the full hand.
#14
Posted 2023-March-18, 12:48
#15
Posted 2023-March-18, 12:58
Presumably if defending a club contract, you lead the spade ace, partner signals for a diamond switch with the 2, then you underlead the ace and take three diamond tricks, followed by the heart king eventually.
#17
Posted 2023-March-18, 13:55