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#1 User is online   jillybean 

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Posted Yesterday, 17:59



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Posted Yesterday, 18:27

Might be dangerous at this vulnerability but I think I'd be too tempted and bid 2 (last round).
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Posted Yesterday, 18:27

Pass seems like a standout to me. Spades are not splitting. What source of tricks do we have. I see probably 4 spade tricks and 2 !C and that's about it.

If I for some reason felt compelled to bid the time to do it would have been a round earlier and a level lower.
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Posted Today, 01:58

The OS would have me bid 3 as an IJO from the outset
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Posted Today, 04:38

Lately we've talked a little about beginner freeze, I was not sure what to do first round.
When it came back to me in 3H, I'm wondering about a psych.



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Posted Today, 04:46

As far as I can see, 4H is making. Given your 3S bid, East knows, West does not have a lot of
wastage in spade.

I would also suggest, that you forget about the existence of psychs.
In Why you loose at Bridge, S.J. Simon describes an episode, he had, he was playing against an
renowned expert, who loved to psych, ... in the end basically all had their bids, and it was
good for him, although he though during the bidding, that they tried to cheat him out of his
inheritance.

It is not clear, if they would bid 4H without 3S, most likey the would, but you know your customers
better.
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Posted Today, 05:00

I was happy with the result, 4 & +1 made at the other tables.
Psychs usually don't enter my mind. This opponent & this auction had me wondering.
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Posted Today, 05:25

View Postmw64ahw, on 2025-February-04, 01:58, said:

The OS would have me bid 3 as an IJO from the outset

Except I'm not sure I can do that unless the 1 overcall is artificial which is how I play it.
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Posted Today, 05:42

View Postjillybean, on 2025-February-04, 04:38, said:

Lately we've talked a little about beginner freeze, I was not sure what to do first round.
When it came back to me in 3H, I'm wondering about a psych.



-1 beginners luck

3 looks like an underbid given East has shown 6
Taking East with a minimum 13 total points - this can be upgraded to 16 (taking a Goren revaluation approach) once a fit is found so 16 +12 = 278
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Posted Today, 05:47

View Postmw64ahw, on 2025-February-04, 05:42, said:

3 looks like an underbid given East has shown 6
Taking East with a minimum 13 total points - this can be upgraded to 16 (taking a Goren revaluation approach) once a fit is found so 16 +12 = 278

I like your math :)
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Posted Today, 05:52

View Postjillybean, on 2025-February-04, 05:47, said:

I like your math :)

obviously good enough for game and maybe even a grandPosted Image
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Posted Today, 06:06

What do people think of West's 1 bid?
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Posted Today, 06:12

View Postjillybean, on 2025-February-04, 06:06, said:

What do people think of West's 1 bid?

It is ok. Given that you at least invite, you can try to go looking for 44 in spade.
If you plan to force to game, which the current West did not, since he did bid only 3H,
it depends: if you have the option to show a gf raise with 3 card support for p or not,
if you do, I guess you are better served by going down this road.

Should you force to game? I would, but I dont open super light, and I would make forcing
raise of hearts.
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Posted Today, 06:13

View Postjillybean, on 2025-February-04, 06:06, said:

What do people think of West's 1 bid?

I would show the support and not bother with
I make the bid playing an artificial 1.
After 1N from partner 3 is a 3-card limit raise with 8 mod. losers
After 2 to 2, 3 shows the 3-card limit raise with 8 mod. losers. 2 would show 4 so i then have a choice of games
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Posted Today, 07:29

View Postjillybean, on 2025-February-04, 06:06, said:

What do people think of West's 1 bid?

I think this (i.e., what to do holding 3 hearts and 4 spades when partner opens 1) was discussed in another thread recently but I don't remember which one. Playing 2/1, our rule is that we don't bypass spades to bid a semi-forcing 1NT unless we also have 3 hearts and an invitational hand, and we're just using 1NT to set the stage for our 3 bid.

That's a long-winded way of saying "support with support" - I would have bid 1NT followed by 3.
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Posted Today, 07:44

View Postsmerriman, on 2025-February-03, 18:27, said:

Might be dangerous at this vulnerability but I think I'd be too tempted and bid 2 (last round).

I would also have bid 2 at the first opportunity. But this ("sandwich seat" bids) is another area for partnership discussion. Would partner have recognized 2 as natural? What would X mean? What would 2 mean? What about OBAR bids?
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