| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1953.1 | Bid 2C early | SUBSYS::SENGUPTA | Shekhar Sengupta DTN 237-6785 | Fri Mar 28 1997 16:08 | 23 |
| I would have bid 2C on my first turn. That gives me more chances to
uncover a fit than an initial pass. After partner's double, I
assume that RHO's hand is more likely to be 3 or 4 diamonds and 4
hearts rather than a strong hand with reversing values, which he
chose not to show because of LHO's pass.
To discover the almost certain club fit, I'll keep cue bidding until
partner says clubs and then bid Blackwood.
Had I bid clubs originally, I would have had more time to explore
the general strength of partner's hand, discover the fit and play
the hand in 3N, 5C or 6C
A hand like this came up last night where I held:
AKQxx-xxx-QJx-Qx LHO Partner RHO Me
1C P 1H 1S
5H(!) 6H(!!) P 6S(Gulp)
AP. With the Ace of Hearts led, partner tabled:
Jxxx-void-Axx-AKxxxx 7S would have been the winning bid but I
didn't have the opportunity to find out!
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| 1953.2 | start by cueing 2H to create a game force, then bid minimum minors. | GAAS::BRAUCHER | And nothing else matters | Mon Mar 31 1997 09:32 | 12 |
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I also dislike the pass of 1D. You aren't getting a penalty with this
hand - it's a mirage. If 1D is Precision or some such, partner will be
aware of it. But I have many friends who pass, so let's assume I did.
Diamond bids are natural over 1H - 2H is the cue. Since I'm forcing to
game at least, I'd cue-bid 2H, planning to make minimum bids thereafter.
Partner knows I have diamonds as soon as I do this, since otherwise my
pass makes no sense.
bb
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| 1953.3 | 2C/1D | BULMER::KABLESHKOV | | Tue Apr 01 1997 04:56 | 2 |
| Yes, I'd bid 2C/1D too, ending in 3N or 5C or even 5D (depending on
whether 1D was genine or conventional). Now I would bid 2H/1H.
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| 1953.4 | 5C is correct place, if you can get there | DAVIDB::DMILLER | This bug fix broke what??????? | Tue Apr 01 1997 17:05 | 24 |
| Opps were playing SA/5CM, so 1D was natural.
We have ways to get in both minors after the opps open a minor, but
none of them applied at my first opportunity to bid. I didn't expect
1D to be passed out with me holding 1-1 in the majors, so I hoped I'd
be able to show both minors on my next bid.
Over RHO's 1H, I decided that our methods weren't too well defined
after a "trap" pass. I went with 2N as the best all around bid. If
partner thought it was natural, he could raise to 3N with a decent
balancing hand. If he thought it was unusual, I've got that too!
Partner passed, holding Txxx-KQx-x-QJxxx, feeling he had bid his hand
to the limit with his balancing action. A heart to the Ace, and a
heart continuation left me with 12 tricks when RHO pitched a diamond
from Txxx as I ran clubs. 3N can go down if the opps figure out how to
unscramble their 4 spade tricks to go along with the HA. 5C is stone
cold, requiring a single diamond ruff to set up the suit.
Txxx-KQx-x-QJxxx
Qxxx-Jxxxx-Jx-xx AKxx-Axxx-Txxx-x
J-x-AKQxxx-AKxxx
-Dave
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| 1953.5 | Get away with a murder at lunch... | BULMER::KABLESHKOV | | Wed Apr 02 1997 04:26 | 4 |
| Apart from the 'lunch-time' factor, both E's 1D and N's X are
very questionable in aggregate (IMPs) or rubber scoring. In the
latter case this could be justified only if E-W had 80+ below
the line.
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