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Posted 2006-February-09, 20:44
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Posted 2006-February-09, 21:15
Double for me.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2006-February-09, 23:32
You must be on heavy medication to bid 3nt on that 1.
From Psych "I mean, Gus and I never see eye-to-eye on work stuff.
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
Bottom line is we never let that difference of opinion interfere with anything."
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Posted 2006-February-10, 01:15
Double, unless I have hopes to arrange a money game against RHO.
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Posted 2006-February-10, 01:48
Blofeld, on Feb 9 2006, 09:44 PM, said:
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Dbl. wtp?
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Posted 2006-February-10, 02:10
Double. Hopefully pard lacks the imagination to lead anything but a trump.
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Posted 2006-February-10, 17:51
my first double said i had interest in defending... i'd double fully expecting a trump lead.. they could be in very deep doo doo
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Posted 2006-February-12, 13:59
At the table my imagination was suggesting ways that 3♦ could make on a cross-ruff, leading me to eschew a double (I bid 4NT), but I suppose that this is unlikely in the extreme.
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Posted 2006-February-12, 16:44
Maybe I am on medication, but I bid 3NT.
I expect to make 3NT. Assuming that I make 3NT (which is certainly a heavy favorite) I would have to beat 3Dx 3 tricks to get a better result, and 4 tricks to get a significantly better result. And I would hate to get a -470 result, which is not out of the question.
I expect to make 3NT. Assuming that I make 3NT (which is certainly a heavy favorite) I would have to beat 3Dx 3 tricks to get a better result, and 4 tricks to get a significantly better result. And I would hate to get a -470 result, which is not out of the question.
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Posted 2006-February-12, 16:55
All alone on my own little island....I would have simply bid 3N over 2N and stopped all this silliness. 
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Posted 2006-February-13, 14:35
Double, WTP? In recent experience, I have never encountered -470 or +100 in this situation. Meckstroth doesn't call this the "burn" vulnerability for nothing ...
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Posted 2006-February-13, 14:38
Looks like I'm in a small minority. I would bid 3N.
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Posted 2006-February-13, 14:44
Not enough trumps to beat a distributional diamond contract to compensate for the likely game bonus. Pard has an opener and now we have info to help us declare so lets do so.
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Posted 2006-February-13, 23:29
The only worry here might be partner void in diamonds (which is impossible, he would not have passed 3♦). I double, and would be surprised if we do not get 500 (much more likely, 800)
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(P) 1♠ (2NT) X
(3♦) P (P) ?
1♠ is 5+ cards, could be lightish; 2NT was unusual.