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#1 User is offline   Echognome 

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Posted 2006-March-08, 18:13

Scoring: IMP

1♠ - 2♦
2♥ - ?


You are playing a natural system where 2/1s are not GF. Your first bid is fairly automatic. What do you bid now?
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Posted 2006-March-08, 18:46

I must be missing something. You have an invitational hand, no fit, and a stopper in the 4'th suit. Isn't 2N automatic?
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Posted 2006-March-08, 18:47

Yes.
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Posted 2006-March-09, 01:38

2NT, 10-12 hcp, club stopper, not 4 hearts, not 3 spades. Isn't that what I have?

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Posted 2006-March-09, 01:53

2nt seems auto, while the only potential alternative is pass. And that only if your table feel noted that one of your opponents couldn't control his/her drool.
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Posted 2006-March-09, 03:29

2NT is normal as long as you play sound opening bids.
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Posted 2006-March-09, 04:01

2NT easy :)
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Posted 2006-March-09, 05:47

I thought 2NT is automatic as well. However, I chose the eccentric bid of 3♥ and we ended playing in the 4-3 (at game as it turned out). This happened to be a much better contract than the 3NT at the other table. I thought it was a fluke, but wondered if anyone else would raise hearts rather than bid NT.

Partner's hand was:

♠Axxxxx
♥KQxx
♦T
♣Ax
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Posted 2006-March-09, 05:49

Echognome, on Mar 9 2006, 11:47 AM, said:

but wondered if anyone else would raise hearts rather than bid NT.

Not with this hand of quacks.
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Posted 2006-March-09, 06:05

Must be a trick question - 2NT.
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Posted 2006-March-09, 06:10

On the expected trump lead, 4H also seems a pretty poor contract.
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Posted 2006-March-09, 06:19

FrancesHinden, on Mar 9 2006, 12:10 PM, said:

On the expected trump lead, 4H also seems a pretty poor contract.

Agreed. But it's better than NT. And partner's raise is pretty aggressive. As it turns out, spades are 3-3, so the trump lead doesn't do much for them.

Edit: Maybe it is clearer if I say the following two things. 1) I disagree with 3♥ on the hand. 2NT is the clear bid. 2) Hearts is a better strain than NT or spades, whether you are at part-score or game.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 00:41

How about a tactical underbid of 1NT on the first round? You have 11 HCP but only two controls, your clubs are iffy and the J♥ is poor unless partner bids hearts--and if does, he's likely short in a minor, so either clubs are a weakness or diamonds won't run. Your Q♠ is fine but the stiff spade is horrible in a NT contract--partner will be overvaluing his spade length. Change J♥ and K♣ into A♣ and x♥ and 2♦ is clearly right.
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