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Poll: your call (25 member(s) have cast votes)

your call

  1. 3d (17 votes [68.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 68.00%

  2. 4d (2 votes [8.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.00%

  3. 5d (2 votes [8.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.00%

  4. 3NT (4 votes [16.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.00%

  5. something worse than one of these (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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Posted 2008-January-21, 09:42

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Posted 2008-January-21, 09:48

yuck... 3♦ is the bid, but I'm too afraid of missing a game, so I overcall 3NT.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 09:54

I'm voting for a heavy 3♦. I just can't stand 5♦ vul which could easily drift off a few and could be doubled. Partner can see the colours so hopefully he'll not be shy to do something on a scattering of values, especially of LHO passes quickly. It helps if your overcalls are sound when vul.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 11:30

3♦ is OK. I don't like 3NT - I'm not at all comfortable if partner bids 4♥ over it, eventhough I don't show a balance hand.
4♦ would be leaping Michaels, but I don't like it if on this hand if natural.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 12:06

skaeran, on Jan 21 2008, 05:30 PM, said:

I don't like 3NT - I'm not at all comfortable if partner bids 4♥ over it

just pull to 5♦, wtp?
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Posted 2008-January-21, 13:06

whereagles, on Jan 21 2008, 07:06 PM, said:

skaeran, on Jan 21 2008, 05:30 PM, said:

I don't like 3NT - I'm not at all comfortable if partner bids 4♥ over it

just pull to 5♦, wtp?

Except that I rate my chances far better in 3NT than 5♦? - no problem at all.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 14:11

3 diamonds, I play solid overcalls vs preempt for this kind of hands.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 17:13

I see 4D included as an option, if my system allowed it I would love that (though I always play leaping michaels). If 4D is not available I would bid 3S stopper ask.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 17:15

Jlall, on Jan 22 2008, 01:13 AM, said:

I see 4D included as an option, if my system allowed it I would love that (though I always play leaping michaels). If 4D is not available I would bid 3S stopper ask.

so what of all the "oh no we went past our likeliest game" protests? is 5♦ more likely than 3NT?
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Posted 2008-January-21, 17:21

gwnn, on Jan 21 2008, 06:15 PM, said:

Jlall, on Jan 22 2008, 01:13 AM, said:

I see 4D included as an option, if my system allowed it I would love that (though I always play leaping michaels). If 4D is not available I would bid 3S stopper ask.

so what of all the "oh no we went past our likeliest game" protests? is 5♦ more likely than 3NT?

Even if 3N is our most likely game (which is not clear to me at all, especially if you overcall 3N and maximize the chance of a heart lead), 3D to me is a huge underbid and you will play 3D a lot of the time you can make 3N. This hand is just too good for me to overcall 3D. Not to mention that we might miss 6D. If I have to get to our second best game to avoid playing in 3D or missing diamond slams, I'm willing to do that, and I think that 5D and 3N will be about as good on average.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 20:15

Heh I was the first one who voted 4D. It seems perfect if natural.
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Posted 2008-January-22, 03:14

If 3♦ is passed out, the chances that we missed game are not that great I think.
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Posted 2008-January-22, 05:08

skaeran, on Jan 21 2008, 07:06 PM, said:

whereagles, on Jan 21 2008, 07:06 PM, said:

skaeran, on Jan 21 2008, 05:30 PM, said:

I don't like 3NT - I'm not at all comfortable if partner bids 4♥ over it

just pull to 5♦, wtp?

Except that I rate my chances far better in 3NT than 5♦? - no problem at all.

I dunno what chances are in 5♦ as compared to 3NT, but I sure think chances in 5♦ are better than those in 4♥ :) ;) :)
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Posted 2008-January-22, 05:12

helene_t, on Jan 22 2008, 09:14 AM, said:

If 3♦ is passed out, the chances that we missed game are not that great I think.

hum... I don't know. Pard is likely to pass with a 7-8 count, which rates to be what he has, e.g. something like

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Posted 2008-January-22, 10:24

4♦ looks obvious if you aren't playing LM.
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Posted 2008-January-22, 10:38

pclayton, on Jan 22 2008, 05:24 PM, said:

4♦ looks obvious if you aren't playing LM.

Probably, but nothing is perfect - you might have bypassed your only making game.

The big upside for 4♦ is slam bidding.
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Posted 2008-January-22, 11:06

To all the 4♦ bidders: pard now bids 4♥. Your call.
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Posted 2008-January-22, 11:09

Apollo81, on Jan 22 2008, 07:06 PM, said:

To all the 4♦ bidders: pard now bids 4♥. Your call.

I just read "Bridge in the menagerie" so I gonna hog the contract. 5♦.
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