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Another weird hand to handle Or is it?

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Posted 2011-June-23, 07:48

They're red, you're white, partner deals and you hold:

T9
AKQJ
QT987xx
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It's temas and the bidding starts:

1-Pa-?

Say you bid 1, your longer suit by three cards:

1-Pa-1-Pa
1-Pa

What now?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the 3.


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Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2011-June-23, 08:43

Now you game force, either using 4th suit forcing or XYZ, then rebid diamonds as cheaply as possible (if below 3N)...
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Posted 2011-June-23, 08:48

2FSF to game followed by a rebid.
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Posted 2011-June-27, 06:46

1 followed by a GF bid (XYZ, 4th suit,...).
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Posted 2011-June-27, 07:11

It goes on:

1-Pa-1-Pa
1-Pa-2-Pa
2-Pa-3-Pa
3-Pa-?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the 3.


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Posted 2011-June-27, 09:58

View PostHanoi5, on 2011-June-27, 07:11, said:

It goes on:

1-Pa-1-Pa
1-Pa-2-Pa
2-Pa-3-Pa
3-Pa-?


Partner wants to know whether we have a heart stopper. I think AKQJ just barely qualifies, so I will tell him the good news by bidding 3NT.
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Posted 2011-June-27, 10:27

If you play rather weak openings and 1S shows 4S and 5+C, I strongly suggest 2NT. This hand is very likely a misfit hand and you should probably stay low.
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Posted 2011-June-27, 12:26

View Postxxhong, on 2011-June-27, 10:27, said:

If you play rather weak openings and 1S shows 4S and 5+C, I strongly suggest 2NT.


Yeah partner is gonna be real happy when he goes down in 5 because we didn't have the 2 small clubs he thought we had.
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Posted 2011-June-28, 09:54

View Postxxhong, on 2011-June-27, 10:27, said:

If you play rather weak openings and 1S shows 4S and 5+C, I strongly suggest 2NT. This hand is very likely a misfit hand and you should probably stay low.


In my experience what happens here is:

Responder thinks: We have a mis-fit so i had better put the breaks on by bidding 2N. Then partner will know to stay low.

What partner actually thinks: My distributional hand will play very nicely opposite a balanced 10-12 count. Since I cannot find out which cards he actually has, and many configurations give good play for game, I might as well blast 5C.
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