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Lefty opens 3D - are you protecting?

Poll: Lefty opens 3D - are you protecting? (16 member(s) have cast votes)

Your action in 4th seat?

  1. Pass (3 votes [18.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.75%

  2. X (13 votes [81.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 81.25%

  3. Something else - is there any other option? (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   jules101 

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Posted 2012-April-11, 06:52

Match pointed pairs



Yuck!

What's it going to be?

Please explain your choice. Thanks.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 07:00

I must... stop.... bidding on these hands. No good can come of it....!

I'd probably double and concede -300 against nothing. I do this far too often.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 07:10

Clear double. I would balance with less.

Partner should not act in direct seat over 3♦ without a sound hand - an above average opening bid. So you must act in balancing seat with anything close to an opening hand unless you have a good reason not to.

I would not be the least surprised to make a game on this hand.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 07:36

I definitely double at matchpoints, I'm not getting rich selling out to 3♦. Tougher question at IMPs.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 08:51

View Postmr1303, on 2012-April-11, 07:00, said:

I must... stop.... passing these hands. No good can come of it....!



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Posted 2012-April-11, 10:13

Having seen what BBO posters would have taken direct action on, the main hope of a balancing double is +800. That would be a good thing, to be weighed against the minuses when we get too high or are already too high.

It is a close call.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 10:19

Double. My problem would be tempo, in that I would be afraid of revealing to partner accidentally how clear this double is by doubling too quickly.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 11:33

I think it's close. Just because partner can have a 14-count doesn't mean that he's at all likely to have one, and the three little spades are ominous. Say partner has a 9-count with 4 spades. That's a very likely hand for him to hold and he'll probably bid 3S and could easily end up down 2 which would be a disaster.

Consider your expectations when you picked this hand up - a balanced 11-12 r/r at matchpoints where the opponents have a diamond fit, what's likely to happen? Sure some of the time we might have a game or we might double them or whatever, but imo what usually happens is the opponents compete to 3D and we sell. Bidding past 3D r/r is no joke!
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