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Bidding Problem 1

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Posted 2014-June-19, 11:33

There may be a positional problem associated with this hand that is not
present in the previous hand. The opps have finished bidding and the
strong hand (if the opps have one) is to our right. Both of our hands are
now, in effect, in the pass out position since lho will virtually never be
in position to x us with their highly limited opening.

There is a rather dramatic difference between a 4s opener to our right and
having to decide what to do with this hand and the 2s p 4s auction that happened
for this problem. I would have problems overcalling 5h over a direct 4s opening
bid precisely because of the unlimited nature of lho behind me. Rho in this
particular auction has at least somewhat limited their power and their choice
of bidding could also be done with very little.

Lets put this problem in a different perspective if the bidding had gone 4s p p
would you consider this hand as worthy of a 5h bid? if not then you should freely
pass in the given problem but if so then maybe a 5h bid is right even though it
"appears" to be in the direct seat.

When you have a monster hand worthy of 10 tricks you still have x (or 4n
converting 5m to 5h) available followed by 5h so a 5h overcall here does not meet
those requirements.
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