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Poll: What do you bid? (19 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you bid?

  1. Pass (11 votes [57.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 57.89%

  2. 3D (8 votes [42.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 42.11%

  3. 3H (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. 3S (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Free 

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Posted 2008-April-05, 04:01

You hold:
Scoring: MP


The auction starts (opps quiet):
1♣ - 1♦
3♣ - ?

What do you bid?

A side question: if you were playing Walsh, would you have bid 1♥ or 1♦?
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Posted 2008-April-05, 04:25

3♦.

Forcing, naturally.   Hoping to hear 3NT from partner, but planning to rebid 3NT anyway over 3♥ or 3♠.

Playing Walsh, I would respond 1♥.
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Posted 2008-April-05, 05:47

I really suggest you pass...
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Posted 2008-April-05, 06:44

I would have probably bid 1♦, even in a Walsh context.

I would rebid 3♦ right now. This hand has to be worth more in a Diamond contract that in Clubs
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Posted 2008-April-05, 07:09

I would pass, it's possible that 3N makes and 3C is down even (if diamonds can be used as a source of tricks), but I think at MP the odds are with passing on this misfit hand.
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Posted 2008-April-05, 10:13

I would bid 3♦, I think there are good odds that the better of 3NT and 5♦ is better than 3♣.
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Posted 2008-April-05, 13:48

Jlall, on Apr 6 2008, 02:09 AM, said:

I would pass, it's possible that 3N makes and 3C is down even (if diamonds can be used as a source of tricks), but I think at MP the odds are with passing on this misfit hand.

This seems exactly right to me.

Only the sixth diamond tempts me at all to bid. On average partner rate to have fewer diamonds than either major. Therefore any optimism for running diamonds should be short lived.
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Posted 2008-April-05, 14:15

P for me.
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Posted 2008-April-06, 06:33

I pass with this. Doesn't look gameworthy.
I do play Walsh, and there is a choice between showing the hearts or showing the long diamonds. With this I would bid 1♦ showing 4+ hearts because experience has shown me that it is a mistake to not show a lousy heart suit.
However, the way the question is phrased (would you have bid 1♦ or 1♥) makes me think your Walsh and mine a two completely different people !
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Posted 2008-April-06, 13:20

[pedantry on]
I would make a call, rather than a bid
[pedantry off]
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Posted 2008-April-09, 12:29

FrancesHinden, on Apr 6 2008, 08:20 PM, said:

[pedantry on]
I would make a call, rather than a bid
[pedantry off]

Agree.
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