[Fluffy]

♠KJxx
♥QJ
♦AKQ
♣KJ108

MPs

(1♥)-double-(pass)-1♠
(2♥)-??


The rest of the hand is not extremely exciting I think but some guessing can be fun, you can test it on my page as always:

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[gwnn]

I bid 3♠, raised to 4 by partner.

Spoiler

I finessed opener's partner for the ♠Q then when I cashed 3 diamonds and crossed to my hand with a trump, West discarded the ♣A

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[Fluffy]

Thanks Csaba, fixed it. Please, hide the card location.

BTW I think you tried to send me a message through the page but I got a blank one, anything wrong there?

[eagles123]

I also bid 3♠ raised to 4 but only made 10 tricks. On a side note is West not a bit negative passing with 4 hearts?

[Fluffy]

yeah should perhaps alert that its a hand form the club, I plan on putting some general names to opponents on the future.

[gwnn]

Fluffy, on 2013-June-30, 05:14, said:

Thanks Csaba, fixed it. Please, hide the card location.

BTW I think you tried to send me a message through the page but I got a blank one, anything wrong there?

I didn't try to send you a message.

[Antrax]

I bid 2♠ and ended up in 4 anyway, and made 11 tricks! Hurrah.

[gnasher]

gwnn, on 2013-June-30, 05:00, said:

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A good thing too, if you're going to play it like that

[Cyberyeti]

I think you should allow 3♥ as a bid/poll choice.

Made 11

[Fluffy]

Yes, I realized that later, although 3♥ supposedly is a very big hand with only 3 spades.

[Fluffy]

I just though of putting opponent's bidding after their name, in the player's box (East/West) when you become dummy and switch position to declare. Some people complained about missing the POV when switching LHO with RHO, perhaps it would help, what do yo think?

It would be something like

| West: 1♥-2♥-P | ------------ | East: P-P-P |

[HeartA]

The bad thing is ♥QJ seems useless. The good thing is any honor card pd has are useful.

[PhilKing]

I like double. Partner bids 2♠ with any 0-4(bad 5). Anything else is game forcing. And he can pass or bid 2♠ with the dreaded 3433 depending on his texture.

I'm passing 2♠, of course.

[carnivales]

PhilKing, on 2013-June-30, 10:08, said:

I like double. Partner bids 2♠ with any 0-4(bad 5). Anything else is game forcing. And he can pass or bid 2♠ with the dreaded 3433 depending on his texture.

I'm passing 2♠, of course.

In my partenrships, I'd put 3♠ at invitational with somewhere around 17 points to a bad 20. 3♥ in my opinion would be a game force, not 3♠.

[PhilKing]

carnivales, on 2013-June-30, 10:15, said:

In my partenrships, I'd put 3♠ at invitational with somewhere around 17 points to a bad 20. 3♥ in my opinion would be a game force, not 3♠.

I think you may not have got my meaning - over my second double, anything other than 2♠ shows a game force.

[gwnn]

gnasher, on 2013-June-30, 06:54, said:

A good thing too, if you're going to play it like that

Fluffy needs people inadvertently playing randomly to find obscure bugs. (I'm always under the impression that if I have 9 trumps, I can never run out )

[bigbenvic]

gwnn, on 2013-July-01, 02:14, said:

Fluffy needs people inadvertently playing randomly to find obscure bugs. (I'm always under the impression that if I have 9 trumps, I can never run out )

I would bid 3♥ forcing suggests 3nt as an option if Pards has a stopper, its used when you have long strong minor, or a half stopped heart suit with a reason to want 3nt instead of 4♠.

As he has a fifth he bids 3♠ which is stronger than 4 but not strong enough to cue (given he didn't jump to 2s his hand is limited already)

ps made 11 but not gwmn's way!

[rmnka447]

I'd bid 3 ♠. Since 2 ♠ would be invitational, 3 ♠ to me says to partner "bid 4 if you have any reasonable excuse to do so." With both black suit KJs, it seems like partner will need a little something for 4 to make. So partner will have a chance to pass with a truly terrible hand.