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♥ A9
♦ AJ103
♣ AQ97532
Pard you
1♠ ... 2♣ (F1)
3♠ ... ??
3♠ is 15-17 and good 6 card suit. Normally has no other 4 card suit.
4♦ now is undiscussed.
What now?
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Posted 2015-January-17, 03:13
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Posted 2015-January-17, 06:04
4♣ to tell my pd that I have lot more clubs than I showed previously and not impressed a lot by his 3 spades.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 07:04
Yes, 4C looks right here. If partner bids 4S I have a problem.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 07:54
4D is far better than 4C as it shows 2 features of my hand. I suspect many would play 4m as a cue bid.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 07:55
I know it is not answering the question, but just curious about the definition (and quite narrow one at that) of the 3S rebid.
Given that 2C is not GF I would simply have defined 3S as establishing a GF with a robust 6+ card suit. HCP undefined but not excluding 18-19, and I can imagine shapely hands where I would do it with 14. I suppose that 4S rebid should have a meaning, but pretty specific.
Given that 2C is not GF I would simply have defined 3S as establishing a GF with a robust 6+ card suit. HCP undefined but not excluding 18-19, and I can imagine shapely hands where I would do it with 14. I suppose that 4S rebid should have a meaning, but pretty specific.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 08:04
the hog, on 2015-January-17, 07:54, said:
4D is far better than 4C as it shows 2 features of my hand. I suspect many would play 4m as a cue bid.
Many would play 4D as a cue-bid but 4C not. That's why 4C is better.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 09:37
Tough one.
I'm tempted to shoot 6♣ and expect to have a play opposite a stiff. If partner converts to 6♠ it's not my problem anymore.
Could a non solid partnership bid 4♣ minus those red Aces? I've seen pick up pairs pass that bid.
I'm tempted to shoot 6♣ and expect to have a play opposite a stiff. If partner converts to 6♠ it's not my problem anymore.
Could a non solid partnership bid 4♣ minus those red Aces? I've seen pick up pairs pass that bid.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 10:21
Depends a bit on your philosophy on undiscussed bids... if you have a strict "undiscussed = natural" philosophy, then 4♦ is very attractive, showing extra values and significant shape (partner should expect us to bid 3NT on most 5♣4♦ hands and start with diamonds if we have 5-5...)
If there is a chance partner might mistake 4♦ for a cue, then 4♣ is probably the safer bid.
BTW, there are several bids I would rate more highly than 4NT RKCB that you did not mention, including 6♣. 4NT is a terrible bid.
If there is a chance partner might mistake 4♦ for a cue, then 4♣ is probably the safer bid.
BTW, there are several bids I would rate more highly than 4NT RKCB that you did not mention, including 6♣. 4NT is a terrible bid.
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Posted 2015-January-17, 13:34
I don't understand 4♦. Why show 5-6 when we have 4-7?
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Posted 2015-January-17, 14:02
Fwiw, had I bid 4♦, I would be more scared that pd will take it natural as oppose to taking it as a cue, when I hold this hand.
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"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
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Posted 2015-January-17, 18:41
cherdano, on 2015-January-17, 13:34, said:
I don't understand 4♦. Why show 5-6 when we have 4-7?
Bidding is a 2 way street. Perhaps you need to play a relay system. I wish the op had given us a little more information about his expectations of the 3S bid. When I see the rubbish that some posters bid 3S on on this site, we may not even have a game :-)
In the meantime I am going to show my partner that I have length in C and also have a D suit. Who says it needs to be 5?
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Posted 2015-January-18, 04:21
cherdano, on 2015-January-17, 13:34, said:
I don't understand 4♦. Why show 5-6 when we have 4-7?
Sometimes people bid suits to show shape, even though no fit is possible. I think most would agree that
1♣ 1NT
2♥
does not show a 6-5. But ok, this is at the two level.. I agree that at the FOUR level things should perhaps be different
For the record, in a past partnership of mine we used to play
1M 2x
3M 2x+1
as cue/slam invite. (We had a gadget for the hardest case: 1♠-2♥-3♠-??)
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Posted 2015-January-18, 17:57
Thx all.
Add these to your "bidding challenge" set:
♠
♥ A9
♦ AJ103
♣ AQ97532
♠ AQ10432
♥ Q43
♦ KQ5
♣ K
Add these to your "bidding challenge" set:
♠
♥ A9
♦ AJ103
♣ AQ97532
♠ AQ10432
♥ Q43
♦ KQ5
♣ K
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