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White vs red, you deal and hold:
♠ 8 7 6 4 3
♥ 3
♦ K 9 6
♣ 10 9 8 5
The bidding begins:
Pass - (1♦) - 1NT (15-17) - (2♥) - ?
(2♥ is apparently not forcing.)
Would you bid (or transfer to) 2♠?
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Posted 2012-February-21, 12:52
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Posted 2012-February-21, 13:03
Transfer as in a stolen bid? Sorry, don't play those.
I would bid 2♠, but I consider this a minimum for the call. I really like my stiff heart and the colors are right.
I would bid 2♠, but I consider this a minimum for the call. I really like my stiff heart and the colors are right.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 13:16
Phil, on 2012-February-21, 13:03, said:
Transfer as in a stolen bid? Sorry, don't play those.
I would bid 2♠, but I consider this a minimum for the call. I really like my stiff heart and the colors are right.
I would bid 2♠, but I consider this a minimum for the call. I really like my stiff heart and the colors are right.
Same here.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 13:24
Me too.
And 2H is not forcing, the logic being that with a good enough hand to make a forcing call here, you could just ax 1N. Plus, with nearly 30 points accounted for in two of the hands, you're more likely to hold a hand that wants to bid a NF 2H than a F 2H.
And 2H is not forcing, the logic being that with a good enough hand to make a forcing call here, you could just ax 1N. Plus, with nearly 30 points accounted for in two of the hands, you're more likely to hold a hand that wants to bid a NF 2H than a F 2H.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 13:25
Sure. 2♠. Probably sick.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 13:41
At the table I was torn, then passed; 2♠ was the winning action. (In fact, 4♠ is cold on the deal.)
Next time I'll be more aggressive.
Next time I'll be more aggressive.
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"If you're driving [the Honda S2000] with the top up, the storm outside had better have a name."
Simplify the complicated side; don't complify the simplicated side.
"If you're driving [the Honda S2000] with the top up, the storm outside had better have a name."
Simplify the complicated side; don't complify the simplicated side.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 13:42
I'll also take my chances and bid 2♠ at these colors.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 15:23
its a part-score battle, they have at least an 8 card fit & we can try & buy it at the 2 level. 2♠ for me.
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Posted 2012-February-21, 18:11
If they are making 2H even 2 off is fine, so 2S I guess. Weak hand with spades for me so partner is unlikely to get excited.
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Posted 2012-February-22, 11:13
Definitely bid 2S, good lesson.
2H NF is standard here btw, with a strong hand you double 1NT.
2H NF is standard here btw, with a strong hand you double 1NT.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2012-February-24, 13:07
han, on 2012-February-22, 11:13, said:
2H NF is standard here btw . . . .
I assume that your comment is a reply to this:
S2000magic, on 2012-February-21, 12:52, said:
(2♥ is apparently not forcing.)
I added that note not because I wasn't sure what was standard, but because I wasn't sure how my opponents were playing it. Nor was I convinced that they were sure.
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"If you're driving [the Honda S2000] with the top up, the storm outside had better have a name."
Simplify the complicated side; don't complify the simplicated side.
"If you're driving [the Honda S2000] with the top up, the storm outside had better have a name."
Simplify the complicated side; don't complify the simplicated side.
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