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Posted 2012-August-23, 15:24



Favorable at IMPs. Thanks in advance.
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Posted 2012-August-23, 15:55

I like 4♥ - 7-8 losers and an 8-9 card fit opposite a 6-loser hand (9 SPs).
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Posted 2012-August-23, 16:36

p 3h bid should be considered a "super accept" (some pairs
play x as a super accept with 3 hearts and a direct bid of 3h to
show 4 or even 5 hearts).The concept was designed to get to
game when responder had around 7 points and would not be
strong enough to invite themselves.
You have 6 hcp admitedly all queens ugh but your singleton
lends some cheer to your hand so bidding 4h is the best bet
here.
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Posted 2012-August-23, 16:59

I have to think that the ops have the spade suit locked up with all that vul vs not bidding on at most 18 HCP.

When I give partner a random 15 count outside of spades, and 3-4 hearts, it appears that we have decent play for game (thanks for giving me all those spots in my secondary suit). And partner would not be competing with both a minimum number of HCP and a minimum number of hearts. 4H for me.
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Posted 2012-August-23, 17:08

I think 4♥ is totally clear even at matchpoints. We have a fit and partner's values are probably not wasted in spades.
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Posted 2012-August-23, 17:17

As opener I would want to bid over 2♠ with a lot of hands with four hearts, even if I didn't have a max in terms of HCP. I would have thought that 3♥ tends to show a min, with 2NT or a natural-ish 3♣/3♦ for hands with more game interest.

xxx AKxx Axx Axx is a super prime minimum, how badly do we want to be in game opposite this hand? Am I missing something?
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Posted 2012-August-23, 18:02

I would certainly bid 4H at IMPs. I would be a little more wary at MPs.
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Posted 2012-August-23, 20:09

Yeh, this time when I retransfer them to 4♠, they might not make.
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Posted 2012-August-23, 21:43

4 regardless of scoring and let them decide whether to bid 4♠
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Posted 2012-August-24, 09:29

View Postrwbarton, on 2012-August-23, 17:17, said:

As opener I would want to bid over 2♠ with a lot of hands with four hearts, even if I didn't have a max in terms of HCP. I would have thought that 3♥ tends to show a min, with 2NT or a natural-ish 3♣/3♦ for hands with more game interest.

xxx AKxx Axx Axx is a super prime minimum, how badly do we want to be in game opposite this hand? Am I missing something?

The "super prime minimum" fits worse than you think. Change one of the minors to KJx instead of Axx. Or give him Kx of a minor.
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Posted 2012-August-25, 20:59

Thanks, 4♥ seemed clear. East led a diamond on this layout:


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Posted 2012-August-26, 06:35

There were a lot of ways for east to go wrong, both in the bidding and on lead. Here east did everything right, so she got what she deserved.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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