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Your bid in competitive auction What is your call, and why?

Poll: What is your call? (18 member(s) have cast votes)

what is your call?

  1. pass (4 votes [22.22%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 22.22%

  2. 3H (14 votes [77.78%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 77.78%

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

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. other (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   dboxley 

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Posted 2014-March-12, 17:01

MPs


Sorry, I was informed by my pd that this was matchpoints, if it makes any difference...
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#2 User is offline   gszes 

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Posted 2014-March-12, 17:29

If partner is suddenly making a game try (which way to the
partnership desk) then my

pass

is going to look worse than stupid. If p is offering an
alternative to play I think 3d may be our last chance to
play this hand undoubled making or (probably not). I have
less than zero desire to bid game with this collection and
pass here caters to those situations where p felt "compelled"
to raise our hearts with honor x. Opps are bidding an awful
lot with less than half the deck and missing the club QJ so
hearts are probably breaking badly.
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#3 User is offline   gnasher 

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Posted 2014-March-13, 02:35

3♦ shows a hand that wants to compete with three hearts and typically five diamonds.

We're known to have a heart fit, but our diamond-fit may well be only 5-2. Hence I bid 3♥. That may not be making, but it hasn't been doubled yet and we're non-vulnerable.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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#4 User is offline   r_prah 

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Posted 2014-March-13, 03:59

With poor hearts and the QJ doubleton of clubs, even thinking about 4♥ is an overbid.
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