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#1 User is offline   Phil 

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Posted 2012-August-14, 11:10

IMPs, short matches

Kxx xxx J9xx AKx

w/r

Partner opens 2♠ as dealer.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 11:13

View PostPhil, on 2012-August-14, 11:10, said:

IMPs, short matches

Kxx xxx J9xx AKx

w/r

Partner opens 2♠ as dealer.
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1st seat style at w/r?
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Posted 2012-August-14, 11:25

View PostFlem72, on 2012-August-14, 11:13, said:

1st seat style at w/r?


Aggressive but not crazy - w/r anyway. 1st time playing with him.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 11:25

This is the type of situation where I like to use 2NT as an asking bid to help me decide what to do. Sure -- it is less preemptive. However, as I do not know myself what to do if the opponents end up in 4♥, I think 3♠ gives me the last blind guess too often, making the preempt perhaps more problematic than beneficial. If I bid 2NT, also, partner will often be encouraged to assist if he has an unexpectedly strong playing hand, like ♠AQxxxx ♥x ♦xx ♣Q10xx.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 11:52

3♣, then compete to 3♠ or give up if the opponents bid higher than that before I get another chance. Of course, if partner happens to raise clubs, I'll compete to 4♠.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 12:10

I must be wimp. We have 9 spades, about 20 points total, and a 4333 dummy. I pass.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 13:11

3♠ then pass 4♥. Possibly I just lack imagination. I might bid 3♣ if I thought a club lead would be necessary but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 13:51

Agree with 3♣ call. I certainly want a club lead against any contract that they choose to play.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 14:56

3S then pass both seem normal to me
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Posted 2012-August-14, 14:56

Anything but 3♠ then pass after that is totally weird to me. I don't even know what my second choice is. I guess second choice is just passing originally and maybe we even buy it here.
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Posted 2012-August-14, 14:58

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Posted 2012-August-14, 15:29

I did the same. It seems we are beating 4♥ often enough to make up for the 300's. I think partner held QT9xxx x KTxx QT.

Dummy held A xxx AQxxx xxxx and declarer had Jxx AKQxxx void xxxx. I don't remember the auction at the other table but they did find the save. Lose 8.
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Posted 2012-August-16, 01:17

I might pass 2♠

I don't know others but i usually make better decisions when my opponents preempt and raise than they preempt and other one is silent.

By passing 2♠ i have one opponent left to pass to buy it, while bidding 3♠ will give another life to RHO with our known fit even if it passes LHO.

I have to admit i probably would bid 3♠ anyway though, with Kxx ♠ i am not worried about spade lead either . Definetely not bidding 4♠/4♥.

3♣ would not have occured to me tbh.
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Posted 2012-August-16, 04:30

I feel that 4S right of the bat is the best play. Then I double 5H of course, to show who the boss is.
Srsly, it will make line one time out of 5 anyway and all the juicy spazzes we induce will be a nice bonus.
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