[Jinksy]

stephengin, on 2014-November-30, 14:12, said:

4♠ - always worth a try for game, and 3nt risks a mess in clubs

4♠ is quite an aggressive game try.

[bdegrande]

3♦ - and yes, this would be a great hand for Gazzilli.

[the hog]

eagles123, on 2014-November-30, 04:47, said:

From the first of Jinksy's problems:

Does this acknowledge where they are from? I can't see the phrase EBU mentioned anywhere.

[mike777]

2h


even more so if we play reverse flannery which means pard will very seldom have 4h here.

[jogs]

2♥ is TBW MSC bid. If you want to score 100, you better choose 2♥.
What to do next is less clear.

[PhilKing]

I don't know who sets the problems, but I think there is very little chance that 3♦ will get the top mark.

edit - having just received my December magazine, I think I recall the hand. I believe Mike bid 3♦, but that worked poorly.

[whereagles]

i find it strange that a textbook bid does not earn top marks, but ok.. lol

[msjennifer]

2H what else ? 2H is 100%forcing for ONE ROUND ,when playing any NORMAL standard system.In systems like Precision 2 H is a passable bid because the opening bid except 1Club is limited to 15 HCP.
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[rmnka447]

A 2 ♥ reverse for me, too. The hand is just too good for a simple jump in ♦.

If partner raises ♥, then partner must have 5+ ♠. If partner simply makes the weakness/waiting bid, then the ♠ support can be shown. Partner might picture the hand as KQx KQxx AKxxx x, but that's only off by 1 card.

If partner has 4 ♠ and ♣s, it may also enable us to find a good 3 NT contract.

Although it's normal to have 4+ cards in the reverse suit, sometimes making a "hasty" reverse into a 3 card makes a lot of sense in conveying the strength of a hand (like maybe Ax AQx AKJxxxx x which is just short of a strong 2 ♣). Responder just needs to keep in mind that it will occasionally happen.

[sasioc]

PhilKing, on 2014-December-01, 05:09, said:

I don't know who sets the problems, but I think there is very little chance that 3♦ will get the top mark.

edit - having just received my December magazine, I think I recall the hand. I believe Mike bid 3♦, but that worked poorly.

Having sat next to Mike on the sofa while he made the hands up I can confirm that none of these is based on a specific real-life deal.

[DanMac123]

sasioc, on 2014-December-03, 15:16, said:

Having sat next to Mike on the sofa while he made the hands up I can confirm that none of these is based on a specific real-life deal.

That should presumably make you favourite for the competition then Sarah

[paulg]

DanMac123, on 2014-December-04, 04:23, said:

That should presumably make you favourite for the competition then Sarah

Only if she was there when he made up the answers.

[Fluffy]

Even if she wasn't present I bet she knows ways to get answers off mike if she wants to

[Winstonm]

3D although 2H is quite tempting - but it would be more tempting if the case were stronger for a 5-card spade suit opposite such as is the case with 1C-1S rather than 1D-1S.