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FrancesHinden, on Aug 1 2008, 05:00 AM, said:
I feel like I'm turning into Justin (help!!!!) but.... why is this 'advanced and expert class bridge'?
I wouldn't worry about that Frances, not likely to happen.
U be the judge choose the worse bid in the auction
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Posted 2008-August-01, 12:47
I wouldn't worry about that Frances, not likely to happen.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-August-01, 13:05
Jlall, on Aug 1 2008, 02:11 AM, said:
I don't think south has chosen to trap pass necessarily, he can't bid 2H since his hand sucks and he has major rebid issues, and making a neg X seems dumb with support for only 1 suit and length in clubs (so if partner passes out 2C thats probably right). I think south passed simply because he had no bid. North has a normal reopening X and south would then bid 3H and play there.
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Posted 2008-August-01, 13:58
OleBerg, on Aug 1 2008, 09:37 AM, said:
peachy, on Aug 1 2008, 01:22 PM, said:
OleBerg, on Aug 1 2008, 05:28 AM, said:
FrancesHinden, on Aug 1 2008, 12:00 PM, said:
I feel like I'm turning into Justin (help!!!!) but.... why is this 'advanced and expert class bridge'?
Because many advanced players would make a negative double with the South hand.
In which case North would expect South to be less likely to hold hearts, as he/she didn't double, thus making the 2♦ call more attractive.
Not hard to imagine North arguing for his 2<D> bid:
"I could see from the auction, that you had some values, and as you didn't double, you couldn't hold four hearts."
Thats why you're Experts, while North is only Advanced.
Trying to justify the 2D bid would be evidence that North still needs to learn some basics. Trying to justify it after reading what several world class or true expert players [don't include me] have said about it, would be rather dumb IMO.
My guess is that North didn't have the option of consulting these experts before he made his bid.
But maybe North at some point could have the option to consult a textbook regarding "Reopening". He made a mistake, so what, it happened. Trying to argue that it was not a mistake, is the dumb part.
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Posted 2008-August-03, 13:07
South pass is ok.
1S-----(2C)------P------(P)
X------(P)--------3H
Tend to show a double suiter in round suit with 7-10 pts
1S-----(2C)------P------(P)
X------(P)--------3H
Tend to show a double suiter in round suit with 7-10 pts
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