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E opens 2S, then
- - 2S P
P X P 3D
3S P P 4C
P 4D AP
NS were playing 2/1 with no lebensohl.
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Posted 2009-March-12, 16:36
Would you be in 5D?
E opens 2S, then
- - 2S P
P X P 3D
3S P P 4C
P 4D AP
NS were playing 2/1 with no lebensohl.
E opens 2S, then
- - 2S P
P X P 3D
3S P P 4C
P 4D AP
NS were playing 2/1 with no lebensohl.
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Posted 2009-March-12, 16:44
No, I would be in 3NT.
2NT instead of double by North, then 3NT by South
2NT instead of double by North, then 3NT by South
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2009-March-12, 16:49
North's double was wrong but works out very well on this hand. Over a double, south has a normal 4♦ bid.
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Posted 2009-March-12, 17:21
rogerclee, on Mar 12 2009, 05:49 PM, said:
North's double was wrong but works out very well on this hand. Over a double, south has a normal 4♦ bid.
Agreed
2N is a wide range reopening, but this looks like a middle-of-the road hand for it, and then S have an easy 3N bid... not that 3N will always be cold, but it is the only call that makes sense at that point.
I also agree that, absent a lebensohl agreement, 4♦ is the most logical call. 3♦ is excusable, but not my call, if we play lebensohl. Given that whatever he has, he doesn't hold a 2N bid, if we can make 3N anyway, it is because he has a BIG hand... too big to bid 2N initially and not overly worried that we were probably going to wrong side notrump after my (common) lebensohl 2N. If he has that good a hand, not only will we usually make whatever game he bids over 4♦, but we may be cold for slam, which will be far easier to bid once I get my hand off my chest via the jump.
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Posted 2009-March-12, 17:44
3D is excusable in the sense that south needs a very good excuse for this bid.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-March-12, 20:01
rogerclee, on Mar 13 2009, 05:49 AM, said:
North's double was wrong but works out very well on this hand. Over a double, south has a normal 4♦ bid.
Agree also. 3D was a very tame bid. Btw, I would much rather be in 5D than 3NT.
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Posted 2009-March-13, 00:14
4♦ even playing Leb. Totally clear cut jump without it.
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Posted 2009-March-13, 17:42
655321, on Mar 12 2009, 10:44 PM, said:
No, I would be in 3NT.
2NT instead of double by North, then 3NT by South
2NT instead of double by North, then 3NT by South
Indeed. Same for me. Bridge can be so easy
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Posted 2009-March-14, 02:04
I would be in 3NT since North should overcall 2NT...
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