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#1 User is offline   jules101 

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Posted 2012-February-28, 14:58


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Posted 2012-February-28, 14:59

4♥ is good enough for me. Anything else is just a guess (as is 4♥, for that matter).
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Posted 2012-February-28, 17:37

Even with non leaping michaels avaiable, I would bid 4 Heart too, but nlm is a very close second choice and would be "obvious" with 0526. ...
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Posted 2012-February-28, 17:44

anyone for 6♣?

Seriously, is there any choice other than 4♥? I don't think I would invoke NLM even if I played it and I don't and it isn't stated to be available...I think these posts should always be answered as if we are limited to standard methods unless otherwise specified.
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Posted 2012-February-29, 02:09

View Postmikeh, on 2012-February-28, 17:44, said:

Seriously, is there any choice other than 4♥?

Well you could double and convert 4♦ to 4♥ if the tray comes back... I can't see any other possibilities though. We surely need one less club for bidding 6♣?
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Posted 2012-March-01, 04:44

4♥ perhaps looks rather obvious, but I did wonder if it was rather unilateral.

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Posted 2012-March-01, 06:26

What shall we tell you?

4♥ will surely not allways win, far from that.
But it looks like the best avaiable compromise. Other bids have bigger defects and may lead to even worse contracts.
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Posted 2012-March-01, 07:26

Unless there is a good read on RHO´s way to pass that suggest 3♠ X is the right spot I can´t find an alternative to 4♥
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Posted 2012-March-01, 08:57

Obvious 4♥ for me,


How would you feel if p decides to pull your X to 5♦?
Or if thy make 3♠X in their 9 card fit, give P a balanced 8 count with Kxxx of ♠ and he will probably pass.
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Posted 2012-March-01, 16:30

I must admit, I have to look very deeply to find a call other than 4H. Opposite the vast majority of dummies, 4H is going to be the spot. What I do if RHO now bids 4S may be a more interesting question.
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Posted 2012-March-02, 02:02

View PostZelandakh, on 2012-February-29, 02:09, said:

Well you could double and convert 4♦ to 4♥ if the tray comes back... I can't see any other possibilities though. We surely need one less club for bidding 6♣?


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Posted 2012-March-02, 04:23

Ah well. Your partner did pass elegantly in tempo, as she always does, but was willing you with all her (insufficient) telepathic powers to reopen with the double.

She was hoping her partner might wonder "WHO HAS ALL SPADES?!".


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Posted 2012-March-02, 04:44

Do you see what the problem is with making the same call with x AJTx KJxx KTxx and - AJTxxx KJ KTxxx?
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Posted 2012-March-04, 14:45

I suppose you can bid 4C michaels if available, but otherwise 4H is the practical bid. Over a pree sometimes you have to be unilateral.
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