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Perhaps not good bridge but hell, it's fun
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Posted Today, 12:18
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"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
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Posted Today, 13:37
Hi,
4D.
Another option is 3H / 4H, although I would assume, that 4H sets spade.
4D should make it clear, that we want to play diamonds.
With kind regards
Marlowe
4D.
Another option is 3H / 4H, although I would assume, that 4H sets spade.
4D should make it clear, that we want to play diamonds.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Posted Today, 15:46
I would bid 3D expecting to have to bid 4D and hoping it appears I was pushed into doing so.
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Posted Today, 16:04
Partner holding ♠ AQJX and nothing else (except 1+ ♦) with the K often being in the overcaller's hand would make this a good 5♦ losing a ♦, a ♥ and parking a ♣ on the 4th ♠.
I'm not going to linger and bid it now.
I'm not going to linger and bid it now.
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Posted Today, 16:22
Many expert and some non-expert pairs have agreements here. I play good-bad 2N in these sequences, although technically bad-good is probably superior. G-B means that if I bid 2N I have a hand that wants to compete to the 3 level but isn’t a strong hand. Since 2S is available, 2N denies spades. It will be either a minor 2 suiter or a diamond one suiter.
The corollary is that a direct 3 level bid shows significant extras. It’s not forcing, but it’s strong. So if we are playing G-B, I could bid 3D.
Does that mean that I should bid 3D? The problem is that I don’t need a diamond fit to make 5D and I am not looking for partner to bid 3N with a heart stopper…if he did, I wouldn’t know whether to sit or run, though I think sitting will very often be a disaster.
This is all moot anyway: most players don’t have GB or BG available.
In which case 3D could be far weaker than this hand, being purely competitive. So the choice is 4D or 5D. 5D is just too much for me. I’ll bid 4D and hope that partner evaluates well.
The corollary is that a direct 3 level bid shows significant extras. It’s not forcing, but it’s strong. So if we are playing G-B, I could bid 3D.
Does that mean that I should bid 3D? The problem is that I don’t need a diamond fit to make 5D and I am not looking for partner to bid 3N with a heart stopper…if he did, I wouldn’t know whether to sit or run, though I think sitting will very often be a disaster.
This is all moot anyway: most players don’t have GB or BG available.
In which case 3D could be far weaker than this hand, being purely competitive. So the choice is 4D or 5D. 5D is just too much for me. I’ll bid 4D and hope that partner evaluates well.
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