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@ 09. 11. 08 – 09:58:45
Pairs love-all
xxx
x
AJxxx
AQxx
You open 1D P 1S P; ?
Do you prefer 2C or 2S here?
Teams love-all
AJxx
AQx
xx
Axxx
You open 1C 1D 1H P; 1S P 2C P; ?
If RHO had bid 2D you were going to call 2H. Remember this is Teams so you do not 'need' to play in the major. However, 2H or Pass (or does it not really matter?)
Znethru
Pro Interesting answers. Many thanks.
Good morning Jonathan,
1. 2S. If partner has 5 spades and is too weak to bid again, I will have done the right thing.
Alternatively, if partner only has 4 spades, then a competitive bidding consideration comes into play as follows:-
If partner has only 4 spades then it follows that he doesn't have 4+ hearts (he would have responded 1H) so we the oppo must have a 9+ card heart fit. 2S makes it harder for them to find this than 2C.
2. I can't disagree with Paul's answer on this one but the only time I would have opened that hand 1C would be in the context of a weak NT 5 card major system. (else I would either open a strong NT or 1S if playing ACOL weak NT).
Regards.
Simon
Znethru
Pro On #1 I chose 2C pd (Jacqui Tobias) much preferred 2S here. Result, we played in 2S+2 although with perfect defence it can be held to 9 tricks. A few pairs reached a making game and we got about a 38% board. I think we are only ever going to play in 3S though!
On #2 I picked the poor bid of "Pass" greedily pinching the hand as I fancied my own declarer play! As it happens we can only make 9 tricks in Hearts in a 5-3 (8 tricks were scrambled in a 4-3 Club fit). We actually (somehow) gained 5 IMPs on this board (presumably they were in 4H-1 next door). In any case, lesson learnt. The bid is a resounding 2H.
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On 1/ I prefer 2C because I have no honour in Spades
On 2/ I would bid 2H because my hand is quite good and it is conceivable that we could be missing game if partner holds for example :
xx / KJxxx / xxx / KQx
He will now bid 3H and the game will be reached.
Cheers,
Paul