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#1 User is offline   cnszsun 

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Posted 2009-December-02, 07:25

Scoring: IMP

1♦-3♠-ps-ps
dbl-ps-??

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Posted 2009-December-02, 07:41

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Posted 2009-December-02, 07:51

3NT.
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Posted 2009-December-02, 08:33

cnszsun, on Dec 2 2009, 08:25 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

1♦-3♠-ps-ps
dbl-ps-??

either 3NT or 4♥ could be right. Basically looks like a blind guess to me. Maybe Justin and Helene could enumerate why their choice is better than the other.
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Posted 2009-December-02, 08:55

I'll go with 4♥. I'd require an extra stopper for 3NT, or the chance for a hold up play.
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Posted 2009-December-03, 15:38

4♥. For me, there's not enough in ♠ to unilaterally decide on 3NT.
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Posted 2009-December-03, 17:07

4♥

4♦ rates to be the safest contract, but I have enough to insist on game opposite a partner who reopens over 3♠, and committing to 5♦ is too much. Besides, often there will be little difference in the play of 4 of either red suit, so we may as well be in the higher scoring contract. Of course, when we are wrong, they are more prone to double 4♥than 4♦...tho I will stay stuck if that happens.

Partner will not always hold 4♥ but he will hold 4♥ more often than he will provide a second stopper in spades, where he rates to hold about 1.4 cards (not all opps will raise 3♠ simply because they hold 3 card support...they need a reason not to expect to go for 500-800).

So 4♥ it has to be, with no assurance that it will be the best spot opposite partner's hand.
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