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#1 User is offline   Fluffy 

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Posted 2010-December-14, 06:37

♠A109643
♥AK4
♦K3
♣K3

1♠-1NT (forcing)

what now?
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Posted 2010-December-14, 06:38

2N, nothing else comes to mind.
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Posted 2010-December-14, 07:09

Good hand for gazzili or some variation thereof.

Anyway, gwnn is seriously lacking in imagination :) 2NT is ok, but 3♠ should also do the trick. And if you really wanna get immaginative, how about an off-side 2♥? It works wonders in all cases except if pard raises you to 4 lol; check this:

1♠ 1NT
2♥ ..?

now if pard bids

pass: pard will have 24 or 13 majors. Even if pard is very weak, 2♥ should have some play for.
2♠: at least 6-2 fit guaranteed. Raise to 3.
2NT: simple raise to 3.
3m: easy pass.
3♥: now 3♠. Pard might send you back to hearts, but he could also try 4♠ or 3NT.
4♥: this is the bad one, as pard might easily have only 4 card support and 3NT is cold.

I greatly dislike stealing a card, but I managed to convince myself 2♥ isn't a bad bid at all, ahah.
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Posted 2010-December-14, 07:29

I like raising 3♠ rebids to 4 with a singleton or even a void whenever my hand is not super soft, so I really hate it with ATxxxx.

I don't like 2♥ because I don't have 4 hearts and I don't know what I am gaining? Why is 3m an easy pass for example, why is it not better to tell partner about my values first and let him decide?
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Posted 2010-December-14, 09:15

View PostFluffy, on 2010-December-14, 06:37, said:

♠A109643
♥AK4
♦K3
♣K3

1♠-1NT (forcing)

what now?



Colors and scoring ALWAYS matter. IMO your choices are 2NT,3♠, and 4♠
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Posted 2010-December-14, 09:49

2N. Hopefully we play some kind of transfers here. Never thought about it but what if 1♠ - 1N - 2N - 3♥ - 3♠ - 3N showed a doubleton spade and a choice of games?
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Posted 2010-December-14, 10:15

that's what Fred plays :)
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Posted 2010-December-14, 12:42

View PostPhil, on 2010-December-14, 09:49, said:

2N. Hopefully we play some kind of transfers here. Never thought about it but what if 1♠ - 1N - 2N - 3♥ - 3♠ - 3N showed a doubleton spade and a choice of games?


Thats a nice scheme there
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Posted 2010-December-15, 09:35

I don't play transfers, but I play 3♣ asking bid so partner can bid 3♠ with 6 or 3 red with 4. Sadly this treatment was unavaible for the pair that faced this problem.
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Posted 2010-December-15, 09:40

When I first saw this thread, my immediate reaction was

"Oh coo, they found a new prime"

Immediately followed by

"17,6322" seems awfully small for a new prime

and then

"17,6322" isn't even prime

FWIW, I think that 2N is obvious
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Posted 2010-December-15, 09:47

View Posthrothgar, on 2010-December-15, 09:40, said:

"17,6322" isn't even prime


No, but 632217 is.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2010-December-15, 09:55

View Posthan, on 2010-December-15, 09:47, said:

No, but 632217 is.


If by "is" you mean "has only two prime factors", that is.
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Posted 2010-December-15, 10:48

View Posthrothgar, on 2010-December-15, 09:40, said:

When I first saw this thread, my immediate reaction was

"Oh coo, they found a new prime"

Immediately followed by

"17,6322" seems awfully small for a new prime

and then

"17,6322" isn't even prime

FWIW, I think that 2N is obvious
My understanding from the years on this forums has been that prime is used to qualify a hand with very good honnors, specially top tricks. I am not sure if you are joking or if I am misusing prime on this context. Please explain.
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Posted 2010-December-15, 10:57

i think hrothgar is just a math nerd
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Posted 2010-December-15, 13:05

View PostFluffy, on 2010-December-15, 10:48, said:

My understanding from the years on this forums has been that prime is used to qualify a hand with very good honnors, specially top tricks. I am not sure if you are joking or if I am misusing prime on this context. Please explain.


Hi Fluffy

Your use of the word prime was entirely appropriate.
However, when I read the title, my brain was in math mode so I parsed the phrase very differently...

My posting was intended for amusement value.
It most certainly was not intended as criticism.
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Posted 2010-December-15, 13:22

A math nerd would know right away that 632217 is a multiple of three.
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Posted 2010-December-15, 13:34

Which again proves that I am not a math nerd.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2010-December-15, 14:07

View Posthan, on 2010-December-15, 13:34, said:

Which again proves that I am not a math nerd.


OK, then just a nerd :)
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Posted 2010-December-15, 16:46

With that hand, 2NT. With a better spade suit 3S.
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Posted 2010-December-15, 18:02

View Postlosercover, on 2010-December-15, 16:46, said:

With that hand, 2NT. With a better spade suit 3S.


Agree.
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