Revenge of the 6/5s Honestly, I thought this pattern is supposed to be rare
#1
Posted 2012-January-19, 00:19
♠x
♥QJTxxx
♦AJTxx
♣x
Help.
#2
Posted 2012-January-19, 01:07
#3
Posted 2012-January-19, 02:58
#4
Posted 2012-January-19, 04:21
#5
Posted 2012-January-19, 04:51
4H at these colors seems a little insane, 2H a little too cautious.
- hrothgar
#6
Posted 2012-January-19, 05:15
han, on 2012-January-19, 04:51, said:
4H at these colors seems a little insane, 2H a little too cautious.
So your bid is 3♥?
#7
Posted 2012-January-19, 06:13
Antrax, on 2012-January-19, 05:15, said:
Mine too (unless I somehow happen to have 3♦ as the red suits in my bag). I like this 3M jump to be super-wide-ranging. Tip: B/Is hardly ever sit for 3♥X here.
#8
Posted 2012-January-19, 07:12
#9
Posted 2012-January-25, 06:48
#10
Posted 2012-January-25, 08:32
#11
Posted 2012-January-25, 08:34
phil_20686, on 2012-January-25, 06:48, said:
That seems a little optimistic to me, considering we have 6 losers in hand and RHO has opened strong.
But I do agree it's a decent looking hand.
-gwnn
#12
Posted 2012-January-25, 09:47
If I were decide to show my two suiter (assuming I could), I might as well be putting my hand on the table for declarer to play. We aren't buying it at this vulnerability.
Even if this weren't the case, what do I expect to gain by bidding? Partner would need to know about my 11 red cards to make an intelligent five level decision
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#13
Posted 2012-January-25, 12:30
If I expect there really is a 2♣ opener behind me, I'm likely to be a bit more conservative (mostly because of that ♥A!)
It's hands like this one - and they do come up - that are why 2 strong, artificial ♣ should promise defence as well as strength.
#14
Posted 2012-January-25, 12:57
#15
Posted 2012-January-25, 13:13
#16
Posted 2012-January-25, 15:27
The problem is that people think that it's okay to bid those hands 2♣; and, of course, they're right, because the opponents won't attack with hands like this against them because against a "proper" 2♣ opener, it would be insane. And they don't disclose that they do that, because they don't realize either that this is an issue or that anybody would want to defend differently against it.
And I know this is B/I, so I'm mostly pointing it out not so that people will bid like that with this 1651, but so that they realize the kind of problems they can have if they put their overstrength preempts into 2♣ because "I had 8.5 tricks, partner".