BBO Discussion Forums: Bid these two - BBO Discussion Forums

Jump to content

Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

Bid these two

#1 User is offline   Ant590 

  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 749
  • Joined: 2005-July-17
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Melbourne, Australia

Posted 2009-April-02, 04:37

Scoring: MP


Which contract do you want to be in?
Which contract do you reach in your chosen system?

Full hand to follow...
0

#2 User is offline   wclass___ 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 431
  • Joined: 2008-November-02

Posted 2009-April-02, 05:33

===> 6♠
===> 3NT or 4NT
Seeking input from anyone who doesn't frequently "wtp", "Lol" or post to merely "Agree with ..." --sathyab
0

#3 User is offline   andy_h 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 1,962
  • Joined: 2007-September-14
  • Location:Australia
  • Interests:The Universe, Traveling, Squash, and Scandinavia.

Posted 2009-April-02, 07:21

wclass___, on Apr 2 2009, 10:33 PM, said:

===> 3NT or 4NT

lol
- Andy -

We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically.
We're in the universe, and the universe is in us.
0

#4 User is offline   mtvesuvius 

  • Vesuvius the Violent Volcano
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,216
  • Joined: 2008-December-04
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Tampa-Area, Florida
  • Interests:SLEEPING

Posted 2009-April-02, 07:29

Well, 7♦ is close... But I think I would stick with 6♠:

1♠ - 2♥ (GF)
2♠ - 3♣
3♦ - 4♣ (NOT 4th Suit Forcing; Natural)
5NT - 6♠ (Pick a slam; Maybe North would bid 6NT here... But now it's wrongsided. I think 6♠ is a better bid.)
Yay for the "Ignored Users" feature!
0

#5 User is offline   Vilgan 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 359
  • Joined: 2005-December-04
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Seattle, WA
  • Interests:Hiking, MTG, Go, Pacific NW.

Posted 2009-April-02, 07:46

-> 6♠.
-> not sure actually. Probably 6♠. At matchpoints our auction would likely go:

1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 2NT 4♠ 4NT 5♣ 6♠
or
1♠ 2♥ 2♠ 2NT 3♦ 4NT 6♦

avoiding 3♣ might or might not be a good idea. In north's view, the hand is likely heading towards 6NT/7NT or 6♠/7♠ and if its NT he wants to play it.
0

#6 User is offline   Apollo81 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,162
  • Joined: 2006-July-10
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Maryland

Posted 2009-April-02, 08:25

wclass___, on Apr 2 2009, 07:33 AM, said:

===> 3NT or 4NT

How could South ever sit for 3NT?
0

#7 User is offline   Apollo81 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,162
  • Joined: 2006-July-10
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Maryland

Posted 2009-April-02, 08:27

1♠-2♥
2♠-3♣
3♦-3♠
4♠-4NT
etc
0

#8 User is offline   MFA 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 1,625
  • Joined: 2006-October-04
  • Location:Denmark

Posted 2009-April-02, 08:28

6NT north.

6♠.

Viking club
1♠ - 1NT (10-15; GF relay)
2♣ - 2♦ (max; relay)
4♠ - 4NT (7-6 pointed!!*; aces)
5♣ - 5♥ (1A, kings)
5NT - 6♠ (1K; no reason to ask for queens).

(*) there is another route to showing a good 7-6 that can be used with übermax, if one can't stand a pass to 4♠. One can show 7-6 and min as well. So the actual sequence shows some body in the suits.

Posted Image
Michael Askgaard
0

#9 User is offline   gwnn 

  • Csaba the Hutt
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 13,027
  • Joined: 2006-June-16
  • Gender:Male
  • Interests:bye

Posted 2009-April-02, 08:32

Why is everyone bidding 2♠ over 2♥? Can't I bid 3♦ then 4♦ then ... ? Isn't that a more accurate way of describing my hand?
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
      George Carlin
0

#10 User is offline   quiddity 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 1,099
  • Joined: 2008-November-21

Posted 2009-April-02, 16:55

I remember a similar hand in a Marshall Miles book - his suggestion was to open 1S and rebid 6D. I think after that start there's a reasonable chance to play 6NT by North.
0

#11 User is offline   Ant590 

  • PipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 749
  • Joined: 2005-July-17
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Melbourne, Australia

Posted 2009-April-03, 04:16

Scoring: MP


We had a rocky sequence to 6NT by North. East lead ♠2 and did well enough to duck after I played the Ace and Jack of spades.
0

#12 User is offline   wclass___ 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 431
  • Joined: 2008-November-02

Posted 2009-April-03, 06:02

Apollo81, on Apr 2 2009, 09:25 AM, said:

wclass___, on Apr 2 2009, 07:33 AM, said:

===> 3NT or 4NT

How could South ever sit for 3NT?

He would always sit there if he opens 1♠ and responder after relays choses to sign off in NON-correctable 3NT/4NT.

7-6 doun't come up much, so it doesn't bother me.
My system is made to win tournaments, not spesific hands.
Seeking input from anyone who doesn't frequently "wtp", "Lol" or post to merely "Agree with ..." --sathyab
0

#13 User is offline   Cascade 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Yellows
  • Posts: 6,772
  • Joined: 2003-July-22
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:New Zealand
  • Interests:Juggling, Unicycling

Posted 2009-April-03, 13:09

Apollo81, on Apr 3 2009, 03:25 AM, said:

wclass___, on Apr 2 2009, 07:33 AM, said:

===> 3NT or 4NT

How could South ever sit for 3NT?

by PASSING
Wayne Burrows

I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon

#14 User is offline   hanp 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 2,987
  • Joined: 2009-February-15

Posted 2009-April-03, 13:13

Quote

7-6 doun't come up much, so it doesn't bother me.
My system is made to win tournaments, not spesific hands.


Seems like two arguments not to pass 3NT with this shape.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
0

#15 User is offline   mtvesuvius 

  • Vesuvius the Violent Volcano
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 3,216
  • Joined: 2008-December-04
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Tampa-Area, Florida
  • Interests:SLEEPING

Posted 2009-April-03, 13:52

wclass___, on Apr 3 2009, 07:02 AM, said:

Apollo81, on Apr 2 2009, 09:25 AM, said:

wclass___, on Apr 2 2009, 07:33 AM, said:

===> 3NT or 4NT

How could South ever sit for 3NT?

He would always sit there if he opens 1♠ and responder after relays choses to sign off in NON-correctable 3NT/4NT.

7-6 doun't come up much, so it doesn't bother me.
My system is made to win tournaments, not spesific hands.

Shouldn't your system be tailored toward all possible hands? Or at least if it's not made for all possible hands, have a way to show these hands, so that these boards are not disasters?

After all, it's kinda tough to win tournements with 1 or 2 dead zeroes just in the bidding...
Yay for the "Ignored Users" feature!
0

#16 User is offline   wclass___ 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 431
  • Joined: 2008-November-02

Posted 2009-April-03, 14:09

mtvesuvius, on Apr 3 2009, 02:52 PM, said:

wclass___, on Apr 3 2009, 07:02 AM, said:

Apollo81, on Apr 2 2009, 09:25 AM, said:

wclass___, on Apr 2 2009, 07:33 AM, said:

===> 3NT or 4NT

How could South ever sit for 3NT?

He would always sit there if he opens 1♠ and responder after relays choses to sign off in NON-correctable 3NT/4NT.

7-6 doun't come up much, so it doesn't bother me.
My system is made to win tournaments, not spesific hands.

Shouldn't your system be tailored toward all possible hands? Or at least if it's not made for all possible hands, have a way to show these hands, so that these boards are not disasters?

After all, it's kinda tough to win tournements with 1 or 2 dead zeroes just in the bidding...

I didn't say that there isn't way how to show 7-6, there is..
Spot cards in openers ♠ suit is the problem i can't solve

Dead zero? B) It could be Uber max as well... i just tried to say that it woun't frustrate me if i get something below 50% with 7-6
Seeking input from anyone who doesn't frequently "wtp", "Lol" or post to merely "Agree with ..." --sathyab
0

#17 User is offline   gnasher 

  • Andy Bowles
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 11,993
  • Joined: 2007-May-03
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:London, UK

Posted 2009-April-04, 11:25

mtvesuvius, on Apr 3 2009, 08:52 PM, said:

Shouldn't your system be tailored toward all possible hands? Or at least if it's not made for all possible hands, have a way to show these hands, so that these boards are not disasters?

No. It should be tailored to maximising your chances of winning (or whatever your objective is). That can include accepting that you'll get a zero on a certain category of hand, provided that your system gains enough on other hands to make up for it. If the hands on which you'll get a system-induced zero are very rare, not much compensation is needed on other hands.

Quote

After all, it's kinda tough to win tournements with 1 or 2 dead zeroes just in the bidding...

Hands containing two voids make up about 0.01% of hands. To expect two of them in a single tournament, the event would have to be 2000 boards long.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
0
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

3 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 3 guests, 0 anonymous users