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Multi Trouble What to do?

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Posted 2009-April-11, 20:51

Partner opens 2♦ Multi in 2nd Seat Red vs. White at MPs and you hold:

♠ AQJxx
♥ x
♦ KQJ9xx
♣ x

Your poison?
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Posted 2009-April-11, 21:43

I'd go low.
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Posted 2009-April-11, 22:45

I pass.
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Posted 2009-April-12, 00:12

pass, if he has spades they will balance with 2H anyways.
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Posted 2009-April-12, 00:34

Tough one.

If partner has 2 spades I'd love to play 2♠ but we can't really do that unless I pass and then bid spades when the opps balance. How sound are partner's preempts at this vul?

Argh! I really don't want to defend 3♣ here but it looks like it's going that way. If I pass now maybe partner can bid with good support. Also, passing only gives them 1 chance to balance, rather than 2.
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Posted 2009-April-12, 03:18

JLOL, on Apr 12 2009, 01:12 PM, said:

pass, if he has spades they will balance with 2H anyways.

Yes, pass is obvious.
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Posted 2009-April-12, 03:31

Pass is indeed pretty obvious.
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Posted 2009-April-12, 03:32

Pass , and be happy you are playing Multi - if partner had opened 2♥ , you could not reach 2♦ ...
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Posted 2009-April-12, 03:33

Well, pass is obvious if 2♦ can't be a strong balanced hand. Of course it's not very likely that pard has 19-21 but I think I'd 2♥ then.
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Posted 2009-April-12, 08:29

I think it depends on your goals for the match and how well you think you're doing so far.
Pass will definitely lead to an abnormal result - which might be what you want if you badly need a top.
It's definitely a bit of a view though.

I expect my partner's preempts to be sound in 2nd position at red, so I think the 'normal' action is 2H. This wrong-sides the contract of course, so you may be beating the field just from doing this.

Of course partner could always have a strong hand...
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Posted 2009-April-13, 07:25

I'd bid 2♥. But then again, I don't play multi.
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Posted 2009-April-13, 09:38

agree with pass; our suit is likely to be better than partner's suit
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Posted 2009-April-13, 12:33

The_Hog, on Apr 12 2009, 09:18 AM, said:

JLOL, on Apr 12 2009, 01:12 PM, said:

pass, if he has spades they will balance with 2H anyways.

Yes, pass is obvious.

But the balanced 23 won't be funny :P
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