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#1 User is offline   MickyB 

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Posted 2010-September-12, 16:43

Scoring: IMP

P-(3D)-??


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Posted 2010-September-12, 17:09

Pass fo sho. A game our way is not a lock, some of the time when we have a game our way partner will balance anyways, and the other times that we have a game we will usually get 200 or 300 so it's not a disaster.

Going plus 100 or 200 instead of minus is a big gain though, and getting a huge number on a reopening double is also a big gain.
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Posted 2010-September-12, 17:20

you wanna know your opps here. I reopen sick at these colors, but still I think I might be too heavy to expect action, specially if RHO can have 6 cards.

I'd bid 3NT at the table, probably to avoid hessitation problems to partner.
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Posted 2010-September-12, 20:08

+200 for me
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Posted 2010-September-12, 20:15

3NT for me, so +400. Partner won't have enough to reopen.
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Posted 2010-September-12, 21:46

Pass for me. Agree with what Mr. Logic said.
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Posted 2010-September-12, 21:50

Pass
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 01:47

3NT for me. I can't see partner reopening very often, even with shortness.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 07:40

You really have to know your opp here if they are silly enough to bid 3♦ with xx xx KQJxxxx xx or x xx KQJxxxx xxx at these colors then a pass is justified. If Meckwell bid 3♦ here I would not expect to extract more than 500 and still possibly lose IMPS when we miss our +980.
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Posted 2010-September-15, 06:37

Thought I would post a hand where my action worked for a change :) I passed on vugraph, replicating Townsend's action in the other room, for +100. None of the other 14 tables defended 3♦, although not all will have opened it on Jx xx KQJ7xxx xx. Most went -50 or -100 in 3NT or 3NT X.
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Posted 2010-September-15, 13:36

Haha, I knew you were good at being disciplined enough to pass with a hand like this in this situation, so when I posted I assumed passing was the losing action :) Tricky tricky.
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Posted 2010-September-15, 13:50

My opponents aren't programmed by a computer.

They just make life difficult.

So 3NT is clear for me.
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