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You opened, partner supported you... They intervened.

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Posted 2010-December-21, 20:56

All white, first hand, you hold:

♠AKJxxx
♥K9x
♦J6x
♣Q

1♠ Pa 2♠ 3♣
???

Partner should have 6-10 and 3 cards only.

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2010-December-21, 21:11

View PostHanoi5, on 2010-December-21, 20:56, said:

All white, first hand, you hold: ♠ AKJxxx ♥ K9x ♦ J6x ♣ Q
1♠ Pa 2♠ 3♣
???
Partner should have 6-10 and 3 cards only.
IMO 3♠ = 10, 4♠ = 9, _P = 5.
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Posted 2010-December-21, 21:24

View PostHanoi5, on 2010-December-21, 20:56, said:

All white, first hand, you hold:

♠AKJxxx
♥K9x
♦J6x
♣Q

1♠ Pa 2♠ 3♣
???

Partner should have 6-10 and 3 cards only.




3s..... which is not an invite.
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Posted 2010-December-21, 22:00

3♠, not inviting or even trying...
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Posted 2010-December-21, 23:01

You have six spades, partner has three. I am not a slave to the Law of Total Tricks, but here, it seem it has to apply. Three spades. That ends out bidding, it DOES NOT invite partner to bid on.
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Posted 2010-December-21, 23:57

I'm not quite sure why people are so uninterested in game here. I'm certainly considering 3♥.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 02:18

View Postmgoetze, on 2010-December-21, 23:57, said:

I'm not quite sure why people are so uninterested in game here. I'm certainly considering 3♥.

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Posted 2010-December-22, 04:46

It is either 3H (assuming this to be a game try with heart values) or 3S,
I would go with 3H, but 3S is certainly reasonable as well.

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Posted 2010-December-22, 05:27

View Postnige1, on 2010-December-21, 21:11, said:

IMO 3♠ = 10, 4♠ = 9, _P = 5.

This puzzles me: you rate a sign-off and a blast to game as almost equal, but give nothing for a game try.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 06:03

View Postmgoetze, on 2010-December-21, 23:57, said:

I'm not quite sure why people are so uninterested in game here. I'm certainly considering 3♥.

Consideration doesn't take long. Bid it. You have an exellent chance of a 23 point 9 card fit game, and the singleton club makes it more possible that the TNT is 19ish.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 06:35

View PostHanoi5, on 2010-December-21, 20:56, said:

All white, first hand, you hold: ♠ AKJxxx ♥ K9x ♦ J6x ♣ Q
1♠ Pa 2♠ 3♣ ??? Partner should have 6-10 and 3 cards only.

View Postnige1, on 2010-December-21, 21:11, said:

IMO 3♠ = 10, 4♠ = 9, _P = 5.

View Postgordontd, on 2010-December-22, 05:27, said:

This puzzles me: you rate a sign-off and a blast to game as almost equal, but give nothing for a game try.
Gordon may well be right that this is inconsistent. My muddled intuition is as follows: Meckwell advise you to bid game whenever partner raises your six-card major; apart from the spades, however, this is a poor hand: you don't expect 4♠ to make often. Nevertheless, 4♠ is the man's bid to give opponents a high-level guess. On this hand, a game-try like 3♥ may help them more than it helps you (I didn't consider it at all, but I belatedly concede that it deserves at least 7 marks). 3♠ is likely to make and is the timid "dog in the manger" selection to consume some bidding space.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 07:42

easy 4♠, on meckstroth's law "if pard supports 1M and you have 6 cards, bid game".
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Posted 2010-December-22, 09:06

easy 3♠ anthing else is a lack of judgement.
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Posted 2010-December-22, 09:18

3♠. If I was to issue an aggressive invitation I would choose 3♦, since 3♥ might propel partner into a tough 4♥ raise to show the 'double fit'.
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