In a style where "10HCP would be enough to open 1H with a 6 card suit", I think this is just a normal 3♥.
The only reason I might bid game is that partner may not be able to evaluate his spade holding correctly - he will think that Qx is good and a singleton is bad, whereas the opposite is true.
Wuss? Raise 1H-1S-2H
#21
Posted 2011-March-21, 15:56
... 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
#22
Posted 2011-March-21, 16:53
delete
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." MikeH
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#23
Posted 2011-March-21, 16:55
delete too
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
George Carlin
#24
Posted 2011-March-21, 16:56
stop it!
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." MikeH
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
(still learning)
"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#25
Posted 2011-March-21, 17:02
I promise, when I pressed quote you hadn't deleted your post yet, or at least I didn't realise it.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
George Carlin
George Carlin
#26
Posted 2011-March-21, 21:53
At matchpoints I would consider a pass, but would bid 3♥'s anyway.
At imps vulnerable, I would not consider a pass. I will bid 3♥ because I want my partner's participation in the final decision.
At imps vulnerable, I would not consider a pass. I will bid 3♥ because I want my partner's participation in the final decision.
--Ben--
#27
Posted 2011-March-21, 22:15
4H is a big overbid. 3H is certainly enough.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
#28
Posted 2011-March-22, 04:30
RMB1, on 2011-March-21, 08:02, said:
IMPs (Swiss Teams, 8 board matches, last match, table 1).
If it mattters: playing Acol, weak NT, 4 card majors, "majors first". Whatever, partner has shown a minimum opener with 6 hearts, and 10HCP would be enough to open 1H with a 6 card suit.
What I did was wrong: I expect to be told it was obviously wrong.
Do the right thing and you win enough IMPs to get the silverware.
3♥.
No, 4♥ is stretching it too much.
♥Bob Herreman ♥
#29
Posted 2011-March-22, 12:01
3♥ if limited openings, otherwise 4♥
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