Your bid
#1
Posted 2012-December-01, 19:14
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Partner opens 3D. Next hand passes. Your bid?
This is from a very old Reese bidding forum.
#3
Posted 2012-December-01, 20:15
3NT or maybe 4NT, I am even fond of 5NT grand slam force.
#4
Posted 2012-December-01, 20:51
the hog, on 2012-December-01, 19:14, said:
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xxx
Axxxxx
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Partner opens 3D. Next hand passes. Your bid?
This is from a very old Reese bidding forum.
I think that there are too many HCP sitting above me for a NT bid to work. RHO has a Diamond stiff or void and couldn't scape up a bid. LHO must be sitting on a rock crusher.
I think that the opps are likely to have a grand.
The valid questions are
1. What bid makes it most difficult for the opps to find a grand?
2. What percentage of the field do I expect to find the grand?
If I expect that the field is bidding seven, I'm going to bid an immediate seven diamonds, expecting to play there doubled.
If I expect that the field is bidding six, life is a lot more complicated. I think that I am going to bid 6C (raise to six Diamonds, asking for a club lead if we're defending). This might scare the opps enough to let use play 6D doubled...
I am also very intrigued by the possibility of a pass. Suppressing the fit might cause the opponents to misplace the missing Diamonds / High Card Points...
#5
Posted 2012-December-01, 21:45
Me, I'll try 3♠ forcing, then 4♥ if partner corrects to ♦ or offers a feature in ♣. I pass partner's raise to 4♠.
After their double, I will bid the minimum number of ♦ left to me.
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#6
Posted 2012-December-02, 13:21
Roland
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More system is not the answer...
#7
Posted 2012-December-02, 18:38
Paul Lavings, many times Australian international passed.
Michael Courtney, one of the world's best rubber bridge players bid 7D.
Reese stated that everything else was for children. He recommended pass as the better of the 2 bids.
#8
Posted 2012-December-03, 03:34
#9
Posted 2012-December-03, 06:15
I might try 5C as if C-void, but their inference is
"why did he not hope for 7M to Lightner double and a set?"
That'll get them to 7M if they see that lie.
No busy bid, eg. 3NT, 3S, etc. will keep them from thinking
"why is he fooling around?" and so inferring "we have grand".
4D,5D may get them to be satisfied with 4M,5M,
but each alerts opponents that I fear something big for them.
So I will pass. Let it be.
#10
Posted 2012-December-03, 06:33
The opps may think you're trying to make them decide whether they're making 5 or 6 rather than 6 or 7.
#13
Posted 2012-December-06, 10:09
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#14
Posted 2012-December-06, 11:02
Phil, on 2012-December-06, 10:09, said:
This looks good opposite MY partner. Opposite BBF'rs whose random preempts are the norm, it might be wise to just pass throughout.