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Your opponents play Acol, 4-card minors and a weak notrump.
Your call and plan?
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Another simple hand from the club last night matchpoints
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Posted 2013-February-13, 02:19
Your opponents play Acol, 4-card minors and a weak notrump.
Your call and plan?
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Posted 2013-February-13, 02:45
paulg, on 2013-February-13, 02:19, said:
Your call
Pass
paulg, on 2013-February-13, 02:19, said:
and plan?
Do I get to see dummy first?
Rik
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Posted 2013-February-13, 03:08
Gotta pass now, partner can have a monster but most likelly he won't and the sooner we stop the better
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Posted 2013-February-13, 03:55
Trinidad, on 2013-February-13, 02:45, said:
Do I get to see dummy first?
You hold it in your hand.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2013-February-14, 03:53
The winning action on the hand depends on who you are playing. I passed and scored 10/20 matchpoints for making the par score (+130 available in either minor). Three people bid and made three notrump, which was not an easy contract to defend but leading from four clubs to the jack was not ideal). Two players passed their partner's one spade overcall (!!), scoring +170 on a friendly defence.
I was happy to get an average in the end
I was happy to get an average in the end
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Posted 2013-February-16, 15:41
I would pass. Even if partner has the majority of the outstanding HCP, it is possible that no game makes. In IMP it would be a tougher decision, but most likely the same.
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Posted 2013-February-17, 00:21
Pass
The hand is a complete misfit. So I'll just get out of the auction as quickly as possible even with a pretty good hand. The length and quality of your ♣ suit should give 2 ♣ a decent play.
The hand is a complete misfit. So I'll just get out of the auction as quickly as possible even with a pretty good hand. The length and quality of your ♣ suit should give 2 ♣ a decent play.
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