[eagles123]

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Matchpoints

thanks,

Eagles

[jogs]

2♦. This is an ugly hand. Every time someone posts a board where third seat opened it has always been right to bid. Therefore the question is if East open 1♥ in 1st seat would it be right to overcall 2♦ in second seat?

[mike777]

I will try double, pass is reasonable, no 2d here. I think this is a one bid hand and then out..

[Jinksy]

2♦ eats a fair bit of their bidding space, and will fetch the right lead from P, should W happen to be playing the contract, so I'll opt for that.

If West's 2♥ comes back to me, we'll get a second chance to play in 2♠.

[The_Badger]

Pass. The last thing I want is to involved in a competitive auction after partner's passed. 2♦ doesn't feel right vulnerable. There's a fair chance you will be on lead anyway, and I'd rather see how the auction pans out before entering.

Given that 1♥ opener was in 3rd, let's wait for the 2♣ Drury, the 1♠ bid, the 1NT response, etc, etc, from his partner because you will still have a good chance to enter the auction with a X or 2♦if it fades quickly.

I don't like passing, as 2♦ is lead directional too. But this is the sort of hand I would err on the side of caution. I'm never keen on X with a doubleton in the opponent's suit and only 3 cards in the other major. Given that you can just about scrape half-a-trick (on a good day) from ♣s too, it's not a great hand outside the ♦ suit.

As jogs says: This is an ugly hand. Ugly hands are best not bid, in my opinion.

[mr1303]

2D, but only because of the lead. I don't mind double on 3S but I only really have one thing to be proud of here, and that's the diamonds. Double invites too many spades from partner. Pass could be best.

[ahydra]

Normally this vul and passed partner would warrant being cautious overcalling 2x with a flat hand, but the diamonds are too good to not mention them.

ahydra

[wank]

i'd just pass. i'll reconsider if lho bids 2h and it comes back to me.

if i doubled i wouldn't feel happy about p bidding 2S if LHO hasn't shown a fit. it would often be 200 and a catastrophe.

[gszes]

X marks the spot

With a 6th dia I would bid 2d since 3n opposite a passed hand is still reasonable. With this hand game is very unlikely so we choose x because it allows for the widest range of strains at the lowest possible level. 2d loses too much of its value (lead direction) since the odds are kind of heavy we will be on opening lead.

[rmnka447]

It's a solid 12 pointer, 2 QTs, 7 losers, so you should take some action.

I'm bidding 2 ♦ to show where my values are. I'd do it at any form of scoring, but think it's especially important at MPs as a potential lead director and help to partner on defense.

It also has the secondary effect of making it a little more difficult for the opponents to find a possible ♠ fit by taking away 1 ♠ as a bid. Also, LHO may not be strong enough or have the right hand to make a negative double.

[ggwhiz]

2♦ puts the fear of notrump in them and if they land there with partner on lead after a double it could really suck.

Risky though and a fast pass at imps.

[Phil]

2D only because my diamonds are great and my spades suck.

[eagles123]

thanks all - as it happens the overall result wasnt affected by the action taken they ended in some partscore regardless of what i did. FWIW I doubled but strongly considered pass, i didn't give much thought to 2D.

Thx

Eagles

[MrAce]

eagles123, on 2016-August-23, 14:48, said:

thanks all - as it happens the overall result wasnt affected by the action taken they ended in some partscore regardless of what i did. FWIW I doubled but strongly considered pass, i didn't give much thought to 2D.

Thx

Eagles

You know I wrote this many times that I do not make 2/1 overcalls with 5332 unless the suit is extremely good. This is why voted for 2♦. That is a very good suit and you want pd to lead it + when you have this quality of suit not easy punish you even when it was wrong to overcall 2♦.