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#1 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:32 pm

Both vulnerable
Auction goes
pass, pass, 1 heart to you

S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75
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#2 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:34 pm

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I don't think you have a better bid then double and the auction continues 2Hearts 3Diamonds 3 Hearts your bid again
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#3 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:46 pm

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S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75
You have several choices
double again this is for penalty since partner bid
bid 4 diamonds
pass
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#4 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:52 pm

if you double or pass
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they will make it
if you bid 4 diamonds CHECK CHANGE
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partner is on play and the person who opened 1Heart leads the heart Ace. followed by the King and swiches to the club 10,
Plan your play
S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75

S A6543
H J10
D K10873
C J
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Re: Bridge hand 2

#5 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:59 pm

macrae1234 wrote:Both vulnerable
Auction goes
pass, pass, 1 heart to you

S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75
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I don't like it, but I have (barely) enough extra to hazard a takeout double. For the moment, I'm inclined to treat it as a minimum takeout double.
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#6 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:02 pm

macrae1234 wrote:
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I don't think you have a better bid then double and the auction continues 2Hearts 3Diamonds 3 Hearts your bid again
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This is close. Partner voluntarily bid at the three level, though, so he should have at least five pretty good diamonds and something nice outside. I'll try 4 diamonds.
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#7 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:13 pm

macrae1234 wrote:if you bid 4 diamonds
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partner is on play and the person who opened 1Heart leads the heart Ace. followed by the King and swiches to the club 10, J, 3
Plan your play
S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75

S A6543
H J10
D K10873
C J
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Particularly at matchpoints, I'm astonished that partner bid diamonds, not spades. I'm in trouble on this hand. I need to play it at least two tricks better than the spade bidders. I'd probably also better assume that three hearts is making, which means that diamonds need to be 3-1. (Even then they should lose two clubs, a diamond, a spade, and a club uppercut, but I can see other stuff happening.)
Isn't lefty (from this perspective) the opening bidder? --Bob
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#8 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:17 pm

YES SEE MY CHANGE
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#9 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:21 pm

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I suppose I should have bid 2 spades and then over 3 hearts what do you bid
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#10 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:32 pm

macrae1234 wrote:
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I suppose I should have bid 2 spades and then over 3 hearts what do you bid
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Over three hearts I'll sell out. Partner doesn't need as much to bid at the two level as at the three level, and he's probably counting on me for four-card support, which I don't have. Partner, who knows about the double fit, should persevere to three spades.
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#11 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:35 pm

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partner doesn't know about diamonds so back to my original auction how do you play 4 diamonds
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#12 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:41 pm

macrae1234 wrote:YES SEE MY CHANGE
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I'm going to play righty for three diamonds to the queen (along with the queen of clubs), and lefty for everything else. I will assume lefty has six hearts, so I'm interested in their range for an opening two heart bid, because I know he has either too much for that or the wrong shape (probably 6-5 in hearts and clubs, if that's the case). I'll win the ace of clubs on the board, cash the king pitching a spade, and ruff a club. I'll cross to the high trump and take the hook coming back unless the queen pops up. What have I seen so far?
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#13 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:46 pm

macrae1234 wrote:
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partner doesn't know about diamonds so back to my original auction how do you play 4 diamonds
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Yes he does -- you made a takeout double. You've got at least seven cards in his two suits, and quite possibly eight.
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#14 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:50 pm

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On the Ace of clubs righty produced the 3
On the King of clubs righty produced the 2 and lefty the 6
On the third club righty produces the 4 and lefty the 9
On the diamond lefty plays the 2 and righty shows out
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#15 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:29 pm

the story
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its a brutal hand of 2 or 3 and spades get killed

-----------------S A6543
-----------------H J10
-----------------D K10873
-----------------C J
S KJ1092-----------------------S VOID
H 9752--------------------------H AK843
D VOID------------------------D Q942
C 8432--------------------------C Q1096
------------------S Q82
------------------H Q6
------------------D AJ65
------------------C AK75

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#16 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:37 pm

macrae1234 wrote:
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On the Ace of clubs righty produced the 3
On the King of clubs righty produced the 2 and lefty the 6
On the third club righty produces the 4 and lefty the 9
On the diamond lefty plays the 2 and righty shows out
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What did righty pitch? I'll ruff dummy's last club with the 10. Who follows?
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#17 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:55 pm

a spade and everyone follows to 4 clubs
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#18 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:15 pm

macrae1234 wrote:a spade and everyone follows to 4 clubs
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Then the hand is counted out. Lefty was dealt 0544. I'll lead a diamond toward the board. Does lefty win? What does righty pitch?
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#19 Post by macrae1234 » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:32 am

You can see all 4 hands above
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