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Bridge hand 2
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:32 pm
by macrae1234
Both vulnerable
Auction goes
pass, pass, 1 heart to you
S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:34 pm
by macrae1234
I don't think you have a better bid then double and the auction continues 2Hearts 3Diamonds 3 Hearts your bid again
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:46 pm
by macrae1234
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
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:52 pm
by macrae1234
if you double or pass
they will make it
if you bid 4 diamonds CHECK CHANGE
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
Re: Bridge hand 2
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:59 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote:Both vulnerable
Auction goes
pass, pass, 1 heart to you
S Q82
H Q6
D AJ65
C AK75
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.
What form of scoring? --Bob
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:02 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote:I don't think you have a better bid then double and the auction continues 2Hearts 3Diamonds 3 Hearts your bid again
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.
--Bob
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:13 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote:if you bid 4 diamonds
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
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
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:17 pm
by macrae1234
YES SEE MY CHANGE
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:21 pm
by macrae1234
I suppose I should have bid 2 spades and then over 3 hearts what do you bid
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:32 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote: I suppose I should have bid 2 spades and then over 3 hearts what do you bid
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.
--Bob
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:35 pm
by macrae1234
partner doesn't know about diamonds so back to my original auction how do you play 4 diamonds
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:41 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote:YES SEE MY CHANGE
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?
--Bob
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:46 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote:partner doesn't know about diamonds so back to my original auction how do you play 4 diamonds
Yes he does -- you made a takeout double. You've got at least seven cards in his two suits, and quite possibly eight.
--Bob
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:50 pm
by macrae1234
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
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:29 pm
by macrae1234
the story
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
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:37 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote: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
What did righty pitch? I'll ruff dummy's last club with the 10. Who follows?
--Bob
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:55 pm
by macrae1234
a spade and everyone follows to 4 clubs
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:15 pm
by Bob78164
macrae1234 wrote:a spade and everyone follows to 4 clubs
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?
--Bob
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:32 am
by macrae1234
You can see all 4 hands above