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- From: zilch@planb.Eng.Sun.COM (John Hoffman)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: Problems from Portland
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 19:16:17 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
- Lines: 74
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <lgih81INNgb3@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- References: <1992Nov16.230024.2100@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Reply-To: zilch@planb.Eng.Sun.COM
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- > 1. None vul. East dealer. You are West: AJ9542, T, Q7, AT32
- >
- > West North East South
- > pass pass
- > 1S-1 1N-2 pass 2D 1. 11-15 HCP, at least 4 spades
- > pass 2H (all pass) 2. 15-17
- >
- > After West passed, South announced that there had been
- > a failure to alert, and that 2D was a transfer to 2H.
- > The director then permitted West to take back his final
- > pass if he wished. What do you do?
-
- Pass anyway. This is a team game. Partner could have doubled to show
- decent values, or could have bid a new suit (non-forcing) over 1N.
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- > 2. Both vul. South dealer. You are East: T74, KJ52, K7, Q975
- >
- > West North East South
- > 1D-1 1. Shows at least 4
- > dbl 1S dbl-2 1N 2. Responsive, 6-9 HCP
- > pass 5D ?
-
- Double. The pluses: You're at the top of your range, your responsive double
- suits are as short as possible, your partner also lacks length in your suits,
- and you know that you do not want to try 5H to make or save.
- The minuses: you have no aces, you have no shape, you have no place to run to.
-
- > 3. NS vul. West dealer. You are West: Q863, J63, 632, AQ6
- >
- > West North East South
- > pass 1C 2N-1 3H 1. 6-12 HCP, at least 4 spades and 4 diamonds
- > 3S 4H pass pass with at least 9 cards total in the 2 suits
- > ?
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- Pass. You've already bid your hand and so has partner.
-
- > 4. Both vul. South dealer. You are North: QJ95, T97, AKT762, void
- >
- > West North East South
- > 1S-1 1. 11-15 HCP, at least 4 spades
- > pass 2C-2 2H pass-* 2. artificial, forcing to game
- > 3H ? opener may not pass short of game
- > 2C bidder may pass short of game on misfit
- >
- > * - To help with the bidding system:
- >
- > double - would be for penalties
- > 2S - would show 5
- > 2N - would show a heart stopper
- > 3m - better than minimum opening plus a suit
- >
- > so the pass says only 4 spades, no heart suit or decent stopper,
- > not a distributional hand, and on the low end of the HCP range (11-13).
- > In other words, your basic garbage balanced opener with 4 spades.
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- 3S. Set the trump suit, assuming there is no other bid that explicitly does this.
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- > 5. NS vul. East dealer. You are South: 9, J4, AK7654, JT94
- >
- > West North East South
- > pass ?
- >
- > Do you preempt or not?
-
- 3D. Must bid something on this hand, and it just doesn't rate a 1D bid.
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- So have I blown another match?
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