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- From: rudy@netcom.com (Rudy)
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- Subject: Re: Would you re-open? (Problem from Jeff Rubens' book)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.005001.4614@netcom.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 00:50:01 GMT
- Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov19.005001.4614
- References: <1992Nov18.204648.18476@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.204648.18476@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >Matchpoints, none vul. You hold: T9xxxx,x,-,xxxxxx
- >The auction:
- >
- >LHO P RHO Y
- >=== = === =
- >1D p 1H p
- >3H p p ?
-
- > 2) Do you bid 3S in:
- > a) A very weak field (your usual club game)
- > b) A weak field (say, a sectional)
- > c) A good field (regional)
- > d) A very good field (one of Asya's home games)
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- On this type of hand I would very much like to bid 2NT at my first turn
- (assuming it's for the unbid suits). We are white and it takes off the
- pressure to decide the second round of the auction.
-
- [Boy, I sure hope this gets me invited to one of Asya's home games! ;-)]
-