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- From: taylor@foraker.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Eric Taylor)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: Would you re-open? (Problem from Jeff Rubens' book)
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:23:42 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.204648.18476@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov19.005001.4614@netcom.com> <1ehi5aINNjvc@im4u.cs.utexas.edu>
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- In article <1ehi5aINNjvc@im4u.cs.utexas.edu>, varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov19.005001.4614@netcom.com> rudy@netcom.com (Rudy) writes:
- |> >In article <1992Nov18.204648.18476@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- |> >>Matchpoints, none vul. You hold: T9xxxx,x,-,xxxxxx
- |> >>The auction:
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- |> >>LHO P RHO Y
- |> >>=== = === =
- |> >>1D p 1H p
- |> >>3H p p ?
- |>
- |> >> 2) Do you bid 3S in:
- |> >> d) A very good field (one of Asya's home games)
- |>
- |> >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! ;-)]
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- |>
- |> Asya! Do I get to answer this one? Please?
- |>
- |> A *bridge* game? I doubt it.
- |>
- |> You *do* seem to have a rather strong masochistic streak, however ...
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- A true hair on his chest masochist would have michaeled or
- unusual nt'ed at his first opportunuity. :-)
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