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- From: bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman)
- Subject: Re: Bidding over preempts - assess the blame
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- References: <1992Nov20.152935.27683@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:55:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.152935.27683@rayssd.ssd.ray.com> sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Steve Myerson) writes:
- :Bidding over preempts is always a challenge.
- :What would you do here? Assess the blame.
- :3N makes for NS. 3D went down 4. East opened 3D on T987x of diamonds.
- :
- :Matchpoints. NS vul. West dealer.
- :
- :North: KQ7xx, 86x, KQ6, J7
- :South: Ax, AKJx, xxx, A8xx
- :
- :West North East South
- :pass pass 3D pass
- :pass pass
-
- No blame. You've been fixed. It happens to everyone.
-
- South has 7 losers and poor shape for a t/o double, despite 4 QT.
- North has too much strength in the opponents suit and too many
- losers to make balancing attractive. Although of all possible actions,
- balancing with 3S seems the best bet. But I can not fault not doing so.
-
- Note that if East has a REAL 3D call, then game becomes much less
- a good bet. Spades probably won't break, nor hearts and you have a
- shortage of tricks for NT.
-
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