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- From: bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman)
- Subject: Re: bidding after a t/o double
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.122323.2423@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 12:23:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.053742.28067@smds.com> rh@ishmael.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
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- stuff deleted....
- :>>2H-4H? If not, do you feel that this is a slam "well worth missing"?
- :
- :>Yes. Even if it makes, I feel this is a slam well worth missing.
- :>Consider that while you may miss a slam, you may also find that 4H
- :>is the limit of the hand should partner have, for example:
- :
- :>xxxx
- :>Jxxx
- :>KQx
- :>xx
- :
- :You misaprehend. I was referring to hands where partner rebids hearts.
-
- If you force with 2S and partner rebids 3H he shows exactly NOTHING
- by his 3H response. You have FORCED him to bid. Indeed, on the hand
- just above I would expect a 4H response to 2S, showing a real suit
- and VALUES. If partner bids 3H over 2S he promises NOTHING. What do
- you expect him to bid with:
-
- xxxx
- xxx
- xxx
- xxx
-
- ???
-
- Your 2S bid has forced him to bid.
-
- :If one raises to 4H directly, you foreclose the possibility of partner
- :giving you that information. On this type of hand, with a 2S bid, the
- :bidding goes 2H-2S-2NT-4H and that is the end of the matter.
-
- 2NT with 4 small spades? [and partner short!]. You must be joking.
-
- After 1S-D-2H-P-4H I expect *my* partners to bid again on Qxxxx and a
- side kicker. You have jumped to game over a forced response and over
- what could be a 3 card suit. This jump to game shows at WORST a 4-loser
- 9 winner hand. It is at worst about 1/2 trick short of a 2C opening
- bid.
-
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- Bob Silverman
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