[avoscill]

They say there is no preempt over a preempt. But maybe jumping to game should be an exception. For example, over a weak two in hearts by the opponents, what should I bid with something like:
♠ Q J 9 8 7 5 4 2
♥
♦ K 8
♣ J 6 5

[655321]

2♠, you can bid more spades later on.

[ArtK78]

A 4♠ bid should look something like this:

KQJTxxx
AKx
x
Ax

[the hog]

avoscill, on 2011-April-08, 03:06, said:

They say there is no preempt over a preempt. But maybe jumping to game should be an exception. For example, over a weak two in hearts by the opponents, what should I bid with something like:
♠ Q J 9 8 7 5 4 2
♥
♦ K 8
♣ J 6 5

Uh, no! This is a clear pass.

[TWO4BRIDGE]

the hog, on 2011-April-08, 06:10, said:

Uh, no! This is a clear pass.

Someone forgot to tell Rodwell that.
Recall the famous hand ( team championship several years ago ) where he directly overcalled a weak-2D open with:
South
Q 9 x x x x
x
x x
K x x x

Meckstroth put him in 4S game with:
North
A x x
Q T x
A K Q J T
9 x

Rodwell led a Sp and let West's ♠K win ! ! and made it .... because East could never get in to push a Cl thru South's K.... ( West held A Q J x x of Cl) .

[heyrocky]

Rodwell is good enough and has a good enough partner that he can bid whatever he wants. The rest of us (well, maybe except Justin) might be better served by showing a bit more restraint...

[the hog]

TWO4BRIDGE, on 2011-April-08, 09:27, said:

Someone forgot to tell Rodwell that.
Recall the famous hand ( team championship several years ago ) where he directly overcalled a weak-2D open with:
South
Q 9 x x x x
x
x x
K x x x

Meckstroth put him in 4S game with:
North
A x x
Q T x
A K Q J T
9 x

Rodwell led a Sp and let West's ♠K win ! ! and made it .... because East could never get in to push a Cl thru South's K.... ( West held A Q J x x of Cl) .

rofl. You don't think any pair that has played for more than a week wouldn't get to 4S if Sth passed?

[TWO4BRIDGE]

the hog, on 2011-April-08, 20:42, said:

rofl. You don't think any pair that has played for more than a week wouldn't get to 4S if Sth passed?

Good point... You are right... I didn't look at it from that perspective.
But then it wouldn't have been worthy for a newspaper column.