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Missed a grand How to bid this?

#21 User is offline   Zelandakh 

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Posted 2012-July-30, 02:03

This post made no sense whatsoever. Does anyone really play that the auction:

(P) - 2 - (P) - 2
(3) - 4 shows both minors with longer clubs? What do you do with a hand that actually has diamonds?

Secondly, after the auction:
(P) - 2 - (P) - 3NT (= AAK)
(4) - 7, why can partner not hold A and A? Good luck explaining to team-mates how you managed to bring back -50 missing the trump ace. "Modified Norman" is indeed the answer here, but not to the question of what might be a good system to play over 2.

Sorry pirate, I know you like to troll by writing rubbish but this is bad even for you.
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Posted 2012-July-30, 23:04

EDIT - Double post, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
"It's not enough to win the tricks that belong to you. Try also for some that belong to the opponents."

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Posted 2012-July-30, 23:07

View PostZelandakh, on 2012-July-30, 02:03, said:

This post made no sense whatsoever. Does anyone really play that the auction:

(P) - 2 - (P) - 2
(3) - 4 shows both minors with longer clubs? What do you do with a hand that actually has diamonds?


First, if you play a Strong 2 in addition to Strong 2 you can set it as that. I don't, but if I played a serious 2/1 partnership, I would lobby like crazy for a 3-way 2 - GF balanced, strong hands with primarily Diamonds, and GF 4441 hands. Forget about that though, this is the time to whip out a 3NT Opening asking for Aces. Then you can get this auction (via Mbodell): 3NT - 5 (promises A and A, no other Aces) - 7. http://www.bridgebas...83-3n-for-aces/
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"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself."

"One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts."

-Alfred Sheinwold
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Posted 2012-July-31, 00:07

If you used an opening 3NT to ask for specific aces, you'll get to the right spot (assuming the little diamond isn't an issue - hopefully pard has a couple so it is a long trick, or he has a shortage and a couple of trumps, or he has the jack, or the jack luckily falls):

- if pard bids 4 - you bid 5 (no aces)
- if pard bids 4 - you bid 5
- if pard bids 4 - you bid 6
- if pard bids 5 - you bid 6 (ace of clubs)
- if pard bids 4NT showing two non-touching aces, this must be hearts and clubs so you bid 6.
- if pard bids 5 showing heart and spade aces, you bid 6
- if pard bids 5 showing spade and club aces, you bid 7
- if pard bids 5NT showing 3 aces, you bid 7NT (ace of hearts being a discard for the little diamond).
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