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#1 User is offline   mr1303 

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Posted 2012-December-31, 10:20



Is this a raise to 2H? Or do you go via 1NT forcing?

Does it make a difference if you play limited (up to 16) 1 heart and 1 spade openings?
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Posted 2012-December-31, 10:39

No aces but you have a small doubleton and KJ and QJ9. 2♥ for me. I hate 1NT.
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Posted 2012-December-31, 11:16

Looks plenty good enough to be constructive to me. (But I wouldn't be caught dead playing single raise constructive.)
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Posted 2012-December-31, 19:26

2♥ for me. and no, it doesn't make a difference.
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Posted 2013-January-01, 07:04

Playing 2/1, the 3 card raise of 2H = 8,9 exact .
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Posted 2013-January-01, 11:24



This was partner's hand. He bid 4H opposite my constructive raise. It made, but only because of a (reasonable) misdefence. He did comment that he thought I was light for 2H.
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Posted 2013-January-01, 12:54

Letting 4H through was quite common. I have no problems being in 4H here (we had the same auction and made the same 10 tricks). It's more interesting as a defensive problem.
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Posted 2013-January-01, 19:17

View Postmr1303, on 2013-January-01, 11:24, said:



This was partner's hand. He bid 4H opposite my constructive raise. It made, but only because of a (reasonable) misdefence. He did comment that he thought I was light for 2H.


If p doesn't like being in 4H at IMPS on that sequence, he could at least offer to have his shortness better placed.
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Posted 2013-January-02, 02:08

You're not light, your hcp are just in the wrong suit. If partner makes a SST he'd end up in 3H like he wants...
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Posted 2013-January-02, 06:00

You have a huge amount of wastage between these 2 hands and there was still (good) play for 4♥. Unless your system contains a way of locating the wastage it is not surprising to end in the game contract. Of course, locating that wastage may well also make the defence easier, so going directly to 4 has a fair bit going for it on a purely practical level.
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Posted 2013-January-04, 11:24

nothing wrong with 2♥ i Have seen some that play constructive at 8-10HCP
I would probably make a game try with the other hand
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