Playing Imps would you bid or pass?. Is it close? At the table the choice made cost the match.
balancing bid vs weak 2 your bid
#1
Posted 2013-September-23, 15:10
Playing Imps would you bid or pass?. Is it close? At the table the choice made cost the match.
#2
Posted 2013-September-23, 16:30
#3
Posted 2013-September-23, 16:39
#4
Posted 2013-September-23, 16:56
#5
Posted 2013-September-23, 18:12
Balancing against 1st seat weak 2's is very different from balancing against normal 1-level openers, as all the inferences from the previous two passes are different.
#8
Posted 2013-September-23, 22:40
They will bid 3nt on too many hands where we can't make it and we may be in the ashcan already so I'm passing.
What is baby oil made of?
#9
Posted 2013-September-24, 08:01
#10
Posted 2013-September-24, 10:28
#11
Posted 2013-September-24, 11:02
Pass 7
Double 4 (on the Nigel scale)
I don't really think double will work well here at all. If our hand is worth anything on offence, it will be in no trumps.
#12
Posted 2013-September-24, 11:21
In my partnerships, I prefer that direct actions over preempts are sound. So having 14 HCP in balancing seat should require an action on my part, as we may have a game. If I am going to act, I will bid 2NT, which is the least lie.
However, as stated above, this is a very dangerous hand to balance on. Since I have KT9 of spades, partner may be short in spades but did not act, so he doesn't have anything approarching classic takeout double shape with moderate values. Partner could also have a moderate balanced hand, much like mine, in which case 3NT will have play. Or partner could have less power with a balanced hand or less power with shortness in spades.
All things considered, I think that my choice will be to bid 2NT. But this could be very wrong.
#13
Posted 2013-September-24, 18:08
I would chance 2NT and, "yes", it is chance.
#14
Posted 2013-September-24, 18:41
#15
Posted 2013-September-24, 21:26
2NT = 10
Pass = 9
Dbl = 3
a.k.a. Appeal Without Merit
#17
Posted 2013-September-25, 00:55
TylerE, on 2013-September-24, 18:41, said:
Really? If you double and pd bids 3H either directly or via Leb, you will get a S lead through your K. If you bid 2NT, partner can bid 3D to transfer.
#18
Posted 2013-September-25, 01:15
jmcw, on 2013-September-25, 00:24, said:
You should miss game when both hands are (close to) at the top of their ranges, ergo well bid. I don't mind 2NT that much but I wouldn't do it.
George Carlin
#19
Posted 2013-September-25, 02:09
#20
Posted 2013-September-25, 07:40