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Support with support..? Or maybe not?

Poll: Support with support..? Or maybe not? (19 member(s) have cast votes)

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  1. 1D nat F1 (6 votes [31.58%])

    Percentage of vote: 31.58%

  2. 2C inverted (12 votes [63.16%])

    Percentage of vote: 63.16%

  3. 3H splinter (1 votes [5.26%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.26%

  4. 3S splinter (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   whereagles 

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Posted 2015-January-04, 06:45

MPs. Adv/expert field.


1♣ is natural.

Bid/why? Note that you can splinter in your favourite major :)
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Posted 2015-January-10, 12:24

Opener had

KQ
K87
K74
QJ952

Full auction went

LHO pard RHO we
pass 1♣ pass 1♦
1♥ 1NT 2♥--- 3♣
4♥ pass pass 5♣
5♥ dbl (end)

I tried a "walk the dog" on these opponents with 3♣. Didn't work, but LHO's 5611 wasn't enough to prevent 2 down and ~60%. 5♣ is an easy make.
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Posted 2015-January-10, 15:11

I am tempted to ask you what does pass over 1♥ mean in your partnership, perhaps you alert it as something rare like 6-4 minors?
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Posted 2015-January-10, 16:36

oops the diagram had 1 call too much (1♦, fixed)
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Posted 2015-January-13, 12:58

View Postwhereagles, on 2015-January-04, 06:45, said:

MPs. Adv/expert field.

Opps had 10 cards in spades, 9 cards in hearts, were at favourable vulnerability at matchpoints, had almost half the deck in HCP, and could not find a bid on the first round of bidding? I take it they were the cream of the crop in this highly expert field?
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Posted 2015-January-13, 17:00

what's up with all this hierarchical stuff..?

pard with whom I played the tournament may not be a very talented player, but hey he's an expert in POSITRON ANNIHILATION Posted Image
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Posted 2015-January-30, 08:13

My hand is good enough to raise clubs and then bid diamonds a couple of times. If the opponents bid major(s) at a high level I can bid NT at the appropriate level. A splinter does not show the main features of this hand, great club support and good diamonds.
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Posted 2015-January-31, 00:55

I would start with a splinter: this takes away space and clearly tells some features of my hand immediately. The choice is between ♥ and ♠. Imo a ♥ splinter is better, because we allow partner to (not) cuebid ♠ which can give us some valuable information.
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Posted 2015-January-31, 06:00

Thx. That's a good idea.
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Posted 2015-January-31, 17:54

How about 4♣ pre-invite because unfavorable?
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