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Boldbida Team Match - 10-29 Hand 8

Poll: What's your bid? (22 member(s) have cast votes)

What would you rebid as opener?

  1. 2S (18 votes [81.82%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 81.82%

  2. 3S (4 votes [18.18%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 18.18%

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#1 User is offline   GG_Bridge 

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Posted 2016-October-31, 10:03



Up for discussion is whether Opener invites with 3S or bids 2S after partner's 1S bid.
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Posted 2016-October-31, 10:18

2♠ as is, needs very little to change that, 3-1 in the minors rather than 2-2 would prob be enough for me.
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Posted 2016-October-31, 10:41

2♠ nothing to be excited about.
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Posted 2016-October-31, 19:10

I bid 2S, but I think it's quite close to 3S. I would bid 3S with either major suit jack.
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Posted 2016-October-31, 20:48

GG_Bridge askes "Up for discussion is whether Opener invites with 3S or bids 2S after partner's 1S bid".

So far a minority of one, I rank
1. 3♠ INV. 5 losers (subtracting a loser for trump control). Well-placed top honours, reinforcing each other. Good intermediates. Game playable opposite minimums like ♠ K x x x ♥ x x ♦ A x x ♣ x x x x
2. 4♠ PRE. Landy Game try :) Slight overbid even for a BoldBida :)
3. 2♠ LIM. Underbid, Might work here but, when the layout is favourable for game, partner often reluctant to take the blame. As I argued in another thread, the LTC (losing trick count) or WTC (winning trick count) is a useful rule of thumb for ordinary players. It helps us to judge hands like this. And to settle arguments, when things go wrong.

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Posted 2016-October-31, 23:42

I voted for 2 ♠ also. Just not quite enough for 3 ♠.
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Posted 2016-November-01, 02:53

2s - yes it's a max, but we are allowed to have a max.
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2016-November-01, 03:06

View Postnige1, on 2016-October-31, 20:48, said:

So far a minority of one...

I was a bit surprised after voting to see how much of a minority we appear to be. Perhaps I play too much Precision, where 3♠ is more attractive since (a) the opening bid is potentially a bit more shaded and (b) the upper end of the opening bid is much more limited.
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Posted 2016-November-01, 03:32

Add me to the bold 3 spades bidders. All of my points are working in my long suits (only one 10 and one 9, but both are backing up two honours in the long suits). Two aces, only one quack. There are plenty of reasons to upgrade. We are playing teams and I want to encourage partner to bid game.
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Posted 2016-November-01, 05:39

For mamy europeans this is a no brainer since 2 spades guarantees 4 cards.
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Posted 2016-November-01, 05:50

View PostFluffy, on 2016-November-01, 05:39, said:

For mamy europeans this is a no brainer since 2 spades guarantees 4 cards.
I agree with Fluffy, that it depends on bidding style. Scottish players routinely open 1♥ with poor hands. For example
♠ Q x x x ♥ K Q J x x ♦ J x x ♣ Q
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