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2/1 Talk / Trying to play with GIBs, a minor rant
« on: March 03, 2018, 07:50:34 AM »
This is in the endless hands since I find trying to do anything on the web version infuriatingly uncooperative, clumsy and cluttered:
P has  !C 875    !D AKQ9  !H Q9    !S J765
I hold  !C AQ42    !D J865  !H A2   !S A32

 Not vul opps pass throughout. P opens 1 !D. I respond 2 !C forcing
P then bids 2NT  to which I respond 3 !D to offer option of 3NT or  !D
P then bids 4 !C!  I gnash my teeth and think ugly thoughts about GIBs and bid 4 !D
At this point Gib bids 5 !C.

 I pretty much have to assume it has some decent  !C to rebid them or is this some sort of cue bid trying to get to slam? Why on earth would that be a possibility when neither of us are showing anything but minors and neither of us are showing any extras?  How in the world can it justify rebidding a lousy three card suit when it has the 4 card  !D suit with the three top honours and we have at least an 8 card fit?   In this case I suppose I should have ignored the  !D fit, just bid 3NT and hope that the K !S is finessable.






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in a team match, partner and I have played a few hands together  but not regular partners by any means.   This hand came up .  Imps  we are vul vs not.
  Me
 !S KT75     !H K843   !D AJ85   !C 9

Partner
 !S A       !H J2    !D k     !C AQJ875432

I look at my hand & like it,  I have three chances to find a fit with partner so I allow points for the singleton and open 1 !D 
Opps  pass throughout.

Partner looks at HIS hand and goes WHEE! 2 !C I instantly have a problem.  I can't bid a major because I think we are not in a 2/1 auction therefore it would be a reverse. I decidedly can't rebid  !D.  So I bid 2NT.   P thinks we ARE in a game force auction and therefor happilly bids 3 !C.  Now my hand  looks to me like something you shovel out of a barn. P has nothing but a long !C suit,  and I certainly can't support that.  So..  I pass.  P is upset but polite and we each quietly think thoughts about people who don't bid according to how WE were taught  :)

Even so, I don't know how I would have gone on from there anyway.  3NT?   is there any rational way to find the slam that happens to make because of the lie of the cards? And what % of people play that  ANY  2/1 auction is forcing rather than only those starting out with a major suit bid?  I would think that normally there would be other options available to responder but with this hand he obviously could only bid !C.   How many people would open with my hand in the first place and is that where the trouble all began?

The other table the auction started out exactly the same way except that after 2NT  responder bid 4 !C,  opener bid 4 !H   responder leaped to 6 !C making.  I don't understand the 4 !H bid unless they agreed  they were in a game force auction  but there it is.


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IAC Pairs Ladder / people looking for partners to play in Ladder
« on: July 21, 2017, 05:15:49 PM »
I've had a couple of messages regarding people looking for partners to play in the ladder.

Perhaps anyone looking for a partner could post a short message here about what they play etc., and see if someone contacts them. Anyone posting is not committed to playing with anyone who invites them but they certainly are committed to responding to invitations, whether a delighted yes or even if only to say they don't think the partnership is compatible. That's only courtesy.

It would be great if we could get more partnerships going for the ladder, so please give it a go if you've thought about playing in it but need a partner.

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Sleight of Hand / missing the obvious
« on: July 08, 2017, 11:56:00 PM »
I hold  !S 43  !H KQ943  !D-     !C KQJ643    Sitting in third seat all vul.  MPs

 Bidding goes: pass  pass  1 !H   X   XX   2 !D  I'm not sure if p means the XX as support or what else you got?
Can't bid the !C because that would be a reverse and I'm nowhere near that and I've only got 5 !H so can't rebid those either, it's not THAT strong a suit.   So I pass.  LHO passes.

Partner bids 2 !H.   RHO passes.

Do I mention the !C?  I think about it and bid them, if we have a double fit it might be one of those miracle hands, and at least the XX showed some few  points somewhere even if I still  don't know what it was for sure. The 2 !H sounds like a determination not to let them have it rather than anything enthusiastic about  !H.  ( Probly my first mistake. Next one coming up right away.)

I'm assuming p will put me back in !H if he doesn't like the !C , instead he bids 3NT.  Now we are going to be overbidding the hand, I think, and figure he has the other two suits.  Consider bidding 4 !H, not sure if he will think that's some sort of slam try.    So... may the bridge gods and my partner forgive me,  I pass.

P has !S AQ765 !H T76 !D Q932 and !C 9   It was not a happy hand.
How else  could this have been handled other than not trying to find jewels  in the sludge?


I assume I should just have passed the 2 !H?  What about opening the  !C instead of the !H ? ( a point brought up for discussion after the tourney )

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