Tough call
#1
Posted 2006-December-10, 17:47
You hold:
♠AJx
♥-
♦KJ98x
♣AT9xx
You open 1D in third seat, LHO overcalls 1S, partner bids 2H (forcing if unpassed)
You try a normal(?) 3C but partner continues with 3H. Your bid?
#2
Posted 2006-December-10, 18:23
BTW I strongly suspect I would not have bid a "normal" 3C!!
#3
Posted 2006-December-10, 18:48
#4
Posted 2006-December-10, 19:00
Now I have to bid 3NT.
Peter
#5
Posted 2006-December-10, 21:33
My mind suggests what 3♥ should be. But, I cannot imagine that partner actually is popping out a Flag bid here (3♥ as a power club raise, 3♠ as a power diamond raise). Sure, he might have something like ♠xxx ♥AKxxx ♦x ♣KJxx, a fit-showing "jump" without the jump, but that seems a tad esoteric to pull out without discussion.
Then again, what could 3♥ actually show here?
-P.J. Painter.
#6
Posted 2006-December-10, 22:21
kenrexford, on Dec 10 2006, 10:33 PM, said:
My mind suggests what 3♥ should be. But, I cannot imagine that partner actually is popping out a Flag bid here (3♥ as a power club raise, 3♠ as a power diamond raise). Sure, he might have something like ♠xxx ♥AKxxx ♦x ♣KJxx, a fit-showing "jump" without the jump, but that seems a tad esoteric to pull out without discussion.
Then again, what could 3♥ actually show here?
I have been told it is not unusual to not open 3h with an outside ace or K.
I can only guess partner has a 6 trick hand with an outside A or K and very long hearts?
xxx....QTxxxxx....x....Kx???? and choose to not open 2H?
#7
Posted 2006-December-10, 22:41
Anyhow..I would have rebid 2NT here which I don't play as extra values or just passed the first time since 3♣ shows more than I have. I have no idea what PD can hold to not open 1,2 or 3 and then bid his suit twice unless he has 4 ♠'s.
Anyhow..I am passing 3♥ and will give lots of thought to running to 3NT if X'd, and then hoping if PD sits it is less of a bloodbath than 3♥x or that he runs to one of my 5 card minors (although if he has the ♠ I expect, he may not).
.. I may gag when I see PD's hand here .. neilkaz ..
#8
Posted 2006-December-10, 23:06
I'd say he has some kind of hand that doesn't fit a v/nv 2♥ opener; perhaps 4 decent spades (very unlikely), or a marginal suit; xx, Jxxxxxx, AQ, Kx (more likely).
We can try 1 of two things. We can leave pard in the 6-0 or 7-0 fit or we can gamble 3N. 3N isn't that unreasonable if my read if right; some minor suit honors that will give us a source of tricks. The problem with 3N is that the biggest problem on the hand might be the heart suit. Or we can let pard flounder in 3♥;
Nothing is that appetizing, really.
#9
Posted 2006-December-11, 00:53
pclayton, on Dec 11 2006, 12:06 AM, said:
I'd say he has some kind of hand that doesn't fit a v/nv 2♥ opener; perhaps 4 decent spades (very unlikely), or a marginal suit; xx, Jxxxxxx, AQ, Kx (more likely).
We can try 1 of two things. We can leave pard in the 6-0 or 7-0 fit or we can gamble 3N. 3N isn't that unreasonable if my read if right; some minor suit honors that will give us a source of tricks. The problem with 3N is that the biggest problem on the hand might be the heart suit. Or we can let pard flounder in 3♥;
Nothing is that appetizing, really.
thank goodness I know that partner opening on junk cannot have that hand
1
even roth/stone may try a junky! 2h?
#11
Posted 2006-December-11, 03:12
#12
Posted 2006-December-11, 09:24
But I wouldn´t be in this position anyway, because I won´t bid the "normal" 3♣.
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
#13
Posted 2006-December-11, 09:43
Pass.
#14
Posted 2006-December-11, 17:34
This is not a regular partnership so we do not have very specific agreements on preempts.
Based on past experience, partner's preempts will tend to be pretty classical, especially red against green. Nothing especially aggressive.
Also, some posters disagreed with 3C bid on the second round. If so, what would be the preferred bid? 2NT?
#15
Posted 2006-December-11, 21:05
#16
Posted 2006-December-12, 01:40
bridgeboy, on Dec 12 2006, 08:34 AM, said:
Partner passed first seat and you look at 13 HCPS and a misfit.
The chances, that you can make 3 NT or 5 in a minor are small, so I would pass 2 ♥.
I doubt that 2 NT is better then 3 ♣, because without discussion, this could not be some kind of good/bad Lebensohl or whatever, so 3 ♣ would be my second choice, just in case I had a lion for breakfast.
And of course 3 ♣ is more or less a no-brainer with an unpassed partner and no fancy gadget 2 NT.
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
#17
Posted 2006-December-12, 03:19
Over 3♥, I abstain. I don't think partner's sequence is possible for a passed hand. If his reason not to open 2♥ was a 4card spade suit, then he has to be consistent and not bid 2♥ over 1♠. If the suit was too weak, then he should bid it without diamond tolerance.
#18
Posted 2006-December-12, 04:57
bridgeboy, on Dec 11 2006, 11:34 PM, said:
Based on past experience, partner's preempts will tend to be pretty classical, especially red against green. Nothing especially aggressive.
Also, some posters disagreed with 3C bid on the second round. If so, what would be the preferred bid? 2NT?
3♣ shows 9+ cards in the minors and a dislike for hearts. That bid certainly is correct.
If partner is reliable, we will have 7 weakish hearts and side values, but I really doubt pard is bidding correctly, hence my pull to 4♣. Obviously, this isn't very nice to partner, but in my experience pards don't always bid correctly (especially the ones I don't play regularly with), so I must adapt. I prefer to win the board than the post-mortem (e.g. showing pard how he misbid after having entered the bad score).
#19
Posted 2006-December-12, 06:29
#20
Posted 2006-December-12, 10:13
So 3♣ seems clear, and I really do not understand any other call. 2N is NATURAL, and you'd be an idiot to invite 3N here.
The unexpected 3♥ call leaves you with no choice but to pass. Now I'd play partner for 2=7=2=2 or some 3=7 major hand or maybe even a really weak 8 card suit. Anyway, he knows you are short in ♥ and he still wants to play the suit...let him.