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#1 User is offline   rduran1216 

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Posted 2010-January-11, 12:57

Scoring: MP


Auction begins

1C pass 1H pass
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How good is this hand now?
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Posted 2010-January-11, 13:02

good!, enough for bidding 1♠ and probably 2♥ later
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Posted 2010-January-11, 13:03

Opponents have both passed, that is very good

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Posted 2010-January-11, 13:21

As the Puppy says, you are starting to like your hand. But as he implies, this is not the time to do anything about it. A 1S rebid is fine, now. My partners do not pass 1/1/1 (more than once, anyway).
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Posted 2010-January-11, 17:15

wtp if they pass? can't they have

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Posted 2010-January-11, 18:58

Not a problem yet. 1♠.
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Posted 2010-January-11, 19:20

rduran1216, on Jan 11 2010, 01:57 PM, said:

Scoring: MP


Auction begins

1C pass 1H pass
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How good is this hand now?

good enough to bid 1♠ :)
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Posted 2010-January-11, 22:25

is nobody tempted to bid 2S?
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Posted 2010-January-11, 22:31

rduran1216, on Jan 11 2010, 11:25 PM, said:

is nobody tempted to bid 2S?

No, 2♠ is a gross overbid as it is game forcing jump shift. The hand is far too weak to force to game. A typical jump shift has 18+HCP, showing sufficient strength to play in game opposite a minimum hand. This hand has only 13.

If partner has a minimum 6HCP hand with only 4 hands, you're going to go many down in game. If partner has something like AKQJ in diamonds and AQ hearts there would be no stopping partner from bidding slam either.
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Posted 2010-January-12, 00:38

A simple 1♠ now.

No reason to get excited , especially if you play Walsh style , and your pd might hold ♥Jxxx and ♦KQxxx.
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Posted 2010-January-12, 02:42

No 2 ♠- even if this is no overbid in your system, this makes it much harder to reach your possible heart fit.
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Posted 2010-January-12, 02:54

rduran1216, on Jan 12 2010, 05:25 AM, said:

is nobody tempted to bid 2S?

I would need a very much stronger hand to be tempted to bid 2♠
At the moment, your hand looks like 16-17. This is not enough for game if partner has 6hcp

As I suggested earlier, your opponents have both passed. What does this imply?
There is a good chance that partner has a good hand, and will know what to do after your simple 1♠ rebid
Do not force your partner to bid. Trust him and listen to his rebid, he is highly unlikely to pass

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