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Will you overcall?
Note: michaels not available, but you can vote for that under "other" if you'd bid it in your system.
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Overcall?
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Posted 2014-December-28, 16:12
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Posted 2014-December-28, 16:19
2♦ at MPs to try to win the partscore. IMPs I will feel not so good but probably will do it just as well.
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Posted 2014-December-28, 17:03
What's the vul?
2♦ seems insane to me, assuming it's Michaels. P's going to compete on all the wrong sort of hands.
Pass for me vul, though it's close since I have the spade suit pretty sewn up, and I'd rather compete now than later. But for this cheap an overcall, I need a bit extra. NV, I'd probably stretch to it, but I'd feel dirty about it.
2♦ seems insane to me, assuming it's Michaels. P's going to compete on all the wrong sort of hands.
Pass for me vul, though it's close since I have the spade suit pretty sewn up, and I'd rather compete now than later. But for this cheap an overcall, I need a bit extra. NV, I'd probably stretch to it, but I'd feel dirty about it.
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Posted 2014-December-28, 17:33
Probably pass but I could talk myself into it w/w.
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Posted 2014-December-28, 17:39
I hope the posters convince future opponents to bid Mike or overcall in this position with that type of holding, so I won't argue against it. I especially encourage a Michaels cue with this holding for those who (like Whereagles) don't play Michaels cuebids.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
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Posted 2014-December-28, 17:43
Added vulnerability. (All vuln)
When I play 2♦ as michaels I allow for 5-4s, but always 5 hearts. Would you bid it under that agreement..?
When I play 2♦ as michaels I allow for 5-4s, but always 5 hearts. Would you bid it under that agreement..?
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Posted 2014-December-28, 17:59
whereagles, on 2014-December-28, 17:43, said:
Added vulnerability. (All vuln)
When I play 2♦ as michaels I allow for 5-4s, but always 5 hearts. Would you bid it under that agreement..?
When I play 2♦ as michaels I allow for 5-4s, but always 5 hearts. Would you bid it under that agreement..?
I would encourage other pairs to have that agreement and use it as often as possible.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
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Posted 2014-December-29, 03:33
Of course I would overcall 1h
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2014-December-30, 01:49
Uggh at all the vulnerable bidders on this heap.
Insta pass for me.
Insta pass for me.
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Posted 2014-December-30, 13:25
Nope.
Pass then balance. ♦Q wasted.
Like partner to know if they hold 2T3 in my suit I promise an opening hand.
Pass then balance. ♦Q wasted.
Like partner to know if they hold 2T3 in my suit I promise an opening hand.
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Posted 2014-December-30, 13:34
Anyone who bids must love bad boards 
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Posted 2014-December-30, 20:28
mikeh, on 2014-December-30, 13:34, said:
Anyone who bids must love bad boards
Anyone who passes with this is a wimp.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2014-December-31, 10:11
1♥ at mp's, set the defense, bump them up etc. is an agreed partnership style for me and no, I don't always look both ways before I cross the road or sleep with a night light.
Clear cut if you add a ten or two.
Clear cut if you add a ten or two.
When a deaf person goes to court is it still called a hearing?
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Posted 2015-January-01, 06:29
Thx all. Here is the "solution":
Despite the screaming lack of intermediates, I decided that 1♥ at MPs would be worth it. It did create N/S some problems, as North didn't think it was worth a negative dbl, and South thought a balancing 1NT to be insufficient for his "huge" hand.
Still, in practice the frisky overcall backfired, as 3NT is cold, while much of the field went down in 4♠ LOL.
Despite the screaming lack of intermediates, I decided that 1♥ at MPs would be worth it. It did create N/S some problems, as North didn't think it was worth a negative dbl, and South thought a balancing 1NT to be insufficient for his "huge" hand.
Still, in practice the frisky overcall backfired, as 3NT is cold, while much of the field went down in 4♠ LOL.
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Posted 2015-January-01, 06:33
You were playing idiots, Nuno. Nth has a 1S bid.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2015-January-01, 06:45
whereagles, on 2014-December-28, 17:43, said:
Added vulnerability. (All vuln)
When I play 2♦ as michaels I allow for 5-4s, but always 5 hearts. Would you bid it under that agreement..?
When I play 2♦ as michaels I allow for 5-4s, but always 5 hearts. Would you bid it under that agreement..?
sure, we allow 44 in certain situation, but just because we can, does not mean we have to do it.
Since you show 5+ hearts, if you can go for it.
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