Today's Panelists: Robb Gordon, David Caprera, Kenneth Rexford, David Weiss, Barry Rigal, Len Vishnevsky, Mike Shuster, Fred Curtis, Mike Shuman, David Milton, Jeff Aker
LHO | CHO | RHO | You |
Pass | |||
Pass | 2NT | Pass | ? |
a) what does partner have?
It is not possible for partner to have the minors and a good
hand when I have this... how could the opponents have 10+ hearts
and stop in
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Ideally, I would have preferred better agreements, such as
Strangely, both work out the same in the end, except that a club cue after a flag is more clearly a cue and not fit-showing.
I think 4NT asks pard to pick a minor suit game, and
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What next depends on style. If
BTW I know that I am looking at a stiff heart. But,
partner does not have clubs and hearts unless he is insane.
He either doubles or bids
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Which should it be?
Let's say you open 2NT. (Don't ask.)
You | CHO |
2NT | |
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? |
[2NT was a "state of the event" bid. We needed a blitz in the
last match to reach 2nd place. First was out of reach. Yeah, 2NT
isn't a good bid;
3NT, if frivolous. Otherwise
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The majority, however, think that we are cue bidding
here. Partner did, too, and signed off after I bid
Let's say you open
Partner bids
If
If
[Since the point of the problem is what to do without detailed agreements, I'm calling this an abstention. --Jeff]
If
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CHO | RHO | You | LHO |
| Dbl | Pass | |
Pass | Pass | ? | |
* 9-11, six-card suit
** no lebensohl
Second choice: double. Pass isn't on the radar... I
would be shocked if
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What really happened? There was no alert of
LHO | CHO | RHO | You |
Pass | ? | ||
* heart raise, shortness in some unknown suit
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There's a story here, too. My teammate was in this
position, only he was told that