Playing in the Sunday IMPs league, I had this awkward bidding situation:
Maybe you agree with my pass, maybe not. Certainly, playing with a new partner, I felt that any other bid was going to be a lie, and I trusted partner to reopen. Ok, so partner reopened, now what?
It's really easy to foresee losing the first 5 tricks in 3NT. I have some spade length, but even IF partner has 2 spades Notrump isn't going to go well. If not notrump, then what?
Well, hearts might be right, but 3 card support with a 4333 is not great news for partner. In fact, it's not impossible that partner has only 3 hearts himself.
On the other hand, partner probably has passable clubs. He opened clubs instead of diamonds, and is shortish on spades, so clubs is probably a real suit.
I opted for 3 clubs, which got passed out. Partner held:
30 HCPs, and no game to be had. At first, I felt like apologizing to partner, but as it turned out stopping short of game was going to be worth IMPs, 6 as it turned out.
Despite the awkwardness of the situation, this bidding was easy, I think, right or wrong. It was a good reminder, though, that there's more to life than high card points.
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Recording my journey towards competence at contract bridge, be it duplicate or rubber bridge.
About Me
- warren
- I'm a thirtysomething intermediate player. My ambition is to rise to the top of the game. I split time between family, running, triathlons and bridge, so it may take a while. :)
Current Goals
- Slow down my play and think deeper
- Counting - improve my patience and consistency in counting
- Improve my card play
Current System
- 2/1, as per Thurston's 25 steps
- SAYC, as per ACBL
- Standard Carding with Odd/Even Discards
Contract/Duplicate Bridge Links
Currently Reading
Master Play (Kelsey)
2 comments:
Actually you have 27 HCP combined. I wonder why he didn't open 1NT to begin with?
Whack the 1NT overcall.
Having said that, it's amazing how bad the duplication is. It looks like declarer actually has 7 tricks in the blacks, though you can take the first 7.
Of course, if the red suits weren't going 3-3 your way, you'd have the first 9 tricks. +500/800.
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