TGIF April 2019: Scores
| 1. IMPs. None vul.
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5
A 6 4 3
Q 6 4 3
A K Q J
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North |
East |
South |
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1
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Dbl
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1NT
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2
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Dbl
| 8
| 100
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3
| 7
| 90
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2NT
| 1
| 50
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Pass
| 0
| 40
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Moderator: The doublers are prompting partner to take it out, not leave it in for penalty.
Mike Lawrence: 3. Don't see where nine (or eight) notrump tricks are coming from. We might be making five of a minor, probably clubs, but getting there will require a big bid from partner.
Zachary Grossack: Dbl. This should certainly be takeout with some extra values. Bidding 3 would/should show more shape and less high cards. Doubling should allow us to get to the right contract.
Larry Meyer: 3. Asking pard to bid 3NT with a spade stopper, else show a suit he likes.
Stephen Vincent: 3. Most likely to find a fit.
Chris Buchanan: Dbl. Cooperative double showing extra values
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 3. Hoping for a correction to diamonds; but 3 will probably play well enough.
Timothy Wright: 3. Partner is marked for diamond length here, and we know the opponents have a 9+ card spade fit.
David Gordon: 3. Pard has no 4 card major so there is a fit in a minor.
Kf Tung: 3. We can play 3 or 3.
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| 2. IMPs. Both vul.
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10 9 5 2
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7 6 5
K 10 7 5 4 2
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| West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass
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Pass
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1
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Dbl
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2
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3
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Pass
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3NT
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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4
| 9
| 100
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Pass
| 6
| 90
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4
| 1
| 60
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Moderator: The majority of the panel tries 4.
Jill Meyers: Pass. Nothing guarantees that my partner has four spades on this auction. Partner is marked with extras. Assuming partner has three reasonable clubs, 9 tricks in notrump may come easier than 10 in spades.
Mel Colchamiro: 4. No 3 by either opponent is puzzling. It makes me believe that partner has four hearts and therefore a moose of a balanced hand. That moose, however, may include a doubleton club, so 3NT seems very doubtful. Therefore I bid 4 and pray.
Larry Meyer: Pass. I have already told pard all he needs to know about my hand.
Laurence Betts: 4. Would have started with 2 or Lebensohl.
Joel Martineau: Pass. Did I really bid 3, rather than Dbl or 2 or 2NT Lebensohl or pass?
Stephen Vincent: Pass. Having been stuck with this 3 bid (2NT Lebensohl is preferable), I don't have too much choice.
Perry Khakhar: 4. Well, you planned on bidding both black suits initially! At least, you will get across the shape, if not the values. I do not want to play 3NT. Hope he doesn't get too carried away!
Chris Buchanan: 4. I think partner might be expecting more than a king.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 4. Well, I wouldn't have bid 3 (but waited for another Dbl). Since we haven't been doubled yet pass is a consideration, but I think a suit will play better. Therefore I'm overbidding.
Timothy Wright: 4. Alas, partner took my last call seriously.
David Gordon: 4. I can not imagine this hand playing well in notrump.
Kf Tung: Pass. 3N is the easiest game for this hand already.
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| 3. IMPs. Both vul.
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7 5 4 3
A 6
K 5 4 2
Q 7 3
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North |
East |
South |
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1
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Dbl
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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1NT
| 8
| 100
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1
| 5
| 80
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1
| 2
| 60
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Rdbl
| 1
| 40
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Pass
| 0
| 20
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Moderator: The panel ignore the spade suit and go straight for 1NT.
Larry Cohen: 1NT. Not enough for redouble. Pass will leave us behind on the next round. We could have a 4-4 spade fit, but even if we do, they might split badly. So this way, I get my values in and can leave the rest to partner. Also, I am preempting them out of any heart fit. 1 wouldn't do that.
Steve Robinson: 1. I bid suits up the line and I don't want to emphasize spades here. I especially don't want partner to raise my spades with only three.
Josh Donn: 1. I never understood the penchant players have for bidding 1NT on this sort of hand. Sometimes we belong in spades; but we steal the suit by bidding it first. Also, we want the takeout doubler on lead against 1NT, not his partner.
Larry Meyer: 1. Not enough to redouble, and with East likely having 4 spades, I don't want to bid spades myself.
Stephen Vincent: 1NT. I'm certainly not bidding 1.
Perry Khakhar: 1. Too many values, but bad hand for 1NT or Rdbl. Temporize!
Chris Buchanan: 1. Close to a Rdbl but I do not like the spots.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: 1. A matter of agreement. This is my system bid, but others will prefer the anemic spade suit.
Timothy Wright: 1. Bidding 1 here might be fine, but if West makes a 2 advance I would regret it.
David Gordon: 1. I suspect pass is the expert bid but I will just pip in with 1.
Kf Tung: Pass. Not enough for redouble, and no other bid is attractive. Let opponents map out the hand for you.
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| 4. IMPs. Both vul.
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10 7 2
A Q 5
A 10 2
A 8 6 2
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North |
East |
South |
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1
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Pass
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Pass
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1
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Pass
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2
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Pass
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2
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Pass
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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2NT
| 10
| 100
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3
| 2
| 70
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3
| 1
| 60
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3NT
| 2
| 60
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4
| 1
| 50
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Pass
| 0
| 40
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Moderator: A number of panelists would have doubled 1 at their first call. But let's assume you didn't . . .
Steve Weinstein: 3NT. I don't want to hang partner for balancing, but I just need so little to get to nine tricks, and partner's not going to know when he has the right hand if I invite.
Daniel Korbel: 2NT. Let's offer 3NT while making one more try for that vulnerable game. I expect this to be a landslide vote.
Jeff Meckstroth: 3. Why didn't I double to begin with?
Larry Meyer: Pass. With such a square hand, don't hang partner for balancing.
Stephen Vincent: 3NT. Too tempting to resist, particularly since partner rates to have a little something in diamonds given the failure to respond or rebid.
Perry Khakhar: Pass. Have some discipline and don't hang partner.
Chris Buchanan: 3. I don't want to hang partner for balancing.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. If he cannot try, he's probably at his lower limit and game is nonexistent.
Timothy Wright: Pass. I have a lot of losers, no ruffing value, and only 3 trumps. Partner could have made a game try, but didn't.
David Gordon: 3. Well pard, are you close to an opener?
Kf Tung: 2NT. Invite. 3N is very close.
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| 5. IMPs. None vul.
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A 10 2
K J 8 7 5 3
A 7 2
6
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North |
East |
South |
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1
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Pass
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1
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2
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2
| ? |
Your call?
| Bid | Votes | Award
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Pass
| 7
| 100
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2NT
| 5
| 80
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Dbl
| 3
| 70
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3
| 1
| 40
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Moderator: With good values but no clear direction, the panelists go quietly.
Roger Lee: Pass. Let 'em steal. I don't want to punish partner on a hand that rates to be a misfit.
Sylvia Shi: Dbl. I can't really have a penalty double of spades because I passed over 1. I assume I am showing points and lack of direction, as usual. 2 doubled could be a bloodbath if partner has nothing to do but pass. However, I expect we will just end up playing 3.
Kerri Sanborn: 2NT. Must compete with so many values, and nothing else makes sense. Another potentially valuable ten-spot.
Larry Meyer: Pass. I can't see taking many tricks on offense.
Stephen Vincent: Dbl. The hand is likely to play terribly for declarer. And partner can still pull.
Perry Khakhar: Pass. At matchpoints, Dbl is right. But at IMPs, I don't need a disaster.
Chris Buchanan: Dbl. Too much to pass? Try another cooperative double.
Ig Nieuwenhuis: Pass. No other action appeals to me. Thought about Dbl and 2NT as alternatives, but Dbl might backfire when 2 makes and in NT I don't see enough tricks.
Timothy Wright: 3NT. It would be great for double to be penalty here.
David Gordon: 2NT. Show your values.
Kf Tung: Pass. Partner has bid with 2-1-4-6 and ~9 points.
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