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From: MSN NicknameTaiga_Bridge  (Original Message)Sent: 11/26/2008 8:45 PM
Nice simple little hand from the club last night.

Pass, pass, pass to you, and you're looking at

A
Txxx
AKJ
AJ9xx

What will your first two bids be?


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From: MSN NicknameBill_Higgins1Sent: 11/27/2008 1:12 AM
1C open
rebid:
 over 1D resp, 1H
 over 1H resp, 3S
 over 1S resp, 2H
 over 1N resp, 2H

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From: MSN NicknameBartonFinchleySent: 11/27/2008 3:50 AM
I'm opening an off shape 1nt.  I think this makes it least likely the opps will find their spd partial or good sac.  If it turns out pard transfers me into spds that's the breaks.
 
The question  really cant be answered.  If I was somehow guaranteed that LHO would pass then I would give Bill's answers

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From: MSN NicknameHamada19521Sent: 11/27/2008 5:57 AM
 
1C open
rebid:
 over 1D resp, 1H
 over 1H resp, 3S
 over 1S resp, 2H
 over 1N resp, 2H
 
Agree

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From: MSN Nicknamevlastik_Sent: 11/28/2008 7:39 AM
I'm with Barton - put me to 1N camp openers.

I need to have 1hcp more to bid reverse "in my book". Also - consider probable 1S response by partner possible hand:

KQxxx,Qxx,xxx,xx - pd will be excited and will bid game.

1N would work with pd's hand Kxxxxx,xxx,xxx,x too.

Cheers, Vlastimil

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Recommend (1 recommendation so far) Message 6 of 7 in Discussion 
From: MSN NicknameTaiga_BridgeSent: 11/28/2008 7:15 PM

The only one of Bill's rebids I violently disagree with is 3S (not close to strong enough AND a singleton ace), but I'm not real happy with reversing into those Txxx hearts either. I was a little curious whether anyone would try 1C followed by 2D to show where the values were but that is a bit offbeat.

At the table, I opted for the offshape 1NT. Partner transferred me to 2S and dropped me, of course. Dummy had T9874 J853 K T64. I snuck home with 110 on misdefence - should have been down one -- and beat the pairs going down in hearts, and lost to one pair that somehow got to 3NT and made 4.

Surprising, too, that nobody in the room played it in clubs.

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From: MSN NicknameTaiga_BridgeSent: 11/28/2008 7:16 PM
Pairs going down in 3 or 4 hearts, that is - nobody stopped in just two. I assume that means Norths overbid and responded to 1C, but don't know.

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