What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for August 2012
The best submission for August was from Peter Hollands.
Hand: Sitting East, dealer West, All Vulnerable, Matchpoints:
J5
J75
QJ953
K107 |
AK87643
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AK2
A96 |
Bidding: |
West |
North |
East |
South |
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Pass |
Pass |
1![spades](../../images/s.gif) |
Pass
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1NT |
Pass |
? |
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Comments: Knowing it was an
underbid I just bid 4 ![spades](../../images/s.gif) to avoid a misunderstanding. What do you bid if
(a) in a completely undiscussed partnership playing standard
(b) in a partnership with whatever agreements you want?
(6 ![spades](../../images/s.gif) and 7 ![diamonds](../../images/d.gif) are cold)
Andy's Reply:
Hey Pete,
(a) What do you bid in a completely undiscussed partnership
playing standard?
In an undiscussed partnership, I would be more inclined to open the hand 2 . The hand may not fit in with the 'expert standards' of what a
2 opening looks like but here are the reasons why I think it's
warranted:
1) This may sound cliche but the auction may go 1 -all pass. It's true that we have a heart void but that doesn't
mean that partner might muster up a response. Let's give partner QJxxx of
hearts and a doubleton spade, and that might be enough for the opponents to
stay shut and 4 is on a 2-2 break.
2) If I open 1 and partner does indeed have enough to respond, what am I
going to rebid over 1 -1NT without any agreements?
Sometimes I view the 2 opening not as a 100% slam interest hand, but there are times
where I do not want partner to pass a 1-level opening to make sure that we get
to game. If the auction goes 2 -2 -2 -3 , some cuebidding may still allow us to stay at the 4 or 5
level.
Having said that, I'm not entirely sure that I can still get to slam. The
auction will start 2 -2 -2 -3 and now opener has a choice between showing long spades or
their 3 card diamond support. If opener chooses to bid 3 then responder can bid 4 cuebid, or if that will be understood as natural then you can
either make a choice between 4 or 5 . I may lean towards 5 because I haven't exactly promised much with 2 then 3 , maybe opener might have AQT9xxx AQ Ax Ax. If opener has some
sort of Acol 2 in spades then they would probably have bid 2 -2 -4 so the slower route would tend to show more HCP. If the
auction has gone 2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 then no doubt opener will press on with either 6 or 6 because of AKx in diamonds. (Also, if the auction goes 2 -2 ; 2 -3 ; 3 -3NT, then opener can now bid 4 showing support).
This won't get me to 7 but I think getting to slam is a pretty good effort.
(b) What do you bid in a partnership with whatever agreements you want?
I think this would be similar to what I mentioned in (a), because opening 2 is very attractive after the auction goes P-P to me as I am
afraid of 1 getting passed out!
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