Easy Question
Steve Foster
KQT932
9
9865
J4
Lefty opens 1NT (announced as 11-14), your partner doubles, righty
passes (no alert).
What do you do?
What should you do?
Would the answers change with different vulnerability?
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KQT932
9
9865
J4
(1NT =11-14) X (P) ??
What do you do?
What should you do?
Would the answers change with different vulnerability?
2S, always. Partner needs values to advance to hope 4S is on.
Henry Lockwood
> All NV, playing Acol, you hold:
>
> KQT932
> 9
> 9865
> J4
>
> Lefty opens 1NT (announced as 11-14), your partner doubles, righty
> passes (no alert).
>
> What do you do?
> What should you do?
> Would the answers change with different vulnerability?
>
> --
> Steve Foster
What sort of scoring? At matchpoints, I'm passing; partner knows
enough to make a safe lead rather than risk giving up a trick. At
IMPs, I think about it and still pass; I think we've got this beat.
HenryL
OldPalooka
wrote:
There are two reasonable gambles - 1) pass, likely a killer if partner
holds the spade ace, but probably not good if he doesn't or 2) 3S with
an aggressive or 4S with a conservative partner. If partner opened a
strong NT you would jump to game, no? If partner generally does not
double without the values for a strong NT, is it not better to know
most of the missing cards are on side?
-- Bill Shutts
rhm
wrote:
> All NV, playing Acol, you hold:
>
> KQT932
> 9
> 9865
> J4
>
> Lefty opens 1NT (announced as 11-14), your partner doubles, righty
> passes (no alert).
>
> What do you do?
3S
An invite looks right to me. I can not be strong and have a good suit,
because I did not pass 1NT doubled.
> What should you do?
See above
> Would the answers change with different vulnerability?
>
No. I do not like defending with this hand, which is gambling a top or
bottom decision and a bottom looks to me more likely. After partner's
non spade lead they may have 6 or 7 tricks if partner has the SA and
if he doesn't I think chances are not that good defeating 1NT.
Rainer Herrmann
boblipton
wrote:
> All NV, playing Acol, you hold:
>
> KQT932
> 9
> 9865
> J4
>
> Lefty opens 1NT (announced as 11-14), your partner doubles, righty
> passes (no alert).
>
> What do you do?
> What should you do?
> Would the answers change with different vulnerability?
>
Are we permitted to know what partner's double shows?
Bob
Dave Flower
wrote:
3S. The problem with passing is that even if you can cash six spade
tricks. partner will probably not get the message in time.
Dave Flower
PS What do posters bid if partner now bids 4H over 3S ?
Steve Foster
I thought "playing Acol" took care of that, but then I guess that
probably covers a multitude of sins.
I understand that really basic (aka Stone Age) Acol has it as 16+,
though we're actually playing it as 15+. I also believe that a
substantial proportion of Acolites play it as 15-17 these days.
Steve Foster
> On 20 Nov, 14:19, "Steve Foster" <stevefos...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > All NV, playing Acol, you hold:
> >
> > KQT932
> > 9
> > 9865
> > J4
> >
> > Lefty opens 1NT (announced as 11-14), your partner doubles, righty
> > passes (no alert).
> >
> > What do you do?
> > What should you do?
> > Would the answers change with different vulnerability?
> >
>
> What sort of scoring? At matchpoints, I'm passing; partner knows
> enough to make a safe lead rather than risk giving up a trick. At
> IMPs, I think about it and still pass; I think we've got this beat.
It was a Swiss Pairs event (Middx Congress), so matchpoints (I think).
Kieran Dyke
"Steve Foster" <steve...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:xn0ghvm1v...@news.eternal-september.org...
I like 4S. I think there's a big chance that 1NTX will be painless or make
on an uninformed lead.
Tiggrr
boblipton
wrote:
Thanks. I'm not an Acolite, so I am not sure of what is involved. I
think pass and 3 Spades are reasonable calls. I prefer 3 Spades as
this is effective a one-suited hand and if partner hasn't got the
Spade ace, we can lose the suit very easily.
Bob
castigamatti
wrote:
It's close between 3S and 4S.
With:
KQT932
9
9865
Q4
4S for sure.
But if expecting two spades in partner's hand is not a sin then I bid
4S with that hand of yours as well. In addition we do know where the
most of the opponents' honors are.
B.R.