Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrmidon7328
When your partner opens 1
and rebids them, you
should REALLY dislike your hand:
Partner has 6 or more diamonds, and given your distribution,
he probably has at least as many clubs as spades or hearts;
i.e., the only key club is the ace. He's unlikely to have the
Q
and he's likely to have at most one control in spades
(the most beautiful card outside of hearts is the A
).
The worst scenario is finding partner with solid diamonds and
worthless club honors (pretty much what you found!).
You prefer to play in hearts, but there's not much chance
partner has at least two cover cards. I'd rebid a measly 2
here. You don't have game often enough to justify a 3
call: and you're destined to lose some spades too. If partner
has the A
, he's likely to turn up with little or no help in
spades. If you are lucky to find partner with 2 baby hearts,
you still need a 2-2 trump break to avoid a trump loser.
Other than a 2
rebid, the only reasonable alternative
is a 3
rebid, but you'll sometimes be in an unmakeable
game (some of those you'll even get "whacked" and even if
you aren't, being red vs white, it's a "hundred a pop") and
some of the time, you're only entitled to 8 tricks, so -200
will be a bottom in matchpoints.
Last edited by bigpooch; 05-24-2008 at 10:42 AM.