Wildest ****ing hand at a sectional this weekend


AKQxxx
Txxxxxx
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-

xxx...
Kx...
KQxx...AJxxxx
AJxx...KQxxxxx

xxxx
AQJx
xxx
xx

I've seen 7-6 hands before, but never twice in the same hand

West dealing I was sitting south. At our table auction went (1D)-2D-(6D)-all pass. There was a part of me like **** should I believe it and bid, but opps were unknown. But I certainly would have bid my partners hands.

Other table it went (1D)-1S-(6D)-P-(P)-X (wat)-All pass. Well win 8

What was vulnerability?

If it goes 1D-(2D)-6D and I have 4432 with AQJx I might bid 6H.

R/R

I would have been more tempted if it was matchpoints and not swiss.

Scoring doesn't matter in this spot imo

When you are bidding 6H it is because you think 6D is making. Why would it not make, what is your defense? You have 4-4 in partner's suits and 7 HCP in one of them. RHO probably has a void for his bidding. How many tricks do you expect to make? If 6D makes e.g. 50% of the time, conceding 500 (a reasonable estimate) is a long term winner. And 6D makes probably a lot more than 50%.

Also if I overcall 1S with 7-6 and it gets back to me with 6D undoubled and I have room to introduce my second suit, I do. If you do not bid 6H there, you are a really boring conservative bridge player who should be punished and never have another 7-6 in hand ever

So friend at the club is trying to make a run at the 5-20 Mini-McKenney race. He would have a chance at winning it nationally...if it wasn't for the fact one of the Lebhar IMP pairs winners actually falls in that category. Apparently it is someone from China who is getting a PhD at Maryland, and managed to get just a share of ACBL points before the start of the year.

rigged

What do most play for a response scheme over 2NT rebids? 1m-1M-2NT.

Wolff is thrown around a lot in our area it seems.

We play Wolff signoff. Has the benefit of a forcing and nonforcing 3M, also allows responder to show a COG in m or NT (via relay/3N). Can also get out in 3D after bidding 1S on Jxxx / xx / QJxxxx / x.

Having switched to Precision, I'm glad I don't have to answer this!

it's about time

bazinga!

We actually swapped about a year ago; I picked it up to play with someone else in the NAPs, and the wife decided she wanted to learn it. It's actually worked out pretty well. We've stripped out some of the more exotic stuff like the control asking bids and tweaked it to our preferences (including some minor NT range adjustments and keeping a couple of systemic quirks from our old system) but the basic structure (transfer positives over 1C) is intact.

The best (and most important thing) is that we both really know what each other's bids mean. :P It may not be an optimal meaning, but without any misunderstandings it's hard to screw up bidding too badly.

Not sure what Wolff is, but when I played, the only answers that could end below game were pass and 3M. 3C is inquiry for majors. I do not need the signoff in 3D, I prefer to damage my ability to end up in the best partscore by not damaging my ability to show my shape for when there is (a lot) more at stake.

Simple:
3C forces 3D, which is either a drop or the beginning of a major suit signoff
3D is checkback
3M is natural and forcing

You can figure out for your partnership what 3C-3D-3N/4m/4M means, but 3N typically shows secondary support in opener's minor.

Many years ago, when I still played bridge (recreationally), my partner and I decided to go the Precision route. We tweaked it, too, and loved playing it. The couple of times we visited the local club, our results weren't great, but not because of our system.

+1million to this. People go crazy trying to optimize every spot which may be interesting theoretically but its definitely not practical and hurts their results if they try to implement it.

6th out of 34 for the NAP B qualifier, damn

A few years ago I came in 8th. The first 6 people could not make the Nationals, and the entry came that close to falling to me. Our district paid most of the expenses of traveling/hotel too.

Fun hand at the club today

♠ 8 5 4
♥ —
♦ J 9 8 7 6 5
♣ J 7 5 4

I dealt, favorable vul

P-(P)-2C-(4H)
P-(P)-5D no seriously-(5H)

Pretty sure I can confidently say this is the first time I have ever passed twice with 2 jacks, then bid at the 6 level aiming to make it. RHO doubled

RHO had

♠ A K Q 2
♥ K Q 10 6 5 4 3
♦ 10
♣ Q

Dad had

♠ 6
♥ A 2
♦ A K Q 3 2
♣ A K 10 8 2

(sure dad's second bid should have been 4NT, and 2C is debatable but whatever)

6Dx= was good for a 4 way tie for a top.

RHO is turrble.

I don't think 2C is debatable.

And with Jxxxx Jxxx x xxx I'm not sure I'm sitting as LHO.

Yes RHO and LHO are typical weak club players

This hand is the sort of hand where I hate playing 2C as strong and prefer precision. The problem is you can't show both suits and stay below 3NT when 3NT is right.

if i pick up that hand, 3NT is not really my target. If partner makes some noise I want to find the best slam.

yeah...but it's ****ing matchpoints...

They make nt bids above 3

I would open that hand 1D.