Preempting aggressively first in at favourable is +impev, not opening 3D is just leaving value on the table.

With xxx/Jx/AJxxxx/xx opening 3D is practically a psyche. Sure, maybe it works against people who haven't played bridge before, but no way its +ev against good players. Definitely variance-inducing, which might be good if you're outmatched.

Feel like I had a better line than I took in 4S in this hand:

r/w

xxxxx
J
A8xx
Txx

P P 1N 2H*
2S 3H 4S AP

2H = H+m. Not sure if 4S exists but if it does then partner has it, JC lead:


AQxx
Axx
xx
AKxx


xxxxx
J
A8xx
Txx


http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/hand...212-1552186501

Assuming CJ is standard:

You'll have 3 clubs + 1 diamond + 1 heart, which means you need 5 spades. You'll get 5 spades with 2 heart ruffs if you can play spades for one loser. But if you let LHO in before clearing trump, he can win and play a club back, which foils your plan.

I'd probably go down as they lie. I'd have played a diamond down, spade to the Q, planning on ace of spades, club, which is not a very imaginative line and can almost certainly be improved upon.

So dude who is younger than me, who I mentored online just a little when he was getting started...just won NAP A

...

while I am going to go play NAP B next weekend

I have mixed feelings of pride and jealousy

https://bridgewinners.com/article/vi...03-22-board-3/

So I'm east...
Auction goes
(1D)-X-(1S)-2C
(2NT)-P-(3NT)-AP

Defense goes

2C-4C-QC-AC
JC-8C-5C-3C
2D-7D-QD-3D
5D-9D-AD-TD
KD-TC-8D...and sigh...9C (we play lavinthal, trick took a while on discards and got ahead of myself and knew I needed to signal for a spade)

So yeah 3NT now goes down 4.

Director looks at sheet and says they are down 2 and wants to assign down 2. I do appeal a little and say they should be down 2 all day, and I should get a penalty for revoking. Director assigns it down 1

Declarer between round comes up to me confidently and says no I can make it with no revoke by endplaying west in hearts, I tell him no, there is no endplay and the defense is obvious.

I guess he didn't believe me because when I look up the results, director assigned them to 3NT making, without letting me know. Which means declarer appealed, and director let him get away with it.

I mean I know I made the original sin in revoking, yet assigning this to 3NT making seems wrong...

MPs, nobody vulnerable (BCD game if that matters):

AKQ98x
x
Qxxx
QT

RHO deals and open 2NT. What do you do?

I'd pass and hope to defend 3N and run spades. Perhaps optimistic with a stiff heart, I'd feel good about it if my stiff was anywhere else....but I can't help myself. Downside is obviously if you overcall 3S partner might be able to raise you to 4S as a good save vs 4H where if you pass that's out of the game (unless you wanna play some street bridge and 4S it yourself over some auctions like texas where they get to 4H but that's obv totally random).

Pass and hope I am on lead versus NT.

I see 6 tricks if I am declaring spades and don't expect any more than that.

I am sure there are scenarios where 3S works, but I prefer to keep spade holding concealed here.

sick xpost...masons?

hour later and yet I am still slow ponied...

my man

LOL. Okay great, that's what I did. Then 3NT-P-P. Do you double?

If you are in desperate need of points, yes. If not, no. 3NT down seems a solid plus for you.

Would bid 3S, and if I passed I would never double and give them an out. But you should listen to Justin. :-p

If we knew the double would be left in, would that be the clear choice? I initially didn't consider the possibility that they would run anywhere because they're already at 3NT. But after thinking about it (and after these comments) I guess with 26 points they likely have a makable 4 level contract and good opponents will realize what's up and be able to find it. As it happens, my double was left in for a top, but there were no doubled 3NTs in the open section. Most were in 3NT undoubled, with a smattering of 3S and 4C (which I guess must be the result of running).

Sneaked into the qf of the lolcanada open trials. Playing L'ecuy.er today.

awesome man, gl gl

rough Q3, good showing though

AKQ9
K8xx
9xxx
x

Txx
AJ9
A8x
AT8x

LHO opens 1C partner X and we bid 3N as South. They lead Kd and from their methods it seems likely that they have 4 diamonds and 5 clubs. How do you play?

Sat out Q3

Anyways no complaints we gave good account of ourselves.

Us trials starting tomorrow, strong field.

Gl fmk

Dumb question - say LHO is dealer, opens 1S, partner X and it's passed to us. How good/long should our spades be, and/or how useless must our other suits be, in order to convert to pens? I had this with QJxxx/AKxx/xx/Kx the other day which I'm guessing I should have popped to 2H, but are there any sort of guidelines for spots like this?

I would insta-convert with a 13-count and 5 spades if they are red. Maybe red-white im not getting compensated enough, but still we might not even have a fit

You can't bid 2-nonforcing-hearts. If you're bidding it's 2S - we need to see if we have a heart fit now.

Don't we have a pretty good shot at game here, either in hearts or no-trump? And so we'd need to set 1Sx by 2-4 to do better, depending on colors (offset obviously for when we don't make game or stop in a part score). How likely is that?