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Judgement
Monday 5th January
Judgement in the bidding is one of the most difficult aspects in bridge. Even the very best players often have difficulty there and if they have problems, the average player will more often than not take the winning option out of those presented by a difficult opponent.
Lets look at the South problem from Monday night game
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North |
East |
South |
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1♥ |
| 3♣ (1) |
p |
p |
? |
| 4♣ (2) |
p |
p |
? |
Let’s imagine you have opened the South hand 1H and West has bid 3C in the first case or 4C in the second case. What would you bid?
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Let’s look at the second case. 4C is passed round to you. I am sure your first intention is to X. That would be fine if partner passes. However x is not penalty - it is primarily take out, although with a balanced hand partner will likely pass. You know partner has 0-2 clubs ,and is most likely to bid. He has not X’d 4C which is takeout so is limited in values . He was also unable to stretch to 4H. If he had 6 Spades, he might have tried 4S . He has 5+ diamonds amongst his cards. If you X and he bids 4D you are stuck.. You would have to call 4H and how will you take care of all these losers ?
It may surprise you ,but the experienced expert player will let 4C be the last bid ,and pass it out.
4C will drift 3 down vulnerable.
If west had bid 3C the problem is similar although it is now more tempting to take a bid. I would choose to pass again, but if I was forced to make a call ,it would be 3NT ,which would slide 1 or 2 down. It is interesting to note ,that no NS or EW recorded a plus score by playing the hand. All the plus scores were on defence.
Tip: Do not feel you have to take a bid just because you have a strong hand. If your have a strong holding in the opponents suit , it is often likely the best option is to defend. When X is penalty that is fine but if not “Discretion is the better part of Valour” |
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