Another evening with little to do, my phone's bridge game deals up this hand:
♠ A6 ♥ Q97 ♦ AQ1095 ♣ K32
Partner opens 2♦, weak and natural.
I bet you're thinking diamonds may be a good trump suit. Applying the Law of Total Tricks you might bid 5 of them. But what about 3NT instead? Would you just bid it? Or ask for a feature with 2NT first?
Partner's hand is:
♠ 74 ♥ 832 ♦ KJ8743 ♣ A7
and you take the same 9 tricks in notrump as in diamonds.
Hand is too flat, so I would certainly investigate 3NT. It looks like maximum 8 tricks without feature from the partner against good defence. So I would bid 2NT first and if positive (any feature) then bid 3NT. If no feature then I would invite by bidding 4D (partnership agreement required here as 3D could be taken as sign off).
Please comment. Happy to involve in a discussion sharing thoughts.
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I am 50/50 on 3D sign-off. Ax Spade holding has more value than just one trick and Clubs are headed by the K, so not much wastage either. So in the balance I would bid 4D and if the partner has shortage then game is on. As you know I am a bit more aggressive...
Happy to share my thoughts and reasoning and also participate in discussions in the spirit of learning and improving. Delighted to be proven wrong since a wrong approach/answer is one step closer to the right one.
Have Fun
i would ask for a feature so the opponents would know which suit to lead through.
the "experts" would use a simulator to answer that question.. and then vary what they bid depending on the ensuing poker game separating truth tellers from the shovellers.. http://bridgeteaching.com/borel/
