Hands from the Seaside Regional

[mczen]

All hands IMPs.

(A) xxx xxxxx xx Jxx

all white
(4S) P (P) X (P) ?
4S is in a Namyats context.

(B) xx KJ9xxxx xxx x
What colors would you bid a natural 2H over RHO's first seat strong NT?

(C) AKT9x -- K9xx Txxx
favorable

1S - 1N (forcing) - 2D - 3N - ?

(D) Axxxx QJTxxx x A
all white
P (P) 1H [do you?] (3C) P (P) ?

Comments

[csg87]

(A) Pass. Bleh. I won't be surprised to go -590 or -690, but I think bidding is about as likely to go -800. I'll be sad if my partner actually has decent hearts. I'd be more likely to bid here if I had shortness somewhere

[csg87]

Regarding (D): As an aside, aren't you basically agreeing that 1H is an error by providing this as a bidding problem in the first place? Weren't you planning to rebid 3S anyway over an auction like 1H - 1NT; 2S - 2NT?

[skydiamonde]

A) pass
B) Hm. I think always. Though maybe with certain moods/partners I wouldn't at unfav.
C) pass
D) meh. I don't know. If I was first seat, I'd be more likely to pass this hand initially. As third seat though, I'm thinking maybe I'd have opened it 1S.

[nobleshore]

(a) pass
(b) only if NV; at MPs I would always do it (and would bid 3h at favorable) the right lead matters more than going for numbers
(c) if pard is to be trusted then I would bid 4h
(d) 3s and take my medicine if it's coming to me

[anonymous]

now would be the time when you post what actually happened for our entertainment?

OK, I can do that.

[mczen]

in (A) I bid 5H and went -500 rather than -890 (they're cold for 7)

in (B) I came in red vs. white at IMPs. Partner had seen my overcalls before, so he passed with AKxx Txx Kxx Kxx. I dropped the stiff trump queen offside to make two.

in (C) I decided that 4C would be a bit of an overbid, and passed. It was later suggested to me that 1S, 2D, 4C shows this hand, and if I had a stronger hand I could bid 1S, 2C, 4D. I'm not sure.

in (D) I opened 1H and rebid 3S. Yay shape.

If I wake up sometime today, I should be able to give a narrative of the week.