In a throwback to college days, a long bridge match was played last night on bridgebase. After 35 hotly contested boards, we agreed to just play one more. We played the 36th, and then this hand popped up. Did we sign off? Off course not. What do you think reasonable bidding would be on these hands?
Oliver and I were playing Oliver's Swedish Strong Club system (see our convention card page), so the bidding may not have gone as you'd expect.
First, I am allowed to open with 11 points. So I did. Second, my system opening bid with this hand is 1♦. This is our catch all opener, which includes the 11-13 balanced hands.
Oliver bid 1♠, which seems pretty normal. Then I got to bid 2♥. This showed exactly 4♠s, setting the trump suit. Oliver bid 2NT, asking for more information. I showed a balanced minimum with 3♣, and Oliver bid 6♠. Did anybody guess that auction?
Oliver made 7 when hefinessed against the Q♠ (against the odds). And only then did we call it a night.
P.S. You can follow along with the play by clicking "Next."
I like that your alert was "Crazy". I had copied "11-13 balanced, or 11-15 with a 4cMajor", and just pasted it in whenever I made that bid.
ReplyDeleteI was varying my alert slightly each time. I figured they had a reasonable idea what it was by the end.
ReplyDeleteOh nice, I love the convention card page!
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