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Bidding Question
Yet another hand from me for your thoughts and advice. East & South passed. I, as West, opened 1S and that was the end of the auction. Could East have made any sort of response to help out what looked like a dire situation? I was 1S-1 and scored 35%. Results at 11 tables at Bakewell online club were: 3CW+1 1NT+1 1S= (x2) 1S-1 (x5) 1NT-1 1S-2.
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QUESTIONS FROM THE BMB FORUM
Forum Question to Julian Pottage
Bidding a 4th suit as opener
Hi Julian, I was north on the following hand, playing in a small pairs event scored as cross-IMPs. – Would you regard partner’s 3D as forcing? Competitive? Constructive? – Even if competitive, should I bid bid on with a maximum and four-card diamond support? – Should partner do more than bid 3D with so much playing strength? 5D can go off with a heart ruff. It is also interesting that the H10 is a very important card, as is the S10 for E/W. Without these cards, both 5H and 4S will fail. I would welcome your thoughts.
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THE BRIDGE GLOSSARY
Major Tenance
The holding of the highest and third- highest cards in a suit (A-Q). This combination will always yield one trick and, if the missing card lies in front of the tenace or if you can force the opponent with the missing card to open up the suit, you can make two tricks.
