On Apr 25, 11:48 am, John Hall <nospam_no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
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> Histriadogsilver <andjelka.rich...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >On Apr 25, 10:23 am, Jan Veerbeek <jbveerb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> IMP's
> >> East/ all white
>
> >> Your hand:
> >> S A K 10 9 8 5 2
> >> H K J 6 5
> >> D 2
> >> C Q
>
> >> The bidding:
> >> West North East South
> >> -- --- 1C* pass
> >> 1H** ?
>
> >> 1C = 2+ card C, no 5-card major, 11-19 HCP
> >> 1H = Transfer Walsh, 4+card S and 6+ HCP
>
> >> Well, what will be Your action and why?
>
> >> Jan Veerbeek
>
> >Wonderful since you know what has gone wrong or wonderful since you
> >know what has gone right?:-) If 1S is natural I am going to bid 1S
> >here otherwise I will simply pass and bid a number of spades if I get
> >the chance, there is also the slight possibility of them ending in 3N
> >and me making the Lightner double:-)
>
> If East ends in 3NT then he is likely to have at least 1 spade to add to
> West's 4 or 5. Thus the probability that partner has no spade to lead
> must be quite high.
> --
> John Hall
> "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in
doubts;
> but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
> he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
So, this is the catch:-)
Boris
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