Re: bad judgment or bad luck?

On May 7, 10:07 pm, Charles Brenner <cbren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 7, 6:29 pm, Adam Beneschan <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On May 7, 6:00 pm, Charles Brenner <cbren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > Cavendish teams (IMP), vul vs not.
> > > South deals.
> > > South holds.
> > > x
> > > AK10x
> > > KQ10x
> > > AJxx
> > > The system includes 4 card majors but not with this hand:
> > > 1D    (2S)  pass  pass
> > > dbl   pass  3C    pass
> > > ?
>
> > > Under each of these four scenarios, is it bad judgment or bad luck?
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> > > A. You, South, bid but pass was the winner.
> > > B. You, South, pass but bidding was the winner.
> > > C. Your partner, South, bid but pass was the winner.
> > > D. Your partner, South, passed but bidding was the winner.
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> > I think that before I can even think about this problem, I need to
> > know what a 2NT response to the double would mean---is it some sort of
> > good-bad?  Or, more to the point, does 3C promise any values?
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> I didn't ask, but I assume 2NT would not have a coded meaning and 3C
> has a wide range.

Well, that makes it sort of a guess whether to bid on or not.

However, with a weak jump overcall (I assume) on your left and a RHO
who didn't take any action, I think partner is odds-on to have some
values even if 3C doesn't promise it, so I vote "bad luck" for A/C and
"inferior judgment with some bad luck" for B/D.  And anyway, this is
vul at IMPs, so you don't want to miss your games.

                                    -- Adam