http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/ Contract Bridge Themes with a Midwest Accent! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/#comment-178 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:16:20 +0000 http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/#comment-178 I agree with the others that pass is the right action. How about part 2 of this problem? You pass, and LHO balances 2D, which comes back around to you. What now? (To fix ideas, let us say that partner was dearler.) I agree with the others that pass is the right action. How about part 2 of this problem? You pass, and LHO balances 2D, which comes back around to you. What now? (To fix ideas, let us say that partner was dearler.)

]]> http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/#comment-162 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:52:51 +0000 http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/#comment-162 This is a close decision. But I also vote for pass. If partner has invented a 2C bid with say xx, Axxxxx, AK, AKx, then we are in the wrong strain, but game is still very unlikely, so it makes sense to stay low with such a poor hand. This is a close decision. But I also vote for pass. If partner has invented a 2C bid with say xx, Axxxxx, AK, AKx, then we are in the wrong strain, but game is still very unlikely, so it makes sense to stay low with such a poor hand.

]]> http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/#comment-152 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:02:36 +0000 http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/02/03/keep-it-alive/#comment-152 I go with the percentage action --- pass. It is possible to have game. I go with the percentage action — pass. It is possible to have game.

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