Comment: This hand should sort of look familiar. Could you talk through the thinking on the bidding?
Glenna:
Actually this was a fun hand.
Sometimes you can’t be scientific, just go with your instincts. Mike (North) actually helped me make my decision: his bid showed 8 hearts without a lot of values outside his ♥️ suit. So now look at my hand: 19 HCP (high card points), 1st round control in 2 suits and 2 2nd round controls (in the other 2 suits.)That means I can loose only 1 ♥️ and 1 ♣️ off the top with the correct leads, etc, Most other E let N play 4 ♥️ which makes because N loses 1 ♠️ and 2 ♦️.
Think you will find competitive bidding is a process that
we never really master—can only improve our deductive reasoning skills which is
exactly what this came down to.
I should tell you that conservative bidders would probably not bid 5 ♣️, but I am an aggressive bidder. That simply means I bid
what I think I might make and don’t worry about always making everything I bid.
If he’s making 4 ♥️, and I go down one at 5 ♣️ , that’s a good sacrifice. I also have a 50% chance of
making 5 ♣️. I thought the odds were in
my favor and I got lucky!
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