Adjusting for shape 5.1.23
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- When you have a lousy hand, it's easy to turn your brain off and think about that movie you're going to go see. But sometimes, the auction can change how we feel about a hand. Sometimes we want to come in late in the auction, even with a lousy hand.
This is where as a developing player I get nervous. As south I might see that the hands fit well, but only holding 4 points does make it hard to bid at the 3 level. And playing with another inexperienced player they may not recognise my bid for what it is. I guess it is experience that allows you to evaluate the strength beyond the points but it often feels that my evaluation in these situations is relying more on guesswork still.
You said that so well! It is definitely experience! I believe that "card sense" is simply experience. Nothing replaces experience in bridge. When you face similar decisions over and over and work through the process over and over, it gets easier to do it the next time. Bit by bit, you become a better player and struggle less with things that once seemed impossible.
I think one thing that helps is focusing on the long term goal: "I want to get better at bridge." Rather than focusing on: "I have to do well on this hand." I say this because often your best way to learn something is to do it wrong. For instance, on this hand, let's say you bid 3d and your partner doesn't understand your bid, they think it's strong. This is a great learning opportunity for the partnership to discuss (and learn) that once you've limited your hand (by passing on the first round), bids after that cannot be strong.
On this hand, I would expect partner to bid with 6 HCP on the first round. The choice to pass indicates a weak hand (less than 6 HCP). Also, we are bidding a suit that has already been bid. Can either of you think of a reason that 2 or 3 diamonds couldn't or wouldn't have been bid on the first round if the south hand held 6 or more HCP? I can't. Working through this logic is good for you and your partner and builds experience.
So don't worry about getting the hand in front of you right. Think it through, do the best you can, and then learn from it. If your goal is to get better, that will involve bad scores. That's part of experience and a big part of how we learn.
West should bid 3H
I would definitely consider it, if I were West. However, looking at the vulnerability and then the fact that nearly all of West's high cards are in the suits that North (sitting behind them) has bid, this maybe risky. As it turns out on this hand, if 3h gets doubled (and well defended it will go down one trick), this will not be a good result for East/West. This hand is a great example of wasted values. Make West's Q of diamonds the Q of spades and the A of clubs the A of hearts and now instead of only making 2h, E/W can make 4h if they get the hearts right. The auction indicates that West's values are misplaced, so passing might be the better choice here.
@@thebridgeteachers Yep, this is a good response. We are in the law because of the 5-4 fit, but we have to much defensive cards.