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Published 2 years ago • verified publisher icon eseidel

Autobidder overcalls 1S instead of 1H holding 5 hearts and 4 spades

Open eseidel opened this issue 12 years ago • 2 comments 

    ['AK.72.KT942.AQT5', '1H', 'P 1C', 'N-S'] # S should bid 1H

From a user. Unfortunately I don't have the board id.

eseidel avatar Feb 17 '13 02:02 eseidel

Added unittest for this in 031098f.

eseidel avatar Feb 17 '13 02:02 eseidel

Here is the opposite. http://www.saycbridge.com/bid/14-64432d925fa66e6245ffc30c2e:P,1D,1H,P,3H,P,P,P This hand is weird all around.

  1. I think counting length points instead of HCPs for NT bids is part of SAYC. Therefore south is too strong for a 1NT open.
  2. A 1H overcall by W, while lucky, is wrong. Either the hearts are strong enough to count as 5 -> Michaels or overcall 1S or double (a double of a minor strongly suggests the majors).
  3. If south does open 1NT and north transfers to spades, east is probably strong enough for a non-vulnerable takeout double.

jyutzler avatar Mar 01 '13 13:03 jyutzler