| Results
4 people bid Nil
2 people bid 1
5 people bid 2
35 people
bid 3
14 people bid 4
1 person bid 5
Total responses:
61 |
Analysis by
Crapstorm
When your opponents bid for game, as they have done here, you
have three options: 1) set them, 2) outbid them, or 3) bag them.
They would have to take eleven tricks total to bag out, so forget
that. To set them, you and your partner have to take eight tricks,
so scratch that too. The best option is to outbid them. 4 does so. 3
matches their bid, and leaves the determination of the game up to
that 1 bag. Whoever gets it wins. Whether you bid 3 or 4, you and
your partner have to take seven tricks, otherwise you lose.
Therefore, either bid is correct.
There is one other way to outbid your opponents here - bid nil.
With five spades, it will require a miracle. To cover you, your
partner would need at least five spades, as well as two high clubs.
(Would he really have bid 3 if he had such a hand?) The probability
of such a thing happening is well below one
percent. |
