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You're playing inverted minors and you hear a single raise of your 1♣ opening from pard. You dont have any other agreements although you can assume partner is 'advanced'
If you post 2NT, you are wrong. You dont have any agreements so partner could pass this. However you are pretty confident that partner will interpret 3x as a splinter and 3NT as 18-19 balanced
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after an inv minor raise
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Posted 2008-March-14, 11:03
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Posted 2008-March-14, 11:12
2S for now, why not show my second-longest suit and find out whether partner is minimum?
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Posted 2008-March-14, 11:51
2S now, probably 3H next. Won't pass 3NT.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-March-14, 13:30
I would splinter.
Yes I know some of you will not like splintering on a stiff king. We do it frequently and seem to survive. For quite a while we treated stiff honours as if we were balanced and that had problems of its own.
Yes I know some of you will not like splintering on a stiff king. We do it frequently and seem to survive. For quite a while we treated stiff honours as if we were balanced and that had problems of its own.
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I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
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Posted 2008-March-14, 13:56
I first thought 2♠ but I like 3♦ better.
It shows extras (2♠ doesn't, although it doesn't deny them) and will get pard excited about the ♦A, which could be a useful pitch for a heart.
I think 3♦ can only backfire if pard holds ♦QJx. With a weaker holding, 3N might not be right, and with a stronger holding, pard is bidding it anyway.
It shows extras (2♠ doesn't, although it doesn't deny them) and will get pard excited about the ♦A, which could be a useful pitch for a heart.
I think 3♦ can only backfire if pard holds ♦QJx. With a weaker holding, 3N might not be right, and with a stronger holding, pard is bidding it anyway.
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Posted 2008-March-14, 14:27
I don't know what the posters are attempting to accomplish with a 2♠ bid.
I am bidding 2♥. Partner will probably assume that my 2♥ bid shows something in hearts, but my later bidding will make it clear that my bid is a cue bid.
I am assuming that I have the stronger hand. So I should take control of the slam exploration.
I am bidding 2♥. Partner will probably assume that my 2♥ bid shows something in hearts, but my later bidding will make it clear that my bid is a cue bid.
I am assuming that I have the stronger hand. So I should take control of the slam exploration.
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Posted 2008-March-14, 17:37
I would bid 2 Spade if I had discussed that my bids on the second level show suits. F.E: in wj2005 you use this approach. If I play a stopper showing style, I bid 2 Heart.
In the given context- just simple rules- I would just splinter. Pd won't misunderstand that.
In the given context- just simple rules- I would just splinter. Pd won't misunderstand that.
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Roland
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Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
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