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I didn't mean to say that I don't like your agreements. I took a look and those looks sensible to me with the following remarks:
a)
6th hand bidding:
Most people play dbl here as t/o and I don't see compelling reason to play it as showing their suit. Why would I want to take action holding their suit anyway ? I could always bid natural 1NT if I really want or just pass. This seems to be both bad and artificial to me.
Holding: AQxx xx AWxx KWx I really want to dbl after:
1C pass 1D pass
1H ????
We may be collecting heavily afterall. I also want my natural 1S overcall with a hand which was too weak to overcall first time around (like KJT9x Kxx xx xxx being vulnerable)
b)1C - pass - 1D again I think all natural is better. Why would I give up natural 1NT here ? It puts opener on lead and makes subsequent auction easy.
c)In this situation, 2 should be the cuebid, as would have been the easiest overcall to make after 1. A bid in the other major is likely to show only 4 cards and is 1 round forcing (as it may be the strong NT hand).
I agree with this and it's really a nice idea.
People tend to play that always 2♣ is cuebid in 1♣ auctions though (which has advantage of allowing to distinguish medium and trash hands (2D/2M) but has disadvantage of losing club suit).
a)
6th hand bidding:
Most people play dbl here as t/o and I don't see compelling reason to play it as showing their suit. Why would I want to take action holding their suit anyway ? I could always bid natural 1NT if I really want or just pass. This seems to be both bad and artificial to me.
Holding: AQxx xx AWxx KWx I really want to dbl after:
1C pass 1D pass
1H ????
We may be collecting heavily afterall. I also want my natural 1S overcall with a hand which was too weak to overcall first time around (like KJT9x Kxx xx xxx being vulnerable)
b)1C - pass - 1D again I think all natural is better. Why would I give up natural 1NT here ? It puts opener on lead and makes subsequent auction easy.
c)In this situation, 2 should be the cuebid, as would have been the easiest overcall to make after 1. A bid in the other major is likely to show only 4 cards and is 1 round forcing (as it may be the strong NT hand).
I agree with this and it's really a nice idea.
People tend to play that always 2♣ is cuebid in 1♣ auctions though (which has advantage of allowing to distinguish medium and trash hands (2D/2M) but has disadvantage of losing club suit).
Thank you for your comments. Let me go over them:
a) After 1♣ - pass - 1♦ - 1♥: If you have a strong NT you must bid now as partner will be too weak. The T/O hands you might have are strong NT hands with a doubleton ♥ or a rather pure three-suited hand (otherwise you could have bid 1NT or 1♦). Partner's response to these hand types must be different. Opposite the 4432, he should often pass. Opposite 5440, he shouldn't. And partner couldn't overcall 1♥ over 1♦ either. So I'll stick to my choice.
b ) What would you use as a cuebid after 1♣ - 1♦, or if nothing, how do you deal with 5 - 5 in the majors? 2♦ may well be needed for natural hands. Also, if you have a strong NT it isn't going anywhere. And if it is, because either opponent doesn't have the weak variation, you'll be glad you didn't bid it.
