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ahydra, on 2013-September-06, 07:25, said:

There's MI, yes - but I don't believe West. His hand isn't bad for defending diamonds. Why would he be more likely to jump if South was stronger, and less likely if South was weaker?
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ahydra

If 2D is NF, then 2H is likely to buy the contract, so bidding it seems plausible. If 2D was forcing then West would not be allowed to play in 2H and bouncing to the limit to cramp their auction seems plausible. In fact this is the only one of the Brighton threads where I am persuaded by the NOSs arguments.

I agree with gnasher that the NS auction is likely to get out of control if it goes 2H 2S P 3D P and North moves again.

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jallerton, on 2013-September-11, 12:11, said:

Is this what you meant to write? It would be more accurate to say: "even if you regard it as a fielded misbid, in England you don't get to stick North with anything better than average minus"

If you judge that a misbid has been "red" fielded, then the fielding partnership gets to keep its table score (or the score assigned after considering damage for UI/MI) if that is worse than average minus.

Yes, I meant what I wrote. If they score worse than average minus after fielding a misbid then I don't "stick them" with anything. As you say, I allow the score to stand.