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Sanity check 'cause sometimes I ain't got any

#1 User is offline   vuroth 

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Posted 2010-March-14, 10:00

Scoring: IMP

P 1♠ P ?


Playing 2/1, how was my 2♥ response?
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2010-March-14, 10:23

2H and then splinter in clubs over partner's presumed 2S rebid.
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Posted 2010-March-14, 11:57

By responding 2H you are evaluating the hand as worth driving to game opposite a 1S opening. The alternative is to show is a 3-card limit raise (this is usually done by starting with a 1NT response, but some people have other ways to do this).

I think that's a reasonable description of the strength of the hand. You want to be in game opposite various minimum opening bids such as KQxxx xx AQx Qxx.

By starting with a 2/1 you are over-stating the high card strength of the hand, which might get partner upset if he has a lot of mis-fitting strength but gets too high. However, you have the playing strength.

In short, I don't think either approach is insane and would have done what you did.
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Posted 2010-March-14, 12:07

Anything but 2H is insane imo.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-March-14, 12:08

Thanks. The reason I asked is that I'm pretty sure this is an easy one for a B/I to rate as below GF, as I probably would have done not that long ago.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2010-March-14, 12:09

hanp, on Mar 14 2010, 01:07 PM, said:

Anything but 2H is insane imo.

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Posted 2010-March-15, 07:26

2H looks normal, you want to play game, 4H or 4S,
maybe more.

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Posted 2010-March-15, 08:12

beginners just count HCP so they are fine bidding 1NT, but as you improve you are suposed to evaluate your hand better than that and bid 2♥.
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Posted 2010-March-16, 01:18

gwnn, on Mar 15 2010, 01:23 AM, said:

2H and then splinter in clubs over partner's presumed 2S rebid.

2 ♥ is obvious but I would consider 4♣ a serious overbid and bid a simple 4 ♠.
Partner needs AKQxx,xx,Axx,xxx to make slam good. Too much to look for in my opinion.
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