[mohitz]

Scoring: MP

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GIB deals and passes, vul against not.

p - (p) - 1♣ - (1♦)
X - (2♦ - 2♥ - (p)
p - (3♦) - p - (p)
3♥ - (p) - p - (4♦)
4♥..

[Bbradley62]

I'm curious about the negative double. Wouldn't you want to show your spades then your hearts to better describe your hand?

[barmar]

Unless opener rebids 1[NT], 2♥ would be forcing, and the hand isn't strong enough for that.

[Bbradley62]

The only auction in which he wouldn't bid 1NT and we'd still have 2♥ as an option would be if he rebid 2♣. We're a passed hand and within a king of opening (old-fashioned thinking -- I'm used to thinking in terms of "a king more or less" than already shown), so how badly can partner mis-picture our hand?

Edit: Given that I've started with a negative double, I'd bid 3♥ directly over 2♥, because I'm strong enough and it makes it harder for one or the other opponent to compete.

This post has been edited by Bbradley62: 2010-April-02, 11:19