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Bidding Over Stayman

#1 User is offline   Bbradley62 

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Posted 2012-August-01, 22:46

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After 2♣, 2♦ is "twice rebiddable D; 11+ total points" and 3♦ would have been "7+D; 11+ total points". I think 3♦ should be preemptive instead of meaning virtually the same thing as 2♦.
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Posted 2012-August-04, 01:32

Note it is total points, not HCP. Pre-empts often have the same number of total points as an opening hand has HCP. E.g. GIB might think ♠8 ♥64 ♦KQJ6542 ♣J72 has 7 HCP but 11 total points. If you use losing trick count you have probably also noticed pre-empts have the same number of losers as an opening bid too. So the hand mentioned is probably what GIB is thinking of for a 3♦ bid.
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