[whereagles]

rhm, on 2014-April-02, 01:50, said:

I wonder how many people play new-suit advances forcing when responder interjects 1NT as here. (...)

I don't know. What I do know is that there is a meta-rule for this:

If RHO bids, new suits by advancer are NF.
If RHO passes, they are forcing.

The reasoning is if RHO bids, advancer can hardly have a strong hand. It's much more likely he would merely want to compete. And even if he does have a good hand, then the overcall almost certain to be sub-par and again there's no game on...

...bar a psyche by RHO.

The good thing is, this isn't the sort of situation that's psyche-prone.

[HedyG]

i dont see why transfers should not apply here too. but prepared to discuss.
thanks Helene and Timo for ♠♥♦♣

[beowulf]

What, pray tell, is wrong with double? I don't want it to be takeout. I want it to be for penalties, which it should be (opponent has bid 1NT in competition). I know we aren't guaranteed to set the contract (if, for example, opener has 6 or more good clubs) but I think that 9 times out of 10 we will beat any score that we could make in our own contract.

[vcalimidi]

I do not give much significance opps bid of1nt. I expect partner to have atleast 10 hcp.
We are either equal or stronger than opps. I prefer 2 spades bid as an advancer .