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Pairs. Your methods include Lebensohl.

Your bid.

Let's play 3D. I'm happy to take the push to the 4-level, inviting partner to compete over 4H with the right hand.

At pairs I'll just bid 5♦ in response to my partner's weak NT. Pussyfooting around and letting the opponents bid is not an option in my opinion. It's a distributional hand, so let the opponents make the final guess.

Do my methods have to include Lebensohl? X as transfer, weak or strong. If partner bids 3♦ over 2♥, I know of decent support so I'm happy to go 5♦ over 4♥. Without that support, I pass, and have excellent defence with the lead marked.

From your hand, it seems fairly likely that RHO holds ♠ and ♥.

Partner can't have more than 4 ♥ unless you open 1 NT occasionally with 5 bad ones. So it looks like 18+ total trumps for LOTT purposes.

So it looks like 3 ♦ or 5 ♦ are the choice. Too much playing strength for Lebensohl 2 NT.

I think I'm with Badger on this one.

5 ♦

Hi,

2D.

Lets see.

5D sounds brilliant, but we are -3, and at the 5 level it is easy to take the money.

With kind regards
Marlowe

rmnka447, on 2017-September-08, 11:48, said:

Yes, but there is a very significant chance of H & C.

Anyways, this is probably a freak hand. So, whatever anyone says on this topic could be right!?

I need to know the rest of the methods ie is double of 2♣ stayman? 2♦ (or any other bids) xfers? 3♦ natural and forcing? etc.

If I can manage to show both minors with primary diamonds before they bid 4 of a major I might try to do that even though it will require them not to just blast into it. Getting to 4 of either minor with partner well placed to raise or defend depending on what happens next would be great but not possible to know without more system info.