[Chamaco]

Jlall, on Dec 12 2005, 02:51 PM, said:

Chamaco, on Dec 12 2005, 05:06 AM, said:

Nah, it's a 2S free bid after opps double.
After opps double I'd just pass with AQJxx, xx, Qxxxx, x; pard has stil the chance to keep the bidding alive.

Wouldn't pass suggest playing 2C X? I don't think partner will bid with a normal hand, so I think 2S is just correcting the partscore out of 2C Xed.

I do not like to rebid a normal 5 card suit as a runout, in the given 5-2-5-1 hand there is no guarantee that the spade will play better than clubs, given the bidding.

I think that either pass or redouble should show the willingness to play the contract in clubs, the other one as "no tolerance, pard".

Indeed, I can't tell what is best or "standard" treatment.. .

In the given hand, 5-2-5-1, if pass is out, rather than rebidding spades I'd much prefer to bid diamonds to suggest another place to play, which we can sort out at the 2-level - unless the partnership has agreed that this shows a better hand (which I don't think it should).

[Kalvan14]

with a weak 5-2-5-1, the best re-bid is likely to be 2♥. If the hand were 5-1-5-2, I would not like to play 2♣X anyway. I would bid 2♦ (which is forcing, usually shows 5 spades, but can also be something like 4-1-6-2 or even 4-1-7-1: advancer would show this by rebidding 3♦). Which means that 2♠ certainly shows 6 cards. Maybe - with the given hand - it would be better to bid 2♦: the hands is not so bad, and spades are pretty good, after all.