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#21 User is offline   MickyB 

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Posted 2006-March-10, 16:14

I'd expect partner to rebid 2S over 1N with 6 spades, unless he was strong enough for 3S or was 6-4. By bidding 2H, I think I'm decreasing the chance of partner rebidding 2S - he will pass or raise on some hands with 2-3 hearts and 6 spades. If he was about to rebid a minor...well, never mind. I can certainly see where the 1NTers are coming from.

On the 2nd, I'm worried that if I bid 2C initially, partner will think that my hearts are poor - often I would bid that way (with 6-3 or 6-4) when I wanted to hear preference before raising. Here, I couldn't care less whether partner can give preference.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 16:16

Jlall, on Mar 10 2006, 02:32 PM, said:

Actually it was 1S 1N :)

Huh? Problem 2 was: You open 1H on Ax KQJTxx x Axxx partner bids 1S what do you rebid.
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Posted 2006-March-10, 16:25

joshs, on Mar 10 2006, 05:16 PM, said:

Jlall, on Mar 10 2006, 02:32 PM, said:

Actually it was 1S 1N :)

Huh? Problem 2 was: You open 1H on Ax KQJTxx x Axxx partner bids 1S what do you rebid.

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Posted 2006-March-10, 16:27

Hannie, on Mar 10 2006, 05:09 PM, said:

I thought that the mainstream method was to rebid 2H with a minimal 6-4, and to rebid 2m with significant extras. I recall Stewart presenting this as standard in his book "becoming an expert bridge player". I think this book is quite good although somewhat old-fashioned. (I'm travelling so I can't look it up, and I may even have the title wrong.)

I doubt that applies with extreme suit quality differences. Would Frank Stewart recommend 2C with Ax AKQJxx x xxxx?
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Posted 2006-March-11, 15:42

I agree that the suit quality makes the problem interesting, and I also agree that with the hand Justin gives 2C looks rather wrong.

Still, I think that 2C followed by 3H (over 2H) is superior to a direct 3H with Ax KQJ10xx x Axxx. As for bidding 2H because the hand is close to minimal.. that seems way off.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2006-March-12, 02:22

1. 1NT, quite obviously imo. 2♥ is a clear overbid, and my suit is rubish
2. 2♣, also quite obviously imo. It's a borderline hand, but when I bid 2♣, I'll usually get another chance to repeat my ♥.
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Posted 2006-March-12, 02:42

  • 1NT - clear cut for me
  • 3♥ - this only has 5 losers and I think the 2♥ bidders are seriously undervaluing the hand. I'm close to forcing to game here.

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