[dosxtres]

1♣ (1♠) pass ?you

with support, cue? showing a limit or better
1SP is 7-16. What are your ranges and answers?


without support
1N 8-10 with stopper? pass without stopper?

10+? cue first witho no 5 card suit?

[helene_t]

Common agreements vary from "new suit always forcing" to "new suit never forcing". French standard is new suit non-forcing at the 2-level and otherwise forcing. Very common in the Netherlands. I play that in both IRL partnerships and I'm reasonably happy with it allthough it causes some confusion as to the implications of a cuebid.

1NT is probably something like 9-12. Does not promise a stopper.

If you're a mad scientist you probably play Ruben transfers or something like that.

[P_Marlowe]

dosxtres, on Oct 5 2006, 06:54 AM, said:

1♣ (1♠) pass ?you

with support, cue? showing a limit or better
1SP is 7-16. What are your ranges and answers?


without support
1N 8-10 with stopper? pass without stopper?

10+? cue first witho no 5 card suit?

Hi,

I take it you are talking about
responders option in the seq.

1C - (1S) - ???

standard is, that the cue shows support,
how much strength / support is open for
partnership agreement, but inv.+ and
3+ cards would be a quite common
treatment.
Direct raises are weaker.

With no support:

1 NT with 6-10HCP and a stopper, pass without
a stopper
X with 10+ HCP, if you bid the cue over openers
answer to the neg. X, you are looking for a stopper
and you also cancel the meaning of the neg. X with
regard to the promised suits, in the above seq. this would
be hearts.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[helene_t]

No, Marlowe, you misunderstood. It's not about freebids, it's about advancing overcalls.