[flytoox]

White vs Red, you hold
S:6543
H:54
D:AJ2
C:AJ43

W N E S
-- 1D 2C ??

1)What do you bid?

2)Suppose you passed, pd reopened with a dbl, East passes, what do you do now?

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

1) neg. X, if available a natural 2NT would be great,
but I dont play this in the given seq., so I have
to make a neg. X, planning to bid 2NT over 2H
2) I would not be there, ... but now I pass, since
this was my plan, as I passed the round before.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Free]

1. Pass, I'm in for some blood

2. Pass, lets get their blood

[helene_t]

There is a common treatment in NL accoridng to which dbl shows 4+spades while 2♦ shows 4+hearts and some tollerance for diamonds. With both majors, you double.

Without special agreements, I would either double or pass depending on the opps. Some people overcall on all kind of junk, in which case I want to defend. Against good opps, I'll double and bid 2NT if partner bids 2♥.

[whereagles]

Pass, and pass pard's dbl.

This isn't because I like blood but because the hand looks very defensive

[Halo]

Pass

Pass

Perfect low risk opportunity to score and pass a message to opponents about the kind of game they are playing in.

[pbleighton]

1. Close. At matchpoints I pass, at imps I bid 2NT, natural. I don't argue with a pd who makes the opposite choices. I don't like X, as I don't have two places to play.
2. Easy pass at these colors.

Peter

[hatchett]

I am not very keen on playing for penalties with the poor ♣ pips and ♦ fit.

Give partner an ordinary hand such as Axx KQJx KQxxx x, and we might not even be beating 2♣ and 3NT rates to make our way.

I would either bid 2NT or X, correcting ♥s to NT.

If you pass on the first round you're committed to passing when partner re-opens with a double, because any bid will misdescribe your hand.

[pclayton]

Pass and Pass.

[Codo]

If I have an agreement that 2 NT is not natural, I should have an agreement, that X and 2 NT shows this hand, I would never pass, I doubt, that we will get rich in 2 !C X even if we are playing this contract.

If I had passed I am more or less endplayed in the bidding inot passing again, so I would do it.

[Winstonm]

Pass, then Pass and lead a heart.

I think I need to score 4 tricks in my hand for this to be right, which means I will need a ruff.

[mike777]

Are you guys who pass the reopening x assuming partner reopens with x with any hand with short clubs and non wild dist? say any 11 hpc hand with short clubs?

Or are you assuming partner has some solid defensive opening hand with short clubs?

[Winstonm]

mike777, on Nov 24 2006, 10:12 PM, said:

Are you guys who pass the reopening x assuming partner reopens with x with any hand with short clubs and non wild dist?  say any 11 hpc hand with short clubs?

Or are you assuming partner has some solid defensive opening hand with short clubs?

If he cannot tolerate playing 2C X'd, he would not reopen with X - but it doesn't show more than normal defensive values - 2 tricks minimum and could be more.

[the hog]

hatchett, on Nov 24 2006, 09:57 PM, said:

I am not very keen on playing for penalties with the poor ♣ pips and ♦ fit.

Give partner an ordinary hand such as Axx KQJx KQxxx x, and we might not even be beating 2♣ and 3NT rates to make our way.

I would either bid 2NT or X, correcting ♥s to NT.

If you pass on the first round you're committed to passing when partner re-opens with a double, because any bid will misdescribe your hand.

Pass and pass.
Passing and then bidding 2NT is totally illogical. If you are going to bid 2NT now, you should have bid it the round before.

[P_Marlowe]

mike777, on Nov 24 2006, 10:12 PM, said:

<snip>
Are you guys who pass the reopening x assuming partner reopens with x with any hand with short clubs and non wild dist? say any 11 hpc hand with short clubs?
<snip>

I dont belong to the guys, who pass, but I expect partner
to reopen with any of the hands you describe.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[Fluffy]

I am on the 2NT side