[navit]

I am 3rd seat. My partner opened with pass.Opponent passed. I bid 1 S. Other opponent overcalled 2D. My partner passed again. Opponents partner raised to 3 d.
I passed. Opponent passed and my partner then bid 2S. What does this mean when he passed twice? How should i bid? When we opened the hand he had 4 S and only 3 points

[P_Marlowe]

navit, on Jan 11 2007, 08:54 AM, said:

I am 3rd seat. My partner opened with pass.Opponent passed. I bid 1 S. Other opponent overcalled 2D. My partner passed again. Opponents partner raised to 3 d.
I passed. Opponent passed and my partner then bid 2S. What does this mean when he passed twice? How should i bid? When we opened the hand he had 4 S and only 3 points

Hi,

I take it, he did bid 3S over 3D.
The bid is not an invitation to bid on,
it is purely competitive.
If it is a good idea, that is a different story,
most likely he should have bid 2S over 2D
instead of passing.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[SoTired]

your partner had exactly what i would expect: good spade support, but not enough strength to bid 2S over 2D. You should pass, of course.

[navit]

What is good support ? and what purpose does this bid have

[SoTired]

Responder is competing for the part-score hoping that 3S either makes or goes down less than the value of 3D making.

with 4♠, I would bid 3S with zero points