[Apollo81]

♠10
♥109642
♦AKJ74
♣104

unfavorable, MPs

1♣-(1♠)-Dbl-(pass)
1NT-(pass)-???

2♦ would be NF, not new minor forcing.

[pclayton]

2♦ looks normal to me. 5-5's want to play in a suit.

[scoob]

edit: sorry, not reading fully before posting lol

3nt

[awm]

I like a pass of 1NT. Partner has something in spades wasted opposite my singleton, and probably has something in clubs (the suit he opened). The ♠10 may help if the opponents lead spades. The diamonds here are very good and if partner has some diamond holding like xxx or Qx they are a great source of tricks.

It seems unlikely to me that we "belong" in hearts, since partner could've bid 2♥ with three hearts and weakish spades, and my heart suit is not strong enough to make a 5-2 desirable. There is also no guarantee that partner has a true balanced hand in this auction; I would bid 1NT with various 4-2-2-5 and even 4-1-3-5 patterns.

With more scattered values (say x KTxxx KQxxx xx) I would tend to bid 2♦, but with one suit that can run opposite small cards and another than lacks any high honor, I prefer the 1NT contract.

[gwnn]

I know this is another thread and it's not the same deal as the last neg. x one, but

-does p promise a ♠ stop?
-can p rebid 2♥ on 3 cards?
-what did the original X show? reds or only 4+ hearts?

etc.

[Apollo81]

gwnn, on Mar 26 2007, 03:21 PM, said:

I know this is another thread and it's not the same deal as the last neg. x one, but

-does p promise a ♠ stop?
-can p rebid 2♥ on 3 cards?
-what did the original X show? reds or only 4+ hearts?

etc.

standard

(in case this is confusing, this means ....
♠ stop -- judgment
2♥ on 3 --- judgment
the X --- 4+ hearts, a normal negative double)

[whereagles]

That's a good plan, though you can try and muddy the waters with 2♦. If opps bid 2♠ and pard passes, you can try 2NT and totally confuse pard

[Apollo81]

This is a repost from the Washington Bridge League

http://www.districts...07/Sol0701.aspx

[han]

I would have 2Ded, but I like 2H better now, at MPs.

[Apollo81]

IMO 1NT is probably the best partscore but a pass will leave us poorly placed if LHO bids 2♠. If we bid 2♥ now we can certainly bid 3♦ over 2♠, but 2♥ may be a very poor contract if partner has fewer than three. I am pretty sure that I would bid 2♦ at the table; we can still get the 5-5 picture across by bidding 2NT over an opponent's 2♠ bid. This will also never be a 5-1, and partner may take a preference with 3-2 in the red suits.