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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2007-September-26, 22:04

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p - (p) - 1C - (p)
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I like to respond light, but I wasn't sure what to do here. What do you think?
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-September-26, 22:18

1♦ planning to pass 1♠, 1nt over 1♥
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Posted 2007-September-26, 22:46

Walsh -- pass.
Non-walsh -- 1♦.

I don't feel strongly about either decision.
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Posted 2007-September-26, 23:14

I'd bid, our hand is too good and our clubs are too short to pass.

Whether or not to bid 1D or 1S just depends on your style.
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Posted 2007-September-27, 01:39

It may be a minimum response but it's not light.

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Posted 2007-September-27, 03:19

1♦
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Posted 2007-September-27, 03:44

Jlall, on Sep 27 2007, 07:14 AM, said:

I'd bid, our hand is too good and our clubs are too short to pass.

Whether or not to bid 1D or 1S just depends on your style.

Why is a doubleton (even Qx) not enough to pass? If p has a balanced hand with four clubs, 1♣ rates to be about as good as 2NT, I think. With a singleton clubs it would be more difficult to pass but also more difficult to bid since partner's rebid of 3♣ would be unwelcome.

I think this hand is just good enough to bid. Playing up-the-line I'll probably have to bid 1NT after p's 1♥ but that's not the end of the World. Oops, I was assuming that 1♠ would be FSF.
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Posted 2007-September-27, 05:08

Hi,

sell the hand as 6HCP, i.e. 1D followed
by 1S over 1H.

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Posted 2007-September-27, 05:48

I pass. Partner have at max limited balanced hand (and i will not go further anybid) or unbalanced not strong suficient to open 2C...so in bad days i miss something, in normal days i avoid disasters...my hand is very bad...

Other question:
If partner open 2♣ you would bid negative (<6) or positive?
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Posted 2007-September-27, 07:02

Passing with this is not my choice. I would respond 1S as I would hate to be (forced) to raise S should I bid 1D and partner bid S. I prefer to respond the 4 card S suit for the pre-emptive value and I have what I call a 1 bid hand.

The rule I follow in responding is simple, if the next bid I hear from partner will make me unhappy then I pass. This would be usually the dreaded 2NT rebid.
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Posted 2007-September-27, 07:36

I bid here just because the chances of pard having a 2NT rebid are likely less than a raise or a 1NT or a 2m rebid. I table a diamond (other styles, a spade).
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Posted 2007-September-27, 08:38

1s
i might even raise the 2n rebid to 3...
wait... no....
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Posted 2007-September-27, 09:06

1♠ rock bottom minimum but we may well have better places to play than 1♣ (game is improbable but not impossible) and the opps may have a heart partial that they can find if I pass.

1♦ maks little sense to me, since I am not about to pass 1♥, and this hand isn't worth 2 calls.
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Posted 2007-September-27, 09:13

We play some kind of 2-way NMF? If yes, then I'll start with 1♠ knowing I can back into 2♦ over the very (unlikely) 1N rebid.

If pard predictably rebids 2N, I hope we play transfers or Wolff so I can get back to 3♦.

1♦ was my first reaction but I think it complicates things and buries spades much of the time.
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Posted 2007-September-27, 12:16

I'm a bidder here. Depending on methods I'd either bid 1♥ (transfer) or 1♠.
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Posted 2007-September-30, 12:13

1♠， my always choice.
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Posted 2007-September-30, 12:34

1♠ for me too.
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Posted 2007-September-30, 14:08

Jlall, on Sep 27 2007, 05:14 AM, said:

I'd bid, our hand is too good (...)

TOO good?
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