[inquiry]

You are playing precision, so 1♠ was limited to 15 hcp at most....

Scoring: MP

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West    North   East    South
        1♠!     Pass    Pass    
Dbl     2♠      3♦      ? ?     

[mishovnbg]

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Hi Ben!

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2♠ is right bid, if you have agreements/system about weak raise, similar I have with you and with Boian. Forgetting our agreements is not new to all of us . So many truth in joke: "Expert is player who all time forget something about his agreements ". I have a friend, Marian ( BBO nick name Marit ), very intelligent and clever guy, who helps me a lot with development of "system of the future" NTC. He said once: "Very expirienced player is like a full glass of water, if you try to add more in it (new ideas) they short float at the surface and soon spill over". As usuall he was right .

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Misho

[luke warm]

i voted 3♠, mainly because i don't have any real reason to think 3♦ won't make.. i disagree that the ♣Q is a useful card, i think it's dead... i'm also not confident the ♦K will survive... all in all, i think it's best to bid here than not...

on 2nd thought, i probably would have bid 2♠ to start with (for some reason my mind just skipped over that option)... on 3rd thought, 2♠ seems obviously better... 5 hcp, a 5th club, yeah i'm changing my vote

[Free]

Sorry, can't vote because my choice isn't between the answers. I'd bid 3NT, but since it isn't an option I guess it would turn out extremely awful. And yes, I'd also bid 2♠ on the first round, because you have well positioned HCP and a doubleton with the short ♠s...

[rtewari]

The best part of a limited opening system is the ability to respond lightly without having to worry that you may be overboard. I would have definitely responded on the firsrt round itself. If not 2S, then a forcing NT and 2S rebid.

On the given auction, I am a little scared. Where are the hearts? Partner is likely to have atleast 3 of them and that leaves him with 3-4 cards in minors. The diamond suit could easily provide 5/6 tricks and it does not look likely that we will be able to defeat 4D. My choice would depend mainly on the style of my opponents. Are they aggressive or do they believe in playing conservative in MPs (not bidding thin games). This is a hand where opponents could easily be making 3NT/5D. I am scared of bidding 3S and finding LHO making some sort of extra value double (definitely will not let us play 3S and on the way to 4D no harm in showing some extras). On the other hand with no competition, LHO may not want to commit to 4D by making some game try and thus not investigate further possibility of a game.

I will probably pass now. I may miss my 4S but it is more likely that my bidding may push them to their making game.

[inquiry]

Ok.. what would I do.

First, I would like to have had the ability to raise 1♠ to 2♠ with this hand. I not in favor of using 1NT followed by 2♠ as weak hand and ♠ support. I want to show my support right away. So I would have felt much better if I could have raised immediately without exciting partner. That is, I like 1♠-2♠ as "preemptive" just as 1♠-3♠ is when you use bergen raises....

Next, since I didn't raise partner the first time, and he bravely bid 2♠ all by himself, I am certain he has at least 6♠ and fair offensive hand despite the limited nature of the 1♠ bid. At imps I would pass. The ♦K and ♣Q maybe good on defense and questionable on offense. I really don't expect to make 3♠, although it will probably make between 7 and 9 tricks. At imps, -110 versus -100 for 3♠x makes not much difference. In fact they may not double 3♠. But at matchpoints, the difference between -110 and -100 can be huge. So huge in fact, they might not stop to double at all, pushing instead to 4♦ and we might change -110 into +100. So at mp, I would, reluctantly, bid 3♠ now. Althought I much prefer 2♠ to start off with.

Ben

[lenze]

I pass. Partner was simply competing. If he had a big hand, he would have redoubled!!!. By the way, who owns the hearts??

[inquiry]

lenze, on Mar 1 2004, 04:59 PM, said:

I pass. Partner was simply competing. If he had a big hand, he would have redoubled!!!. By the way, who owns the hearts??

Just a note... your partner can not have a "big hand" as you are playing precision.... you might have missed that as the text appeared above the table with the hand in it....

Ben

[lenze]

inquiry, on Mar 1 2004, 11:03 PM, said:

lenze, on Mar 1 2004, 04:59 PM, said:

I pass. Partner was simply competing. If he had a big hand, he would have redoubled!!!. By the way, who owns the hearts??

Just a note... your partner can not have a "big hand" as you are playing precision.... you might have missed that as the text appeared above the table with the hand in it....

Ben

No Ben, I did not miss that inference. Allthough it's been over 25 year since I played Percision, I would suspect that partner would compete with a good 6 card suit and a good 11-13 hcp. But with a great suit and a max(14-15), I would expect a redouble. I repeat my previuos question. "Who owns the hearts?"