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Reopen?

Poll: Reopen? (8 member(s) have cast votes)

Reopen?

  1. Pass (4 votes [50.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  2. Double (1 votes [12.50%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  3. 3[CL] (1 votes [12.50%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

  4. 3[DI] (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Abstain (2 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

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#1 User is offline   cherdano 

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Posted 2008-January-12, 00:39

P (1♦*) 1♥ (X**)
P (1♠) X (P)
1N (2♠) P (P)
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*=1+ (modern precision style, 11-13 if balanced)
** = 4+spades

So partner overcalled and then made a takeout double of 1♠. Since game is still possible you opt to show some values with 1N, hope you can live with that. LHO re-raises, back to you.

Edit:
Sorry, missed 2N as an option.
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Posted 2008-January-12, 00:45

double
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Posted 2008-January-12, 00:51

3♣

Don't want to defend 2♠ when they have an 8 or 9 card fit.
I don't expect partner to have a 2533 for his 1♥ then double, so we should have a fit somewhere.
3♣ looks simplest. Double after we have bid 1NT seems to bring -670 into the picture.
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Posted 2008-January-12, 08:23

Rather than guessing a minor, surely it's better to show both at once with 2NT? It is even more obvious than usual that this 2NT bid isn't natural.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2008-January-12, 10:47

I think that 2NT should be used as minors here. This seems much better than "let's play 2NT".

If you don't play 2NT as minors then you are quite stuck. I think that double should be penalty as we have already shown a reasonable spade holding. While partner's bidding shows that we have the balance of strength, they have at least an 8- or 9-card spade fit and defending 2S doubled seems quite risky. Picking one of the minors when partner's most likely shapes are 1-5-4-3, 1-5-3-4, 1-6-3-3 and 2-5-3-3 seems too likely to get us to a poor fit. And letting them play 2S doesn't seem right either (though I would prefer that over the penalty double).

I'll vote for "abstain" to show my preference for 2NT.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-January-12, 11:55

2NT for minors.

But I would not have bid 1NT the first time. Partner asked you to bid a suit, and you refused with a spade holding of ATx? 2♦ on the previous round and 3♣ now.
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Posted 2008-January-12, 13:27

2N should emphasize the minors, but it can be passed since we have already showed a spade stop.
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Posted 2008-January-14, 09:23

2NT
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